December 2014 Events - I week (Dec 01-08, 2014)

Events of Dec First Week (01 – 08, 2014)
Date	Events
1-Dec-14	World AIDS Day; Theme "Getting To Zero"
	National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) launched the first nationwide AIDS helpline – 1097
	Maoists attack in Chhattisgarh kills 14 CRPF Personnel
	UK's first bus powered by human and food waste has gone into service between Bristol and Bath
	Pakistan Prime Minister Mr. Sharif inaugurated China - Pakistan Economic Corridor Project
	Film artist of Ireland Duncan Campbell won Turner Prize 2014 for a video called "It For Others"
	Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas won Uruguay Presidential Election 2014
	The mascot for the 2016 European football championship has been named "Super Victor"
	UAE captain Khurram Khan became the oldest player (43 years) to score a century in ODI
2-Dec-14	Chinese and Maldives government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a preliminary study of a proposed bridge connecting the international airport to Maldives capital Male
	Union cabinet approved introduction of a comprehensive Anti-Hijacking Bill 2014. This Bill provides for stringent punishment including death penalty to hijackers in case of death of a hostage or security personnel
	Anil Kumar Sinha appointed as new CBI director
	Uttar Pradesh government launched the Women Entrepreneurship Scheme 2014-15 to empower women and ensure their participation in the process of industrialization
	The birthday of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the 25 December will be observed as National Good Governance Day
	Nuclear capable missile Agni-IV (4000 km) was test fired from Integrated Test Range in Wheeler Island, Odisha
	Union Cabinet approved the treaty on transfer of sentenced persons between India and Qatar
	Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan signed a multilateral agreement admitting India’s participation in the development of the Thirty-Metre Telescope (TMT) in Hawaii
3-Dec-14	Japan launched asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 to explore origin of earth
	Museum named “Remember Bhopal” was inaugurated on the eve of 30 years of Bhopal gas tragedy
	Union Finance Ministry constituted high-level committee (Ashok Lahiri) to hear industry's tax issues
	SC constituted Social Justice Bench to deal with social issue (will be headed by Justice Madan B Lokur and comprises of Justice U U Lalit as member)
	Indian umpire S. Ravi was named in a 25-member list of match officials for next year’s ICC ODI World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
	Veteran actor and filmmaker Deven Verma passed away in Pune, following a cardiac arrest.
	12 spiritual leaders across the world met in Vatican and decided to abolish the modern day of slavery by 2020
	SC throws out Kerala’s review plea on Mullaperiyar dam
	India ranked 85th among175 countries in the latest corruption index
	SC directed the Centre to ensure that the ongoing IT probe into suspected black money account holders to be completed by March 2015
4-Dec-14	Renowned Jurist of India, Krishna Iyer passed away
	Internet freedom score: Out of 100, India scored 42
	Centre made it clear that it is not in favour of reducing juvenile age from 18 to 16 years
	Ten Pakistani kids get HIV after blood transfer
	Centre says no more subsidies Kerosene through PDS (UPA's policy)
	The drama b/w BJP and Shiv Sena comes to an end; Shiv Sena joined Fadnavis govt in Maharashtra
	After USA, Germany also bans Ranbaxy
5-Dec-14	Terror attack in Kashmir kills 21; Modi condemns the attack; Rahul Gandhi blames government inefficiency
	Vice President of India, conferred the “First Justice Nagendra Singh International Peace Award” to Justice Dalveer Bhandari
	India reports the highest number of deaths among children below the age of 5 years in the world. Main reason for the death is Pneumonia and diarrohea
	India helped Maldives in water crisis with activity as the Indian Air Force (IAF) readied a giant Ilyushin-76 to flew from Thiruvananthapuram to Male
	DNA explorer Watson’s Nobel Medal goes for $4.75 mn
	In a biggest blow to Maran's SpiceJet, DGCA has reportedly asked SpiceJet to clear its Rs. 1,500 crore dues to all the stakeholders, including Airports Authorities of India and oil companies. DGCA also directed not to take bookings over one month as well as refund booking amounts
	SAIL disinvestment fetches Rs. 1715 crore
	First World Soil Day was observed
6-Dec-14	State Government of Punjab decided to ban health camps without prior approval of district civil surgeons. The decision was made after more than dozen people lost their vision partially following cataract operation in a camp at Gurdaspur district of the state
	International Criminal Court (ICC) withdrew the case against President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta thus ending the case against him
	The United Kingdom (UK) signed an agreement with Bahrain to establish a permanent naval base at Mina Salman Port in Bahrain.
	United Nations General Assembly declared 2015 as the International Year of Soils (IYS)
	Raninder Singh became the first Indian to get elected as a member of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)'s Executive Committee.
	Cabinet Secretary Mr. Ajit Seth gets six month extension
	Champions Trophy (Men’s Hockey) begins at Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)
	Madhya Pradesh government decided to celebrate 2015 as Year of Tourism
	China invites India for 'Indo - Pacific' Partnership to counter US
7-Dec-14	Typhoon Hagupit hits Philippines
	Bus Service from Delhi to Dhaka soon
	PM convenes meeting of Chief Ministers in Delhi to decide on replacement of Planning Commission; Most states favoured the idea excluding Congress ruled Chief Ministers; Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Mizoram & Jammu Kashmir skipped the meet
	India successfully puts GSAT-16 in orbit
	Bhagavvad Gita must be made as 'National Scripture' - Sushma Swaraj
	World's longest human National Flag was formed in Chennai
	A Boeing aircraft has completed the world's first flight using 'green diesel'
	India sends more water to Maldives
	After being shut down for 81 days, Kudankulam back to stream
	The Second National Lok Adalat held across the country amicable settled about 1.25 crore pending and pre-litigation cases
8-Dec-14	National Day for Mentally-Retarded
	Veteran Carnatic vocalist Nedanuri Krishnamurthy passed away in Visakhapatnam
	Centre gives green signal for Ambedkar memorial in Mumbai
	Rajapakse, Sirisena files nomination for Lankan Presidential Elections
	Israel Parliament dissolved
	Narendra Modi has not made it to the list of 8 finalists selected by TIME magazine for its annual 'person of the year' title
	Six month jail for Raju, 3 others in Satyam Case
	World's first herbal Koran unveiled in Dubai
	NATO closes its Afghan Command Centre
	Singapore inks with Andhra Pradesh to build new Capital City

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