MIG-21 FL-Phase-out
1) Which version of the legendary Mig-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force, which was also the first supersonic aircraft of the IAF, is being de-commissioned from service during December, 2013? – Mig-21 FL (In 1964 MiG-21 (Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-21) became the first supersonic fighter jet to enter service with the IAF. Being limited in numbers, the Mig-21 FLs played a restricted role in the 1965 war. They, however, played a crucial role in the 1971 war giving IAF the air superiority over vital points and areas in the western theatre. In the first ever supersonic air combat that ensued over the sub-continent in 1971, an Indian Mig-21 FL claimed a PAF F-104 Starfighter with its internal twin-barrelled guns alone. The pin-point accurate attack on the Governor's House at Dhaka by IAF pilots flying the Mig-21 FLs proved to be a turning point in the war forcing the adversary to negotiate an eventual
surrender. The Mig-21 FL was also fielded in the Kargil war. It was often the first choice of commanders as it provided unmatched flexibility due its unique attributes of high agility, fast acceleration and quick turn-around. Mig-21 FL will undertake its last ceremonial flight on 11 December, 2013 at a phasing out ceremony at the Air Force Station in Kalaikunda, West Bengal, in the presence of Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne, Chief of the Air Staff)
2) Which entity would replace Sahara as the title sponsor of the Indian cricket team with effect from 1 January, 2013? – Star India (Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed this change on 9 December, 2013)
3) The Standing Committee on Finance headed by Yashwant Sinha has recently given what suggestion to the Union Government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the issue of new bank licenses? – It has suggested to desist from giving new bank licences to industrial houses (Banking being a highly leveraged business involving public money and public welfare, it will be more in the fitness of things to keep industry and banking separate, the Standing Committee on Finance has suggested. It urged to ensure that no recurrence of the pre-nationalised situation happens, when the management of private banks deployed their funds to extend undue favour to their own industrial owners without regard to social priorities determined by Government)
4) The Congress powered to a two thirds majority in the Mizoram Assembly elections snapping up 27 of the 40 seats, while the opposition MNF secured four. The results for Assembly elections of state were announced on 9 December, 2013. With this win Congress leader and Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla is all set for his ………….term as Chief Minister – 5th
5) Which private sector bank recently joined hands with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCIL) to introduce eKYC (electronic Know Your Customer) norms in its branches? – HDFC Bank (The eKYC procedure will enable a consumer to walk in with an Aadhaar number and open an account by getting his fingerprint scanned. HDFC Bank will install biometric readers for scanning fingerprints at most of its branches in a few months. The banks systems will pull all data stored online with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) including name, address, birth date and photograph)
6) Which two former cricketers will be inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame as announced by the ICC on 9 December, 2013? - Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis and ex-Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist (Waqar and Gilchrist become the 70th and 71st male members of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Waqar will join the exclusive club during the first T20 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 11 December, while two days later in Perth (Australia), Gilchrist will be honoured during the tea interval of the third Ashes Test at the WACA. Waqar joins countryman Hanif Mohammad as well as his former teammates Imran Khan, Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram, who were among the first intake of inductees into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, while Gilchrist is the 19th male Australia player)
7) Who was appointed as the Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo India by the company on 9 December, 2013? - D. Shivakumar (He is a former senior executive of Nokia and is now heading PepsiCo in the India region. D. Shivakumar was appointed with immediate effect and he will be responsible for deploying the Rs 33,000 crore investment in India that PepsiCo announced during November, 2013)
8) Human Rights Day was observed across the world on 10 December 2013 to bring to light the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2013. Theme of the day is 20 Years Working for Your Rights. In his message, Chairperson of
9) The World Innovation Summit for Health, WISH-2013 began in Qatar capital Doha today with a call for practical, innovative and sustainable health solutions. More than 500 global health leaders, policy makers and analysts from 67 countries will over the next two days discuss ways and means to provide better health, better care and better value for health care services. Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary Kesav Desikaraju is representing India at the Conference.
10) Ranjan Mathai, the former Foreign Secretary of India took over as the India's High Commissioner to the UK. He has succeeded Jaimini Bhagwati, who retired recently from the post. Born on 24 May 1952, the 61-year old Mathai joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1974.
11) Sumit Bose appointed as Finance Secretary. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has appointed Sumit Bose, a 1976 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer, as Finance Secretary. Bose would replace R S Gujral (1976, Haryana cadre), who superannuated recently. The country top Finance man brings with him, not only the seniority but variegated experience in his chequered career spanning above 37 years.
