Current Affairs December 2014 PDF - First Week

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1) Who was appointed as the new CBI Director on 2 December 2014?

Ans. Anil Kumar Sinha

2) 26th World AIDS Day was observed across the world on 1 December 2014 with the theme?

Ans. Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free generation

3) Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi was on 5 December 2014 named as the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times. 'The Straits Times' is the leading newspaper in which country?

Ans. Singapore

4) Mahaparinirwan Diwas was observed across India on 6 December 2014 on the death anniversary of?

Ans. Dr B R Ambedkar

5) Who became the first Indian Footballer to be conferred with Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Hall of Fame Award on 30 November 2014?

Ans. Baichung Bhutia

6) Which film won the Golden Peacock Award at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which concluded in Goa recently?

Ans. Leviathan, Russian Film

7) Name the mascot for the 2016 European football championship announced recently?

Ans. Super Victor

8) As decided recently, the birthday of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the 25 December will be observed as?

Ans. National Good Governance Day

9) United Nations General Assembly on 5 December 2014 declared which year as the International Year of Soils?

Ans. 2015

10) Who was nominated as the next defence secretary of US Department of Defence by the President Barack Obama on 5 December 2014?

Ans. Ashton Carter

Note: He will replace Chuck Hagel as US Defence Secretary, who resigned in November 2014.

11) Recently American geologists discovered the most abundant mineral on earth's lower mantle known as?

Ans. Bridgmanite

12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 November 2014 flagged off first passenger train to which north-eastern state?

Ans. Meghalaya

Note: The move has put Meghalaya on India's railway map for the first time.

13) Which country on 30 November 2014 launched National Day song in Tamil language to celebrate 50 years of its independence in 2015?

Ans. Singapore

Note: Tamil is the fourth official language of Singapore.

14) Who became the oldest player to score a century in the One-Day International (ODI) on 30 November 2014?

Ans. Khurram Khan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) captain

Note: He scored the century against Afghanistan in Dubai. He achieved the feat at an age of 43 years and 162 days thus breaking the record held in the name of Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.

15) Which country launched the new generation navigation satellite GLONASS-K on 30 November 2014?

Ans. Russia

16) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 2 December 2014 announced ...... bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement?

Ans. fifth

Note: The rates have been kept unchanged. (Repo rate: 8 percent, Reverse repo rate: 7 percent)

17) Nuclear capable missile Agni-IV was test fired on 2 December 2014 from?

Ans. Integrated Test Range in Wheeler Island, Odisha.

18) Nation on 3 December 2014 remembered the Bhopal gas tragedy that happened 30 years back on?

Ans. 3 December 1984

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19) UN observed International Volunteer Day (IVD) on?

Ans. 5 December

20) International Criminal Court (ICC) on 5 December 2014 withdrew the case against President of which African country?

Ans. Kenya President, Uhuru Kenyatta

21) Which state government on 5 December 2014 decided to ban health camps without prior approval of district civil surgeons?

Ans. Punjab

22) Name the multi-level global campaign to highlight importance of girls’ education  launched by Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto in New Delhi on 29 November 2014?

Ans. Girl Rising

23) Who won the 2014 presidential elections of Uruguay on 30 November 2014?

Ans. Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas

24) Maoists killed more than dozen CRPF personnel in an attack in Chintagufa area of Sukma district of which state on 1 December 2014?

Ans. Chhattisgarh

25) Border Security Force (BSF) celebrated its .....th Raising day on 1 December 2014?

Ans. 49^th

26) State Government of Gujarat on 5 December 2014 declared 353 villages of which district as completely or partially scarcity-affected?

Ans. Kutch

27) Who won the 2014 US Player of the Year award on 5 December 2014?

Ans. US football team goalkeeper Tim Howard

28) Who was appointed as the Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on 1 December 2014?

Ans. OP Singh

29) Credit Rating Agency ICRA Limited on 5 December 2014 appointed whom as non-executive Chairman after he was elected unilaterally by the ICRA Board?

Ans. Arun Duggal

30) First World Soil Day was observed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on?

Ans. 5 December 2014

31) Egypt court on 29 November 2014 dropped charges against its former President?

Ans. Hosni Mubarak

32) The book "2014: The Election That Changed India" that was released on 1 November 2014 was penned by?

Ans. Rajdeep Sardesai

33) India recently joined the elite group of countries to build the largest telescope in the world at?

Ans. Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

34) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed by the United Nations on?

