DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6 DEC 2015
(Daily News India)
1. SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAYS ZONE STARTED BIO DIESEL FOR TRAINS
i. The South Western Railways Zone has introduced biodiesel for
trains, operating under its zone.
ii. 1st train Hubballi-Bengaluru Janshatabdi Express powered by
five per cent biodiesel was flagged off from Hubli.
iii. The main aim of the initiative is to reduce greenhouse gases
emission and also to make fuel consumption more efficient.
iv. Biodiesel is a green fuel that provides quasi-renewable energy
for cleaner alternatives as sustainable fuel for diesel locomotives and reduces
dependency on fossil fuel especially diesel.
v. It is commonly obtained from crops such as sugarcane, cassava,
corn, potato and beetroot.
2. SINGAPORE REPLACES MAURITIUS AS TOP SOURCE OF FDI INTO INDIA
i. Singapore has replaced Mauritius as the top source of foreign
direct investment into India for current fiscal year 2015-16.
ii.India has attracted 6.69 billion dollars FDI from Singapore
while it received 3.66 billion dollars from Mauritius.
iii.Maximum foreign investment in india was received by Computer software and hardware sector
followed by services and automobile sector.
3. MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS FLAGGED OFF FIRST DOUBLE DECKER
GOA-MUMBAI TRAIN
i. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the first Goa to
Mumbai double-decker Shatabdi train from Panaji, Goa.
ii.The fully air-conditioned double-decker train is the first
double decker train inIndia.
UNION
RAILWAY MINISTER: SURESH PRABHU
4. INDIA RECEIVED FIRST
INSTALLEMENT OF URANIUM FROM CANADA
i. India received its first uranium installment of 2730 tonnes
from Canada.
ii.The uranium is shipped to India for the country’s nuclear power
reactors.
iii.The consignment was shipped under a contract with India’s
Department of Atomic Energy during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to
Ottawa in 2015.
iv.Earlier Canada had completely banned exports of uranium and
nuclear hardware to India after it protested strongly about India’s first
nuclear test in 1974.
5. INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY OBSERVED ON 5TH
DECEMBER
i. The International Volunteer Day was on 5 December observed
across the world.
ii.The Theme of the day is
‘The world is changing. Are you? Volunteer’
iii.This year's theme challenges everyone to be a part of
implementing the newly launched Global Goals, and Agenda’s for Sustainable
Development.
iv.The International Volunteer Day
was established by the United Nations General Assembly .
