DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 15TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
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1. INDO
AND RUSSIAN BILATERAL NAVAL EXERCISE INDRA NAVY- 2016 BEGINS
i. The 9th
edition of Indra Navy exercise between Indian Navy and Russian Navy began in
the Bay of Bengal.
ii. This
annual bilateral maritime exercise will continue till 21 December 2016.
iii. The
main aim of this exercise is to enhance the interoperability between the two
navies and develop the common understanding of maritime security operations.
iv. The
first edition of this maritime exercise between India and Russia was first held
in 2003.
2. ANDY
MURRAY AND ANGELIQUE KERBER NAMED ITF
PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
i. Briton
Andy Murray and Germany's Angelique Kerber were named ITF World Champions.
ii. Murray
won Wimbledon in July and retained his crown in Rio de Janeiro in August.
iii. Kerber
won the Australian and U.S. Open titles as well as an Olympic silver medal in
Rio.
3. GUJARAT
TO HAVE WAGAH-LIKE BORDER VIEWING POINT
i. The
ever-popular ‘border viewing point’ of the Wagah border will soon be recreated
in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district.
ii. The
announcement was made by the state’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at the
inaugural event of the annual ‘Rann-Utsav’ at Dhordo in the Rann of Kutch .
iii. The new
viewing point will be opened at Nadabet near Suigam, a village near the
India-Pakistan border.
iv. The main purpose of the development is to
promote tourism and all tourists visiting the centre will be provided with the
same facilities that are made available at the Wagah Border.
4. PV
SINDHU WINS MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD
i. Rio
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu has won the Badminton World Federation 2016 Most Improved Player of the Year award
at the Players’ in Dubai.
ii. Pusarla
Venkata Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player. At the 2016 Rio
Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal.
5. RAVINDRA
KUMAR BECOME FIRST IAS OFFICER TO SCALE MT EVEREST PENS MOTIVATIONAL BOOK
i. The book
titled "Many Everest" An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dream into
Reality’ is penned by Ravindra Kumar.
ii. Ravindra
Kumar the first IAS to climb the Mount Everest has written a motivational book
for students, which was released by the Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha on December
12, 2016 in New Delhi.
6. MALAYSIA GOT NEW KING SULTAN MUHAMMAD V
i. Malaysia
has installed its 15th king, Sultan Muhammad V, in a ceremony marked by honour
guards and Islamic prayers in the national palace in Kuala Lumpur.
7. WALTER
SWINBURN THE LEGENDARY JOCKEY AND
SHERGAR DERBY WINNER DEAD AT 55
i. Walter
Swinburn, one of the most renowned jockeys of his generation and rider of the
Shergar, passed away due to long illness.
ii. He was
famously known for winning the Epsom Derby horse race three times in his career
as a jockey.