Ans. December 2

35) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 November 2014 coined the acronym SMART for police forces across the country in the 49th annual conference of India DGPs and IGPs. What does SMART stands for?

Ans. S for strict but sensitive, M for modern and mobile, A for alert and accountable, R for reliable and responsive, T for techno-savvy and trained

36) Researchers led by Professor Gene K Beare recently developed world’s fastest 2D camera at which University?

Ans. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Washington University.

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Daily Current Affairs 14th December 2014

1) Germany beat Pakistan 2-0 to win Champions Trophy Hockey 2014: Germany emerged victorious in the Hockey Champions Trophy, beating Pakistan 2-0 in a pulsating final at a packed Kalinga stadium, Bhubaneswar on 14 December 2014. Christopher Wesley (18th minute) and Florian Fuchs (56th) scored for Germany to lift the trophy for the 10th time. Germany had won the title for the last time in 2007. Earlier, a tired and lacklustre India was beaten 2-1 by World champion Australia in the battle for third place.

2) Shinzo Abe re-elected as Japan Prime Minister: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a comfortable re-election on 14 December 2014 in a snap poll that he had billed as a referendum on his economic policies. But a low turnout from unenthusiastic voters beset by a heavy snowfall across much of the country could cast doubt on the endorsement he will claim for “Abenomics” — his signature plan to fix the country’s flaccid economy. Media exit polls shortly after voting showed his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito had swept the ballot, with an unassailable two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament that will give them the power to override the upper house.

3) South African woman wins Miss World beauty pageant 2014: A 22-year-old South African woman, Rolene Strauss, won the Miss World 2014 beauty pageant in London on 14 December 2014. Hungary's Edina Kulcsrr came second and Elizabeth Safrit, representing the United States, came third. This year's pageant, the 64th, was marred by tragedy after a Honduran beauty queen was found shot dead in a suspected crime of passion days before she was due to take part.

4) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan felicitated at Miss World 2014: Aishwarya Rai was on 14 December 2014 felicitated by the Miss World Organisation at the 64th edition of the international beauty pageant for her commitment to "beauty with a purpose" since winning the crown two decades ago. Described as an embodiment of beauty with purpose, Aishwarya is also seen as the most successful Miss World so far, a title that she won in 1994. "I stand here overwhelmed by this honour. I thank Miss World Organization for such an incredible honour that I have received..." she said in her acceptance speech.

5) Lima climate change talks reach global warming agreement: International negotiators at the Lima climate change talks have agreed on a plan to fight global warming that would for the first time commit all countries to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions. The plan, agreed at United Nations talks on 14 Dec 2014, was hailed as an important first step towards a climate change deal due to be finalised in Paris next year. The proposals call on countries to reveal how they will cut carbon pollution, ideally by March next year.

6) Shriti Vadera set to become first woman to head major British Bank: Indian-origin Shriti Vadera has been appointed as chairman of Santander UK, becoming the first woman to head a major British bank. 52-year-old Vadera, former minister in the UK's finance ministry, will join the board of Santander UK as joint deputy chairman in January, before succeeding Terence Burns in March next year.

7) National Energy Conservation Day observed: National Energy Conservation Day was observed on 14 December 2014. The National Energy Conservation Day was celebrated every year in India by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). The celebrations were marked by giving out of National Energy Conservation Award by the Ministry of Power, Government of India. The award was given to companies from different industry groups for creating benchmarks in energy conservation.

8) Government calendar to have mobile app version: For the first time, the new government calendar, brought out every year by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, may come in a mobile phone app avatar also. The calendar which has 'Clean Green India' as its theme and will highlight the government's flagship schemes and initiatives will be launched in the coming days.

9) Jairam Ramesh named member of board providing policy advice to UNEP: Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has been appointed as a member of a board which provides strategic policy advice to a key UN agency on environmentally-sound technologies for developing nations. Ramesh said he has accepted the offer to serve as a member of the International Advisory Board (IAB) which gives strategic policy advice to the Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

10) A R Rahman, Hindi film 'Jal' in Oscars' probable list: India's music maestro A R Rahman may end up getting his third Oscar nomination in the best original score category after making it to the list of 114 probables, while Hindi film 'Jal' also features in the long list of best picture Oscar hopefuls. Rahman, who has previously been nominated for '127 Hours' and 'Slumdog Millionaire, for which he won two Oscars.

11) Anerood Jugnauth is Mauritius PM: Mauritius President named veteran politician Sir Anerood Jugnauth as Prime Minister, after the 84-year-old won a landslide taking nearly three-quarters of the seats in Parliament. Mr. Jugnauth, a former President and Prime Minister, was handed his letter of appointment at a meeting at State House, a statement from the office of President Kailash Purryag said.

