December 2014 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of December 2014 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.

31 December 2014 | Technology Current Affairs
1000 Mega Watt? Nuclear Reactor? in Kudankulam, the largest in terms of capacity yet, has started functioning on a commercial basis.
30 December 2014 | Sports Current Affairs
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced his retirement from International Test Cricket, making way for youngster Virat Kohli to become the next Test Cricket Captain of India. Dhoni has till now played 90 test matches among which he was the skipper in 60 matches. In terms of total test match wins, ‘Mahi’ is the most successful test skipper till now with 27 wins under his belt, bettering over the earlier best of 21 matches under Saurav Ganguly.
29 December 2014 | Accidents Current Affairs
Ruins of the Flight QZ8501 from AirAsia has been found in the sea, quite close to the Borneo island. Spokesperson of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue, Yusuf Latif, informed the press that helicopter has been sent to recover some of the floating items that are debris of the AirAsia Airliner, which has been expanding its base in South East Asia including India
28 December 2014 | Politics Current Affairs
Civic body polls in Chhattisgarh is going to be held today across 51 bodies. It includes twenty two Nagar Panchayats, nineteen Municipal Councils, and ten Municipal Corporations. 5,130 candidates are there in the fray.
27 December 2014 | Sports Current Affairs
India’s Ankita Raina defeated 19-year-old British rival Katy Dunne 6-2 6-2 to win her first $25,000 ITF singles title at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune. Ankita expressed her happiness for being the first woman to bring the title to India after 14 years. This gives Ankita 50 WTA points and a price money of $3,919. 294 ranked Ankita also said that she wants to improve her world ranking and her aim is to reach 200 this year.
26 December 2014 | Sports Current Affairs
Ankita Raina of India has entered into the final of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament. She defeated Romanian Cristina Ene 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 at the Deccan Gymkhan. Till date Radhika Tulpule is the only Indian who had won this title in 2001 by defeating Archana Venkatraman in three sets.
25 December 2014 | Politics Current Affairs
Jharkhand BJP MLAs have chosen Raghubar Das as their leader of Jharkhand Assembly, clearing his way to become the next Chief Minister of the state. This will be the first time in the 14-year history of Jharkhand that the state is going to get a non-tribal CM. It became easier for Das to become the leading contender for the coveted post because Arjun Munda, tribal BJP leader and also ex-CM of Jharkhand, lost the Assembly election.
24 December 2014 | Business Current Affairs
Snapdeal has forged an alliance with India Post to help artisans and weavers of Varanasi to get more market access, previously unexplored. Per the plan, facilitation desks will be opened in post offices of Varanasi where India Post and Snapdeal will work jointly.
23 December 2014 | Awards Current Affairs
Highest civilian honour of India, Bharat Ratna, will be awarded to ex-Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee as well as renowned educationist Late Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (Posthumously). The announcement was done, through Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, a day before Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday on December 25
22 December 2014 | Person Current Affairs
Suresh Prabhu, Union Railway Minister, has reportedly asked ex-CAG Vinod Rai, to head a Railway Board committee for suggesting ways to Indian Railways for more transparency. Vinod Rai has become a well known figure when he helped unearth some of the biggest scams in India in recent times, including 2G Spectrum and Coal allocation scams.
21 December 2014 | Business Current Affairs
Walmart, one of the biggest supermarket chains of the USA, is all set to open its newest store in Agra. This store is going to come up in mid-2015 and will have wholesale outlet that will sell anything and everything, including groceries, electronic goods, and all kinds of apparels. Organisations, offices, and businesses can buy from this twenty first Walmart store in India.
20 December 2014 | Agreements Current Affairs
Internet giant Google is planning to set a up its own campus in Hyderabad and is likely to sign an MoU with Telangana government. In case it happens then this will be the third campus of Google after the US and the UK.
19 December 2014 | Person Current Affairs
US swimmer Michael Phelps has pleaded guilty to drunken driving, as per media reports. The Olympic gold medalist has been given a one-year suspended prison term and has been sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation. 29-year old Phelps was arrested in Baltimore in September after he tested at nearly twice the legal alcohol limit. He was caught for speeding at 84mph in a 45mph zone.
18 December 2014 | Sports Current Affairs
Indian ace shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal moved one step forward towards semi finals of World Super Series Finals. While 6th ranked Srikant beat Indonesia’s 8th ranked Tommy Sugiarto by 21-18 21-13, fourth ranked Saina beat Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea by 21-12, 21-18
17 December 2014 | Science Current Affairs
GSLV-3, the heaviest rocket, has been successfully launched by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) from Sriharikota on December 18. The successful launch has brightened hope for ISRO’s capability of making Indian manned mission to space a success.
