1st December:– 13 CRPF
soldiers killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh.
World AIDS Day is observed across
India and Globe.
Tabare Vazquez again reelected as
president of Uruguay
2nd December:– In the
second phase of state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand,
71% and 65 per cent polling took place.
India decides to buy 126 Rafale
fighter planes in a $15 billion defence‐purchase deal with France.
India successfully conducted the
first trial of nuclear‐capable,
surface‐to‐surface Agni‐IV missile
from Odisha.
Bollywood actor Deven Verma died of a
cardiac arrest at the age of 78.
3rd December:– The
Chief Justice of India HL Dattu has set up a special bench of two judges to
hear cases related to social issues.
1979 batch IPS officer Anil Kumar
Sinha of Bihar cadre appointed as the new CBI Director.
5th December:– In Kashmir,
13 people were killed which include nine soldiers, three policemen, and one
civilian in a series of terror attacks. Also six militants were also
killed during the attack.
NASA launches unmanned orbital test
flight named Orion to Mars.
Shiv Sena decides to join Maharastra
BJP Government.
7th December:– India's
communication satellite GSAT‐16 placed into the orbit by Ariane 5 rocket from the space
port of Kourou in French Guiana.
Pakistan's all‐rounder Mohammad Hafeez
suspended from bowling in international cricket by the ICC after his
bowling action was found to be illegal.
8th December:– 21 people
dead in Philippine after typhoon Hagupit hits the country.
9th December:– 58 per cent
voter turnout was recorded in the third phase of the assembly polls in Jammu
and Kashmir while 61% turnout in Jharkhand Assembly polls.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been
named winner of this year’s readers’ poll for TIME ‘Person of the Year’ by
TIME magazine.
10th December:– India's
Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai jointly received the Nobel
Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo.
The Ebola Fighters are selected as
the Person of the Year by TIME Magazine for the year 2014.
Indian‐American Richard Rahul Verma’s nomination as
the next US Ambassador to India.
Indian boxer Sarita Devi accepts her
Asian Games Bronze Medal which she earlier refused due to controversial
decision on final.
11th December:– Russian
President Vladimir Putin visits India.
In an agreement signed, Russia to
help India set up 12 nuclear reactors.
The United Nations has declared June
21 will be observed each year as the 'International Day of Yoga'.
13th December:– Dineshwar
Sharma has been appointed as the next chief of Intelligence Bureau(IB).
15th December:– One gunman
and two other killed when police act an operation to end siege in Lindt
Chocolat Cafe in Sydney.
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling
became the longest serving Chief Minister of India after completing 20
years in the office.
Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss wins
the Miss World 2014 title in London.
Viswanathan Anand wins the London
Classic title after defeating British Grandmaster Michael Adams.
16th December::– Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe re‐elected as Prime Minister.
At least 124 students killed in a
Taliban attack in an Army School in Peshawar, Pakistan.
17th December:– The Pakistani
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted a moratorium on the death penalty after
Taliban gunmen attacked a school in Peshawar, killing 132 students and
nine teachers. Indian female boxer Sarita Devi banned for one year by the
International Boxing Association (AIBA) for refusing to accept her 2014
Asian Games bronze medal.
18th December:– India's
space agency successfully tested its heaviest satellite launch vehicle
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III along with
unmanned crew module on the vehicle, which could give the agency the
option of manned missions.
19th December:– The
Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax which will pave the way
for a mega tax reform was tabled in the Lok Sabha today.
Union Government increases the PF
rate from 8.50% to 8.75% for 2014‐15.
Poet and critic Adil Jussawalla wins
Sahitya Akademi Award 2014. Apart from this, five novels, three books of
essays, three of short stories, one of literary criticism and an autobiography
have also won the award.
20th December:– The fifth and
final phase of state assembly election polling ended today in Jammu and Kashmir
and Jharkhand.
Atletico De Kolkata wins the
inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) after defeating Kerala Blasters by 1‐0 in Mumbai.
21st December:– Real Madrid
wins the Club World Cup for the first time by beating San Lorenzo 2‐0.
22nd December:– The
International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Sachin Tendulkar as the ICC
Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador.
23rd December:– BJP becomes
the single largest party in Jharkhand assembly election after winning 42 of 81
seats.
In Jammu and Kashmir assembly
election, PDP wins 28 seats while BJP wins 25 seats of the total 87 seats.
70 people killed by militants in 4
different attacks in Assam.
India exported its first locally
build warship CGS Barracuda offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to Mauritius.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
granted additional six months (till June 30, 2015) for exchanging currency
notes printed before 2005.
Veteran Tamil filmmaker K.
Balachander died in Chennai at the age of 84.
24th December:– Former Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and freedom fighter Pt. Madan Mohan
Malaviya (posthumously) will be awarded the Bharat Ratna.
25th December:– Christmas is
celebrated all over the world.
Indian Government today celebrated as
the Good Governance Day on the birthday occasion of Former Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
27th December:– Bihar
Assembly Speaker disqualified four legislators belonging to the Janata Dal
(United) for anti‐party
activities.
26th December:– BJP
leader Raghubar Das elected as the next chief minister of Jharkhand who will be
first non‐tribal leader
in the state to hold the post.
Indian army starts Operation All Out
against the Bodo militants in Assam.
28th December:– AirAsia
Flight QZ8501 left from Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore with 155 passengers
onboard goes missing after air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane.
BJP leader Raghubar Das has been
sworn in as the first non‐tribal
chief minister of Jharkhand.
29th December:– The cabinet
has cleared emergency executive order to ease land‐acquisition rules in
sectors like power, housing and defence to kick‐start hundreds of billions of dollars
in stalled projects, though investments are unlikely to flow in immediately.
30th December:– Indian Test
Cricket team Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirment from Test
cricket.
Indonesian rescue teams found dead
bodies from the debris of the AirAsia plane QZ 8501 which was missing from
last Sunday.
A CBI court in Mumbai drops charges
against BJP president Amit Shah in both the fake encounter cases of Sohrabuddin
Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati.
31st December:– President
Pranab Mukherjee approves the system of national body to appoint judges, which
will start a process of selection of judges for the High Courts and the Supreme
Court by making politicians and citizens a part of that process.
President Pranab Mukherjee appointed
Dr Krishan Kant Paul as Governor of Meghalaya, Aziz Qureshi as Governor for
Uttarakhand and Keshari Nath Tripathi as the Governor of West Bengal.
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