12) Drug menace a national pain, says PM Modi in 'Mann ki Baat': Voicing concern over the "devastating" drug addiction menace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said society as well as the government will have to work together to fight this problem and that a helpline would be set up soon to assist those seeking solutions. In his third 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on radio, he said the menace is a "national pain" but instead of the youth mired in the problem, drugs should be shunned.

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Rolene Strauss is Miss World 2014

* Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the pageant's final in London on 14 December 2014, with an estimated billion viewers watching on television around the globe. 

* Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar, was the runner-up and Miss United States, Elizabeth Safrit, came third in the 64th annual competition, contested by women from 121 countries.

* Strauss clasped her hands together in surprise and was presented with the sash by the outgoing Miss World, Megan Young of the Philippines.

* The medical student sat in the winner's throne as the 2013 champion put the glittering crown on her head before a fireworks finale at the ExCeL exhibition centre in east London.

* "South Africa this is for you," Strauss said afterwards. "I think I will brace myself for what's about to happen. It's a huge responsibility."

* Koyal Rana, India's contender to Miss World 2014 couldn't make it to the top 5.

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 14 December 2014

1) Who was appointed as the new IB chief on 13 December 2014?

(A) Dineshwar Sharma

(B) Syed Asif Ibrahim

(C) N. Sandhu

(D) Rajiv Mathur

2) Nation paid homage to martyrs of Parliament attack on 13 December 2014. In which year on 13 December, five heavily-armed gunmen stormed Parliament complex and opened indiscriminate fire, killing nine persons?

(A) 2000

(B) 2001

(C) 2005

(D) 2004

3) India lost first test match against Australia in Adelaide by 48 runs on 13 December 2014. Who was adjudged the Man of the Match?

(A) David Warner

(B) Virat Kohli

(C) Michael Clarke

(D) Nathan Lyon

4) Virat Kohli on 13 December 2014, with his knocks of 115 and 141 in the two innings of first Test against Australia, has become only the second player in the history of Test Match cricket to score twin centuries on captaincy debut. Who was the first player?

(A) Vivian Richards

(B) Sunil Gavaskar

(C) Greg Chappell

(D) Rahul Dravid

5) India lost to which country in the semi finals of Hockey Champions Trophy on 13 December 2014?

(A) Pakistan

(B) Belgium

(C) Australia

(D) Germany

6) Which Indian singer received Lifetime Achievement Award at 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) recently?

(A) Latha Mangeskar

(B) Alka Yagnik

(C) Meena Khadikar

(D) Asha Bhosle

7) Who has emerged as the top Indian celebrity with the highest earnings in 2014, according to a Forbes list released recently?

(A) Shah Rukh Khan

(B) Amitabh Bachchan

(C) Salman Khan

(D) M S Dhoni

8) Janasena Party, which was recently recognized by the Election Commission of India is a political party founded by which famous Telugu actor?

(A) Pawan Kalyan

(B) Mahesh Babu

(C) Chiranjeevi

(D) Ravi Teja 

9) Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on 12 December 2014 launched a book titled "Born Again on the Mountain". Name the author?

(A) Tintu Luka

(B) Arunima Sinha

(C) Anirban Lahiri

(D) None of these

10) Pawan Chamling on 12 December 2014 completed 20 years in office as the Chief Minsiter of which state?

(A) Assam

(B) Meghalaya

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Sikkim

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Dineshwar Sharma

2) Ans. (B) 2001

3) Ans. (D) Nathan Lyon

4) Ans. (C) Greg Chappell

5) Ans. (A) Pakistan

6) Ans. (D) Asha Bhosle

7) Ans. (C) Salman Khan

8) Ans. (A) Pawan Kalyan

9) Ans. (B) Arunima Sinha

10) Ans. (D) Sikkim 

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IBPS Clerk Exam (14 December 2014) Questions: Evening Shift

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General Awareness and Computer Questions

1. Anirban Lahiri is related with which sport? - Golf

2. Constituency of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh? - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

3. Capital of Kuwait? - Kuwait City

4. SAARC summit 2014 was held at? - Kathmandu, Nepal

5. Who is Rajiv Pratap Rudy? - Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

6. RTGS full form? - Real Time Gross Settlement

7. Jan Dhan Yojna plans to cover how many accounts? - 7.5 crore

8. UNICEF headquarters? - New York City

9. Rate at which Banks borrow money from RBI? - Repo Rate

10. Currency of Oman? - Omani Rial

11. ISP full form? - Internet service provider

12. MICR full form? - Magnetic ink character recognition

13. Commonwealth Science Conference 2014 was held in? - Bengaluru, India.

14. Full Form of WWW? - World Wide Web

15. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was observed on? - 25 November

