1) Raghubar
Das to be sworn in as chief minister of Jharkhand: Senior BJP leader
Raghubar Das will be sworn in as the 10th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28
December 2014. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the swearing-in
ceremony. Raghubar Das will be the first non-tribal CM of the state, 14 years
after it was carved out of Bihar. BJP
formally announced the name of Raghubar Das after he was elected as the leader
of the BJP legislative party in a meeting of newly-elected MLAs in Ranchi.
2) Indian
army started 'Operation All Out' against the Bodo militants in Assam: The
action has been named Operation All Out, and up to 9,000 soldiers and
paramilitary troopers are on the ground on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border
to flush out militants of the NDFB (Songbijit) outfit accused of massacring
over 75 tribals in two Assam districts on December 23. According to reports,
Army has taken full command of the two-tier Operation All Out, currently on in
Sonitpur in Assam.
3) President
signed Ordinance to Push Reforms in Coal, Insurance Sectors: The two
ordinances to pave the way for a fresh dose of foreign investment in the
insurance sector and to move ahead with the allocation of cancelled coal mines
received Presidential approval on 26 December 2014. The government had decided
to promulgate these ordinances to move ahead with reforms in the two sectors as
the relevant bills could not be cleared during the just-concluded Parliament
Session.
4) Microsoft
CEO Satya Nadella met Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Keen to invest more in
India, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella on December 26 pledged support
to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India initiative. He is the third
major tech executive to meet PM Modi, after Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Facebook's
Mark Zuckerberg.
5) 10th
anniversary of Tsunami observed: On 26 December in 2004, more than 230,000
people were killed due to Tsunami that was a result of Mw 9.1–9.3 magnitude
earthquake that rocked the Indian Ocean. The epicentre of the earthquake was
the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. It triggered a series of devastating
tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean,
killing 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal
communities with waves up to 30 metres. It was one of the deadliest natural
disasters in recorded history. Indonesia was the hardest-hit country, followed
by Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.
6) E-ticketing
launched for Taj Mahal, Humayun’s tomb: Union minister of tourism and
culture, Mahesh Sharma, on 26 December 2014 launched e-ticketing facility for
the Taj Mahal and Humayun's tomb on a pilot basis, and a helpline number to
ensure safety of domestic and international tourists.
7) Cristiano
Ronaldo voted best footballer: Portugal football team captain Cristiano
Ronaldo has been voted as the number one footballer in the world overtaking
Argentina skipper Lionel Messi for the top spot. The Guardian reportedly
revealed it’s top 100 footballers’ list in the world 2014 in its entirety and
the battle for the top spot was once again between Ronaldo and Messi. It turned
in Ronaldo’s favour as 74 per cent of 73 judges drawn from 28 countries, which
included Hernan Crespo, Didi Hamann, Slaven Bilic and Gilberto Silva among the
expert panel, voted for the Real Madrid star forward.
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