16 December 2014 | Business Current Affairs
During April-June period of 2015, Reliance Jio Infocomm is going to make one of the largest launches in the telecom sector. During this period, the company will make available 4G LTE services in eight hundred cities across India. The service can be accessed by almost all devices with the help of ‘mi-fi devices’ and 4G Dongles.
15 December 2014 | Awards Current Affairs
XPRIZE awards for tapping innovation potential will be launched in India along with Coca-Cola India support in the coming year. This is the first time XPRIZE will be launched in a country outside the USA
14 December 2014 | Important Days Current Affairs
Smriti Irani, Union Education Minister, cleared the air that the students don’t have to come to school on Christmas Day for celebrating ‘Good Governance day’, commemorating ex-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday. Smriti Irani, through a tweet, said that schools will remain closed on December 25. She called the circulated news mischievous.
13 December 2014 | Person Current Affairs
Anil Sinha, the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that they are likely to reveal all those involved in the Saradha chit fund scam. The comment came after criticism from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who accused the CBI and said that it is working as a frontal organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party like RSS and Bajrang Dal.
12 December 2014 | Politics Current Affairs
The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 was passed by the Lok Sabha by voice vote on Friday to auction coal blocks. The Supreme Court earlier this September had cancelled the auctioning of the 204 mining blocks.
11 December 2014 | Books And Authors Current Affairs
The first volume of  President of India Pranab Mukherjee’s book –?‘The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years’ –  was launched online through Amazon (as per an agreement with Rupa Publisher the e-retailer will sell the book for three weeks before it hits the retail bookstore shelves) on his 79th birthday.
10 December 2014 | Important Days Current Affairs
June 21 has been declared as the World Yoga Day by the United Nations. The decision comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly? last September, appealed for celebrating Yoga at the international level. NaMo’s proposal got support from 170 nations including the 28-member European Union.
9 December 2014 | Sports Current Affairs
Indian hockey team makes its way to the quarter finals by securing a convincing win over Netherland. India stunned the second ranked Netherland by defeating them 3-2 and finished third in Pool B. After this win Indian hockey team is going to face Belgium in the quarters.
8 December 2014 | Business Current Affairs
Indian government owned ONGC Videsh has won exploration permit in New Zealand’s 14TAR-R1 Exploration Block Taranaki offshore basin. Minister of Energy and Resources, Simon Bridges, awarded exploration permit to ONGC Videsh during a ceremony at Wellington. After winning this bid in New Zealand, ONGC Videsh now is working on 36 projects spread in 17 countries.  
7 December 2014 | Inauguration Current Affairs
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Commerce & Industry, inaugurated ‘Indian Trade Portal’ that will facilitate Indian exporters in getting various kinds of information on foreign markets including technical trade barriers, rules of origin, preferential tariffs, and many more.
6 December 2014 | Sports Current Affairs
Playing for the first time in India is a 'pleasure and privilege' said the Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer who came to India to play for Indian Aces in International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). The 17-time Grand Slam winner will play in India against Singapore Slammers. He said it is special to play somewhere for the first time. India is a different place and he is excited to play here he added.
5 December 2014 | Business Current Affairs
To increase its reach, Apple is planning to open 500 iStores across India. Smartphone market in India is growing at a very fast pace and this decision might give Apple a great push in India. Earlier Apple's main focus in Asia used to be China, Japan and Korea.
4 December 2014 | Politics Current Affairs
As per media report, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to attend a meet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Most likely State Industries Minister Amit Mitra will attend the meeting at her place to discuss the future of the Planning Commission.
3 December 2014 | Person Current Affairs
One of the richest man in the world and leading industrialist of India, Mukesh Ambani, expects India’s growth rate to surpass that of China’s in the coming two to three years. He believes the recent fall in petroleum prices globally is a gift to the fledging Indian economy.
2 December 2014 | Appointments Current Affairs
Anil Kumar Sinha, IPS officer of Bihar cadre (1979 batch), was on Tuesday appointed by Union Government as the new CBI Director. The decision of appointment was taken by a committee, headed by the Prime Minister himself. The final decision was taken by the PM, from a shortlisted list of 40 officers, after consultation with leader of Parliament’s main opposition party as well as Chief Justice of India.
1 December 2014 | Person Current Affairs
Anurag Kumar, Director of Indian Institute of Science, said that his institution is going to implement more translational programmes, which translates research to their implementation in real world. Co-founder of Infosys, Kris Gopalakrishnan, emphasised upon its need by saying that research will become beneficial for the society only when it creates more new products as well as services

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