16. Sansad Adarsh Gram yojna started on whose birthday? - Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Narayan

17. Indira Awaas yojna will provide house to how many households? -

18. Fullform of HTTP? - HyperText Markup Language

19. Which of the following not a storage device? - Printer

20. Davis Cup related to? -Tennis

21. Birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel  was recently celebrated as? - National Unity Day

22. 2016 Olympic Games will be held at? -Rio De Janerio, Brazil

23. Network inside a building is called? - Intranet

24. Which is not a threat to user? - spam

25. Shorcut key to go down the page? - Cntrl + End

26. Which follows the principle of 'buy now, pay now'? - Debit Card

27. PM's Chief Economic Officer? - Aravind Subramanian

28. Which sports woman was recently appointed as UN good will ambassador for South Asia Region? - Sania Mirza

29. Which state has highest literacy rate as per Census 2011? - Kerala

30. Commonwealth games 2014 was held at? - Glascow, Scotland

31. IRNSS satellite belongs to which country? - India

32. ASCII Full from? - American Standard Code for information interchange

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Today's (14 December 2014) IBPS Clerk Exam Questions for review- Morning Shift

Friends..In this post we are sharing the GA and Computer Questions asked in today's (14 Dec 2014) IBPS Clerk Exam. This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. If anybody remembers more questions kindly share with us in our mail id: currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. Thank you.

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General Awareness and Computer  Questions

1. Maximum limit of investment in Kisa Vikas Patra? - No Limit

2. Capital of Bhutan? - Thimphu

3. Full form of WAN? - Wise Area Network

4. Baichung Bhutia is related to which sport? - Football

5. What causes ebola? - Virus

6. UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) headquarters? - Vienna

7. Who was given Indian Film Personality of the Year Award at IFFI opening ceremony? - Rajinikanth

8. How much overdraft facility is available for accounts under PMJDY? - Rs.5000/-

9. Human Rights Day is observed on? - December 10

10. Name the owners of Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO)? - Vedanta Resources

11. In which bank LAGHU UDHYAMI account can be opened? - United Bank of India

12. NCR full form? - National Capital Region

13. Sarita Devi, who passed away recently, was related with which dance form? - Kathak

14. Book "Half Girl Friend" was written by? - Chetan Bhagath

15. RTGS full form? - Real Time Gross Settlement

16. Nalanda University is situated in which state? - Bihar

17. Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance of? - Rajasthan

18. Currency of China? - Renminbi

19. Where ISRO situated? - Karnataka

20. Which among the following is not a version of MS office? -

21. Souvik Maiti is related to which field? - Biophysical Chemistry

22. Youngest person to win Nobel prize? - Malala Yousufzai

23. International Buddhist Conference 2014 was held recentlt at? - Nepal

24.  Track Asia Cup 2014 was recently held at? - New Delhi

25. MS- DOS which type of operating system? - Command driven

26. Which of the following is not a valid version of MS-Office? -Office VISTA

27. IFSC Full form? - Indian Financial System Code

28. Which of the following provide power backup to computer system?- UPS

29. The individual dots that the image on a monitor are called? -pixel

30. How any person can understand 0,1 format ? - By decoding

31. Which of the following is harmful for information security? - VIRUS

32. Which of the following refers to an upside down mouse? -  Track ball

33. In excel how shortcut to reverse last action? - CTRL+Z

34. In 4th generation PC what is found? -MICRO PROCESSOR

35. Conversion of windows 98 to windows XP known as? - Upgrade

36. Which of the following is not found on Mother Board? - System Clock

37. Which of the following is a Input Device? - Touch Pad

38. PROM Full form? - Programmable read-only memory

39. IP full form? - Internet Protocol

40. Which of the following memory erased by ultra violet rays? - EPROM

41. Resident memory portion of operating system? - Registry

42. Moving from one website to another website called? - Surfing

43. Machine language used by computer? - Numeric

44. ANSI full form? - American National Standards Institute

45. Which of the following form the part of a complete URL need to access the web resource? - Protocol

46. NPCI launched which card recently? - RUPAY

47. BINARY number are composed of? - 0 & 1

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 13 December 2014

1) Leaders paid homage to martyrs of Parliament attack: Parliamentarians led by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on 13 December 2014 paid homage to martyrs on the 13th anniversary of the attack on Parliament. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and other members attended a solemn ceremony held in the premises of Parliament. On 13th December 2001, five heavily-armed gunmen stormed Parliament complex and opened indiscriminate fire, killing nine persons. The martyrs included five Delhi Police personnel, a woman Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) official, two Parliament watch and ward staff and a gardener. A journalist, who was injured, died later. All five terrorists were shot dead. Four accused, including Afzal Guru, were arrested for the attack and found guilty after a trial. Guru was hanged last year in February.

