DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6 DEC
1.
International Volunteer Day – 5 December
i. The International Volunteer Day was
observed across the world with the theme Global Applause– give volunteers a
hand.
ii. This year's theme recognizes the
volunteers worldwide and their efforts in making peace and sustainable
development a reality.
iii. The Day was designated in 1985 by the
United Nations as an international observance day to celebrate the power and
potential of volunteerism.
2.
World Soil Day 2016 – 5 December
i. The World Soil Day was observed at the
Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome.
ii. The theme for the WSD is “Soils and
pulses, a symbiosis for life.”
iii. The year 2016 was declared as the
International Year of Pulses by 68th UN General Assembly.
3. The
6th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia
i. The 6th Ministerial Conference of the
Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process concluded on after adopting the Amritsar
Declaration. The declaration recognised terrorism as the biggest threat to
peace and demands an immediate end to all forms of terrorism.
ii. The Conference was co-chaired by Arun
Jaitley, Union Finance Minister and Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
iii. The Sixth Ministerial Conference was
inaugurated by Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan and Narendra
Modi, Prime Minister of India.
4. RBI
to issue new Rs 50 & Rs 20 currency notes
i . The Reserve Bank of India announced to
issue Rs 50 and Rs 20 denomination banknotes.
ii. The old Rs 50 and Rs 20 notes will also
continue to be legal tender.
Features
of Rs 50 denomination banknotes
• These notes of the Mahatma Gandhi
Series-2005 will not have inset letter in both the number panels.
• It will bear the signature of Dr Urjit R
Patel, Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
• The year of printing that is '2016' will be
printed on the reverse of the banknote.
Features
of Rs 20 denomination banknotes
• The new Rs 20 denomination currency notes will
be printed with inset letter ‘L’ in both the number panels.
• It will bear the signature of Dr Urjit R
Patel, Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
• The year of printing '2016' will be printed
on the backside of the banknote.