DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 8TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
1. DONALD
TRUMP NAMED TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR 2016
i. The TIME
magazine has named US President-elect Donald Trump as Person of the Year 2016
and called him the President of the 'Divided States of America'.
ii. The magazine
cited his role for the stunning victory in the US Presidential election.
iii. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi was among the 11 candidates shortlisted by Time for its annual
honour.
iv. Meanwhile, Modi
won the online readers' poll conducted by Time magazine for Person of the Year
2016, the second time he emerged winner of the reader's choice poll.
2. TRUMP
SELECTS IOWA GOVERNOR BRANSTAD AS U.S. ENVOY TO CHINA
i. U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as his
incoming government's ambassador to China. "Branstad has a tremendous
understanding of China and the Chinese people and is someone who very much
impressed the President-elect.
ii. Terry Edward
Branstad is an American politician who is the 42nd Governor of Iowa, in office
since January 2011. Branstad was also the state's 39th governor from 1983 to
1999, and he was president of Des Moines University from 2003 to 2009.
3. NABARD
TO PROVIDE RS. 120 CR TO BANKS FOR SETTING UP POS DEVICES IN VILLAGES
i. The National
Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
on 08 December said it will extend support aggregating about Rs. 120
crore to banks for deployment of two Point-of-Sale devices per village in one lakh villages
having a population of up to 10,000.
ii. The move is
aimed at taking rural India closer towards cashless payment systems.
4.
IMPORTANT UNION CABINET APPROVALS: 07 DECEMBER 2016
i. Cabinet approves
MoU with Afghanistan on cooperation in peaceful uses of outer space
ii. Cabinet
approves MoU with United Kingdom UK to support ease of doing business in India
iii. India and
United Kingdom MoU for cooperation in
field of Intellectual Property approved.
iv. Cabinet
approves Indo-Thai agreement on narcotics control
5.
SERENDIPITY ARTS FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN GOA
i. The Serendipity
Arts Festival is scheduled to be held
from 16 December to 23 December 2016 in Goa.
ii. The festival
will see a stellar line-up of 33 global artists, who will display their work at
the eight-day inspiration-packed festival.
iii. More than 40
exciting projects and exhibitions featuring famous artists, like Kabi Raj Lama,
Bandu Manamperi, Escif, Billy Chang, SP Pushpakanthan, Lisa Stertz and Paquito
Gonzalees, will be a part of the festival.
6.
JUSTICE MIAN SAQIB NISAR APPOINTED NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE OF PAKISTAN
i. Senior judge of
the Supreme Court Justice Mian Saqib Nisar was appointed as the next Chief
Justice of Pakistan.
ii. Justice Nisar
will take charge as chief justice of the apex court on December 31.
7.
KARNATAKA BANK GETS AWARD
i. Karnataka Bank
Ltd has bagged the ‘Best MSME Bank Award (private sector) 2016’ instituted by
Assocham.
ii. Union Minister
of State for MSME Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary handed over the award.
8.
MICROSOFT LAUNCHES SOLUTIONS FOR SMES
i. Microsoft has
introduced business solutions from its partner ecosystem to meet the business
needs of small and medium businesses across Kerala.
ii. Built by
Microsoft’s ISV partners Smarter SMB and IDOS, these solutions address key
areas like Customer Relationship Management
and Finance & Accounting and enhancing organisational efficiency.
These solutions will run on Microsoft cloud and will be available at very low
cost.