2) India lost first test against Australia by 48 runs: India virtually snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, slumping to an agonising 48-run loss in the pulsating first cricket Test against Australia despite captain Virat Kohli's gallant second successive hundred in the match which was held in Adelaide. Chasing a competitive target of 364, India were cruising along comfortably at 242/2 before the hosts staged a dramatic comeback to grab eight wickets for 73 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. The Indians folded for 315 in 87.1 overs with Kohli (141) and Murali Vijay (99) being the only ones to notch up noteworthy knocks even as seven batsmen departed without touching the double digit mark.

3) Kohli becomes second player to score twin centuries on his captaincy debut: Virat Kohli, with his knocks of 115 and 141 in the two innings of first Test against Australia, has become only the second player to score twin centuries on his captaincy debut. The first player to do so was former Australian captain Greg Chappell, against West Indies at Brisbane in 1975. Kohli is only the second Indian captain to hit two centuries in the same Test. The first was Sunil Gavaskar, against West Indies at Kolkata in 1978/79. It has been 53 years now since an overseas batsman scored two centuries in the same Test in Australia. West Indies’ Rohan Kanhai was the last batsman to do so, way back in 1961.  He is only the fourth Indian player to score two centuries in a single Test match, with the other three being Sunil Gavaskar (thrice), Rahul Dravid (twice) and Vijay Hazare (once). Kohli’s 256 is also the highest number of runs scored by any player on his captaincy debut.

4) India suffer close 3-4 defeat against Pakistan in Hockey Champions Trophy semi-final: A misfiring India squandered a golden opportunity to create history as they went down 3-4 against arch-rivals Pakistan in a high-voltage semifinal of the Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Bhubaneshwar on 13 December 2014. It was a good chance for India to register their best-ever performance in the history of Champions Trophy but they couldn't achieve the feat and buckled under pressure. India's best-ever showing in the Champions Trophy is a bronze medal in 1982 edition of the tournament in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Earlier, Olympic champions Germany survived a spirited fightback to snap world champion Australia's five-time title run by eking out a hard-fought 3-2 win and enter the summit clash.

5) Dineshwar Sharma appointed new IB chief: Dineshwar Sharma, Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau, was on 13 December 2014 appointed as the agency's new chief and will take charge on 1st January succeeding Syed Asif Ibrahim. A 1979 batch IPS officer from Kerala cadre, Sharma, who has been working with the agency for the past 23 years, will have a two-year tenure. An official announcement said he will take over as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) with immediate effect and will take charge as Director of Intelligence Bureau after the retirement of Ibrahim.

6) LS passed bill on coal block allocations: Lok Sabha on 12 December 2014 passed a bill which provides for fresh auction of 204 coal blocks de-allocated by the Supreme Court in September with the government allaying apprehensions of some parties that the legislation would lead to privatisation of the sector.

7) Asha Bhosle received Lifetime Achievement Award at DIFF: Noted Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). The 81-year-old 'Piya Tu Ab Toh Aja' hitmaker was presented with the prestigious award for her decades of dedication to Indian cinema during the opening ceremony of the festival.

8) Salman Khan is the richest Indian celebrity in forbes list: Salman Khan has emerged as the celebrity with the highest earnings in 2014, according to a Forbes list. The actor grossed earnings of Rs 244.5 crore in 2014, according to the magazine. It is for the first time in three years since Forbes started the rankings that Shah Rukh Khan has been toppled from the top spot. Shah Rukh Khan's money ranking in 2014 dropped to number 2 with earnings of Rs 202.4 crore.

9) Bengaluru-based techie arrested for ISIS twitter account handling: Bengaluru-based engineer Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who was named by UK-based Channel 4 as the man behind terror group Islamic State's (IS) most influential Twitter handle, was on 13 December 2014 arrested from his flat in Bengaluru and slapped with charges of "waging war" and unlawful activities.

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