28th December 2016 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 28th December 2016

International Current Affairs

India has emerged as the Second largest purchaser of arms among developing nations.
- The list was topped by Saudi Arabia.
- Between 2008 and 2015, India purchased defence equipment worth $34 billion as compared to Saudi Arabia's $93.5 billion.
The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey have agreed to push for a ceasefire in Syria and to prepare for possible peace talks planned in Kazakhstan's capital Astana.
- This comes after Russia's ambassador to Turkey was shot dead by a policeman during a televised speech in Turkey's capital Ankara.

National Current Affairs

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has inaugurated an Online Geospatial Platform for tracking the property tax collection across Bengaluru.
- This will enable residents to know the property tax they have paid over the years.
- The colour green on any property indicates tax being paid since 2009.
- Pink would mean a default for a year, and deep pink would indicate a long-term defaulter.
The Telangana government is going to launch Bike ambulances to help patients in remote areas.
- They would be used in remote tribal areas and also congested localities in cities like Hyderabad.
Airport employees across the country will have to carry their Aadhaar cards to work along with their entry passes from January 1.
- The directive has been issued by the CISF, which is responsible for the security at the airport.
The Bihar government today approved the implementation of 50% reservation in both Subordinate and Superior Judicial Services in the state.
- After this decision, 21% posts would be reserved for Extremely Backward Class (EBC), 12% for Backward Class, 16% for SC and 1% for ST.
- Note : The government also approved 35% quota for women in all these categories.

Banking & Economic Affairs

The Cabinet today cleared an ordinance to penalise people for depositing over 10 old ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes after March 31, 2017.
- The ordinance is to extinguish liability of government and the Reserve Bank of India on the demonetised high-denomination notes.
- Note : The last day to deposit the old notes in banks is December 30.
Ahead of the New Year, the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet today approved an increase in the dearness allowance by 7% for over 6 lakh government employees, pensioners and others working with local bodies like panchayats.
- The hike would be effective from July 1, 2016.
- Note : Dearness allowance and dearness relief are provided to neutralise the impact of price rise on earnings.

New Appointments

The government today appointed Viral Acharya as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- He will be joining the ranks of NS Vishwanathan, SS Mundra, R Gandhi as one of four Deputy Governors under RBI Governor Urjit Patel.
Retired bureaucrat Anil Baijal is going to replace Najeeb Jung as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
- Baijal, a 1969-batch IAS officer, also served as the Home Secretary in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
Suresh Kalmadi, accused of corruption in the multi-crore 2010 Commonwealth Games scam, was appointed as a Life President of the Indian Olympic Association today.

Deaths

Actress Carrie Fisher (60), known for playing Princess Leia in the 'Star Wars' film series, passed away today.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sunder Lal Patwa (92) died of a heart attack today.
- He was made Chief Minister of the state twice, once with the Janata Party and then with the BJP.
Richard Adams (96), the author of bestselling children's book Watership Down, passed away.
- The English author had won several awards for Watership Down which was later made into an animated movie.
Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (83) passed away.
- The politician, who was elected twice as Prime Minister, was serving as a senior advisor to President Maithripala Sirisena.

People in News

Actress Scarlett Johansson has been named the highest grossing actor of 2016 by Forbes.
- Her films earned a total of over ₹8,000 crore ($1.2 billion) worldwide.
- Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr shared the second position, with over ₹7,000 crore ($1.15 billion) each.
- Note : All three of them starred in 'Captain America: Civil War', which became the top-grossing film of 2016.

Sports Current Affairs

The Uttar Pradesh franchise in the upcoming Pro Wrestling League 2 has been named 'UP Dangal', after the recent Aamir Khan-starring film.
- Note : The UP franchise features wrestlers Geeta and Babita Phogat, on whose lives 'Dangal' is based.

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