Current Affairs Recap: 8 December 2015

Here are the useful Current Affairs Questions in Capsule form for 8 December 2015 useful for cracking upcoming competitive exams. Please comment your suggestions.

Continued from Daily Current Affairs 7 December 2015

55) Which state on 5 December 2015 became the first state of India to join the Union Government’s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY)? - Andhra Pradesh

56) Which railway zone of India has recently introduced biodiesel for trains? - South Western Railways

57) Which state legislature has recently become the first in the country to launch an online mechanism for its members to send questions and move different motions in the House? – Maharashtra

Note: In this regard state government has launched a website mls.org.in.

58) Which cities on 8 December 2015 became the new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL)? - Pune and Rajkot

Note: They will replace the suspended teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for a period of two years.

59) Fifth 'Heart of Asia' conference, an annual gathering of Asian and other countries recently began at? - Islamabad, Pakistan

Note: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will represent India at the ministerial-level meeting.

60) Laimdota Straujuma, the first female Prime Minister of which country on 7 Dec. 2015 announced her resignation? – Latvia

61) Which online Taxi platform recently appointed Joy Bandekar as its Corporate President? - Ola

62) Name the political coalition that won majority in the 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election? - Democratic Unity Roundtable

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