Current Affairs Update – 2 December, 2016

Hello and welcome to exampundit . Here are the important Current Affairs of 2 December, 2016. These are important for the upcoming IPPB PO Mains, NIACL AO Mains, IBPS Clerk Mains, IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains and RBI Assistant Mains 2016-17.

• Taxi aggregator Ola Cabs has
  entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Odisha’s commerce &
  transport department. As per the terms of engagement, Ola would hire 2,500
  skilled drivers in the state in this financial year.
• Singh said Ola is expanding its
  footprint in Odisha in a big way. An official source said, Ola is looking to
  have a pool of 10,000 drivers in the state in the next two years.
• Ola, a leading ride-hailing
  service provider, is one of the country’s valued start-ups.

• Prakash Javadekar, the Union
  Minister for Human Resource Development, on 1 December 2016 launched ‘Vittiya
  Saksharata Abhiyan’. The Abhiyan aims at making people aware about the cashless
  economic system.
• The programme was launched in
  line to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to youth in Mann Ki Baat, where
  Prime Minister called for making people aware about digital economy and
  cashless modes of transactions.
• For creation of a cashless
  economy, Javadekar appealed to the faculty and especially young students to
  come forward and join Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan. They, the youth and teachers,
  can help in encouraging people around them to use a digitally enabled cashless
  economic system for transfer of fund.
• For participation of youth and
  faculty, HRD Minister also launched a webpage where students can register
  themselves. They can also provide their feedback and suggestions on the
  initiative as well as upload the progress of their work.

• Yoga, India’s one of the ancient
  practices to keep oneself healthy, has been inscribed on UNESCO’s
  Representative List as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
• It was inscribed on the list
  during the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding
  of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The
  declaration describing Yoga as a Human Treasure got unanimous support of the 24
  members of the Committee.
• UNESCO adds Cuban rumba and
  Belgian beer to list of world’s intangible heritage
• With this, Yoga became the 13th
  intangible cultural heritage that has been listed from India so far with
  UNESCO.

• Chhau dance (inscribed in 2010)
• The Buddhist chanting of Ladakh
  (inscribed in 2012)
• Sankirtana – the ritual singing,
  drumming, and dancing of Manipur (inscribed in 2013)
• The traditional brass and copper
  craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab (inscribed
  in 2014)
• Ramlila- the traditional
  performance of the Ramayana (inscribed in 2008)

• Twelve more eminent personalities
  on 1 December 2016 were bestowed with the prestigious Yash Bharti Award 2016 in
  Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
• With this, a total of 77
  personalities have so far received the highest award of the state for the year
  2016.

1. Lieutenant General (Retd.) AK
   Singh
2. Dr Manzur Hasan: Renowned cardiologist
   of the country
3. Atul Tiwari: Film writer
4. Dr Deen Muhammad Deen: Hindi
   litterateur
5. Suhas LY: District Magistrate of
   Azamgarh. He also won gold medal in badminton at Beijing Paralympics.
6. Dr Abbas Raza Naiyyar: HOD of
   Urdu department of Lucknow University
7. Murad Ali Khan: Trap shooter
8. Naseeruddin Shah: Actor
9. Archana Satish: Anchor
10. Shikha Dwivedi: Anchor
11. Rachna Govil: Sportsperson
12. Pramod Kumar Choudhary: Social
    activist

• CBI Director Anil Sinha retired
  on Friday handing over the baton to his second-in-command Rakesh Asthana, as
  the government did not name any full-time chief.
• Mr. Asthana, a Gujarat cadre
  officer of the 1984 batch, got elevated as the second-in-command of the CBI two
  days ago when Special Director R.K. Dutta, who was among the front runners for
  the top post, was shifted to the Home Ministry as a Special Secretary. The post
  of second Special Secretary was created for the first time in the Ministry.
• It is the first time in the last
  10 years, that no new CBI chief has been named to succeed an incumbent. Mr.
  Sinha completed his two year tenure today.

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