Current Affairs Update – 6 December, 2016

Hello and welcome to exampundit . Here are the important Current Affairs of 6 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.

• The Confederation of Indian
  Industry (CII) and Queensland, Australia Smart City Consortium (ASCC) on Monday
  signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help India build smart cities.
  The ASCC is a group of companies that will work on the government’s ‘smart city
  mission’ that aims to cover 100 cities in the next five years.
• John Madew, Senior Trade and
  Investment Commissioner, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
  visited India with a six-member delegation from November 21-24 to expand
  linkages between technology and innovation and the Indian IT sector. This
  mission is an excellent opportunity for Indian IT companies to learn more about
  Australia’s advanced capabilities.
• This comes after Australian
  companies can help solve cyber security challenges in the country with
  home-grown technologies and solutions, a senior official said on Thursday.

• Punjab National Bank (PNB) on
  Tuesday announced a partnership with cab aggregator Ola to aid cash withdrawals
  for the citizens of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).
• PNB ATM machine equipped Ola cabs
  have been stationed in Gurgaon, Laxminagar, Janakpuri, Civil Lines, AIIMS,
  Netaji Subhash Place, Manesar, Nehru Place, Bhikaji Cama Place, Mayur Vihar,
  Faridabad, Tilak Nagar, Rajouri Garden and Greater Kailash, with Ola volunteers
  and PNB executives, to assist people in withdrawing cash without any hassle.
• Earlier this week, Ola rolled out
  similar activity for the citizens of Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata,
  Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Jaipur, in partnership with Yes Bank.

• E-commerce giant Amazon on 5
  December 2016 launched its global startup program named Launchpad in India. The
  Launchpad programme was launched with an aim to enable Indian startups to sell
  their products overseas.
• In this regard, Amazon India tied
  up with Start Up India programme of Department of Industrial Policy and
  Promotion (DIPP), NASSCOM’s 10000 Startups, Indian Angel Network (IAN), NITI
  Aayog, Governments of Maharashtra, Telangana and TiE.
• These tie-ups were made to roll
  in as many startups as it can.

• It aims to help startups to sell,
  market, and deliver their products to gain more visibility.
• It will provide an exceptional
  opportunity for Indian Startups to get access to big consumer markets
  nationally and internationally.
• Through this program, small
  entrepreneurs and innovators can use Amazon’s online platform to increase scale
  of their businesses and get easy access to global markets.

• The Union Tribal Affairs Minister
  Jual Oram on 5 December 2016 launched the ‘Stanpan Suraksha’ mobile application
  to promote breastfeeding and keep a check on inapt promotion of baby food items
  in the country.
• The mobile application was
  developed by the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI).

• It is first-of-its-kind app that
  aims to promote breastfeeding and baby food promotion reporting mechanism.
• If anyone comes across any inapt
  promotion of baby food, he or she just has to click a photograph of
  inappropriate baby food promotion and send it to BPNI.
• It also has a city-wise database
  of trained breastfeeding counsellor to educate and provide assistance to mothers
  during antenatal and postnatal period.
• Moreover, it provides sign up
  option for mothers who wish to become a breastfeeding counsellor.
• It will also be able to gather
  incremental evidence on promotion of baby foods from remote locations as well.

• The Indian Space Research
  Organisation will tomorrow launch Remote Sensing satellite, RESOURCESAT-2A
  using its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
• PSLV-C36/ RESOURCESAT-2A will
  blast off at 10:25 hours from SDSC (Satish Dhawan Space Centre) at Sriharikota
  in Andhra Pradesh.
• The satellite was earlier planned
  for launch on November 28.
• ISRO, which began a 36-hour
  countdown last night, today said Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) fuel and Mixed
  Oxidesof Nitrogen (MON-3) oxidiser filling operations of the fourth stage (PS4)
  of PSLV-C36 are completed.
• PSLV-C36, the 38th flight of
  PSLV, will place the 1,235-kg RESOURCESAT-2A into an 817-km polar Sun
  Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
• In this flight, the ‘XL’ version
  of PSLV with sixsolid strap-on motors is used.
• RESOURCESAT-2A, a Remote Sensing
  satellite intended for resource monitoring, is a follow on mission to
  RESOURCESAT-1 and RESOURCESAT-2, launched in 2003 and 2011 respectively.

• Dr BR Ambedkar, the father of the
  Indian Constitution, was in news on 6 December 2016. He came into news on his
  60th death anniversary.
• On the occasion, lakhs of people
  converged at Chaitya Bhoomi to pay homage to him. Chaitya Bhoomi is the place
  where Ambedkar was cremated after his death on 6 December 1956.

• Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who
  led the five-judge constitution bench in the Supreme Court which had struck
  down the controversial NJAC Act for appointment of judges, was today
  recommended as the 44th Chief Justice of India.
• Chief Justice of India T S Thakur
  today wrote a letter recommending the name of Justice Khehar, who is the senior
  most judge of the Supreme Court to be his successor.
• Justice Khehar, 64, will be the
  first Chief Justice from the Sikh community and he will succeed CJI Thakur who
  will be demitting office on January 3, 2017.
• Justice Khehar, who will be sworn
  in on January 4, will hold the tenure for over seven months till August 27,
  2017.
• Besides heading the bench in NJAC
  matter, Justice Khehar has also headed a bench which had set aside the
  imposition of President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh in January this year.

• O Panneerselvam was sworn-in as
  the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 5 December 2016. He succeeded AIADMK
  supremo and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister who earlier died at the Apollo
  Hospital.
• Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao
  administered the oath of office and secrecy for Panneerselvam at a somber
  ceremony at the Raj Bhawan. Other 31 ministers of the erstwhile Jayalalithaa
  Cabinet were also sworn-in.
• This was Panneerselvam’s third
  swearing-in as Chief Minister. Earlier, he had served Tamil Nadu as its Chief
  Minster, during 2001-02 and 2014-15, after Jayalalithaa was unseated by the
  courts.
• Tamil Nadu government has
  announced a seven-day State Mourning from 6 November 2016. The government has
  also declared a three-day holiday for all educational institutions in the
  state.

• AirAsia on 5 December 2016
  announced the appointment of Amar Abrol as its Managing Director in addition to
  his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
• As per AirAsia, “Abrol was
  appointed as the Managing Director following the company’s board meeting held on
  29 November 2016.” He was appointed as CEO of the airline in April 2016.
• Abrol holds over two decades of
  experience in different markets including Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK and
  Malaysia.               

• Senior IAS officer B.S. Bhullar
  on 5 December 2016 was appointed the Chief of the Directorate General of Civil
  Aviation (DGCA).
• At present, Bhullar, a 1986-batch
  IAS officer, is working as an Additional Secretary in Civil Aviation Ministry.
  He was also holding the additional charge of the DGCA.
• The post of the Chief of DGCA was
  lying vacant for over four months after M Sathiyavathy, a 1982-batch IAS
  officer of the union territories cadre, was named as new Union Labour Secretary
  in July 2016. She was the first woman chief of the aviation regulator.

• The Prime Minister and acting
  President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev was elected the country’s president
  in the presidential election, which was held on 4 December 2016.
• As per the Central Election
  Commission of Uzbekistan, Mirziyoyev won the election with an overwhelming
  vote. He garnered 88.61% of the votes, which is above the required over 50% of
  valid ballots to become a president.
• The other three presidential
  candidates were: the National Revival Democratic Party’s Sarwar Otamuratov, who
  scored 2.35%, Hotamzhon Ketmonov of the People’s Democratic Party scored 3.73%
  and the Justice Social Democratic Party’s Narimon Umarov scored 3.46% of the votes.

• French Interior Minister Bernard
  Cazeneuve was appointed as the new Prime Minister today after Manuel Valls
  resigned to seek the Socialist nomination in the presidential election, the
  presidency said.
• Cazeneuve, who has overseen the
  security forces’ reaction to a string of jihadist attacks that have killed more
  than 230 people in France over the past two years, will take control of the
  Socialist government until legislative elections in June.
• He was named Prime Minister after
  Valls presented his resignation to President Francois Hollande early today.
• Hollande’s office said Valls’
  resignation had been accepted. “The President of the Republic has appointed
  Bernard Cazeneuve as prime minister and asked him to form the new government,”
  the statement said.
• Valls, who had been prime
  minister for the past two and a half years, announced yesterday he would step
  down to try to rally the fractured French left ahead of a primary in January.

• 45th Navy Day was observed on 4
  December 2016 in India. The Day is celebrated to rejoice the splendor,
  achievements and role of the naval force of India.
• On the occasion, Prime Minister
  Narendra Modi along with President Pranab Mukherjee extended greetings to all
  members of the Indian Navy and highly praised their dedication to protect the
  maritime interests of nation.

• Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J
  Jayalalithaa who suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday passed away on 5 December
  2016. She was 68. AIADMK supremo breathed her last at 11:30 PM at Apollo
  Hospital, Chennai.
• She was put on heart assist device
  following the attack and her condition was stated to be critical by senior doctors
  at the Apollo hospital.
• The minister was brought in with
  complaints of temperature, dehydration, and congestion on 22 September 2016 but
  after the tests, it was revealed that there was a collection of fluid in her
  lungs and she was put under observation.
• UK critical care specialist
  Richard Beale was specially flown in to evaluate Jayalalitha’s reports. A
  three-member team of specialists was also dispatched from AIIMS to provide Amma
  with best medical care and opinion.

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