12) A remote region in East Antarctica has set a new record for the coldest place on Earth, with temperatures dipping to a bone-chilling minus 93.2 degrees Celsius, NASA scientists say. The temperatures in several hollows of a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau can dip below minus 92 degrees Celsius on a clear winter night. The new record of minus 136 Fahrenheit (minus 93.2 C) was set on August 10, 2010, NASA said. That is several degrees colder than the previous low of minus 128.6 F (minus 89.2 C), set in 1983 at the Russian Vostok Research Station in East Antarctica.
13) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to contest all 90 seats in the Haryana Assembly polls next year. AAP state spokesman Rajiv Godara said that they will start preparing for the polls within a week, but will not ally with any party. AAP leaders are confident the party's performance in Delhi would have a positive impact on their performance in Haryana.
14) Veteran activist Anna Hazare launched an indefinite hunger strike at his village to press for the passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill. In the chilly 6 degrees Celsius temperature sweeping Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, Hazare went on his usual morning walk and then started his hunger strike near the Yadavbaba temple in the village, under the banner of his new organization, Jantantra Morcha. The Jan Lokpal Bill, also referred to as the Citizen's Ombudsman Bill, is an anti-corruption legislation drafted by civil society activists, seeking appointment of an independent panel to investigate cases of corruption.
15) Vasundhara Raje, the BJP's chief minister-elect in Rajasthan, will be sworn-in Dec 13. She met Governor Margaret Alva Tuesday and staked claim to form the government in the state. This would be second time that Raje is to be the chief minister of the state. Her first chief ministerial stint in the desert state was from 2003 to 2008. The BJP legislature party Monday unanimously elected Vasundhara Raje as its leader. She is also the president of the party's state unit.
16) The country's fair trade regulator has imposed a penalty of Rs 1,773 crore on Coal India for abusing its dominant position. Sources said the Competition Commission of India issued the order after investigating two complaints filed by customers of CIL and its subsidiaries. The first is by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco) against CIL and Mahanadi Coalfields and Western Coalfields against abuse of their dominant market position. The other complaint was by the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation. Coal India accounts for over 80 per cent of the 530 million tonnes of coal produced in the country.
17) India on Monday handed over Rs 374.68 million to Nepal to build embankments on three border rivers to control floods affecting both neighbours. The constructions along the Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers in southern Nepal are being undertaken in accordance with the decisions taken by the India-Nepal Joint Committee on Inundation and Flood Management. Indian Ambassador Ranjit Rae, handed over a cheque in Kathmandu on Monday to Umakant Jha, Minister for Energy, Irrigation and Science and Technology.
18) Mid-day meal scheme of India at 12th rank among lower-middle-income countries. A report released by the World Food Project (WFP) for 2013 on 169 countries has said that India’s midday meal programme stands 12th among 35 lower middle income countries. The report has been titled State of School Feeding Worldwide, 2013 has based its conclusions on a global survey conducted by the World Food Programme in 2012. The report shows praise for India’s mid-day meal scheme as a good example of a mixed implementation approach. The Budget 2013 has allocated 13215 crore rupees for the school feeding programme. It is 80% of total elementary education budget
1) भारतीय वायुसेना (IAF) के ऐतिहासिक लड़ाकू विमान मिग-21 के किस संस्करण को दिसम्बर, 2013 के दौरान सेवा से बाहर कर दिया जायेगा? - मिग-21 FL (उल्लेखनीय है कि मिग-21 FL भारत का पहला सुपरसानिक (ध्वनि की रफ्तार से तेजचलने वाला) विमान था तथा इसे 1964 में भारतीय वायु सेना में शामिल किया गया था। चूंकि उस समय इन विमानों की संख्या काफी कम थी इसलिए 1965 के भारत-पाक युद्ध में इनकी सीमित भूमिका रही थी। लेकिन फिर 1971 के भारत-पाक युद्ध में मिग-21 FL ने महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई थी। इस युद्ध में पहली बार भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप में सुपरसानिक विमानों का युद्ध हुआ था। इस विमान ने 1999 के कारगिल युद्ध में भी अपनी उपयोगिता सिद्ध की थी। मिग-21 FL को 11 दिसम्बर, 2013 को पश्चिम बंगाल स्थित कलाइकुण्डा वायु सेना स्टेशन में आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में वायुसेनाध्यक्ष एयर चीफ मार्शल एन.ए.के. ब्राउने की उपस्थिति में सेवानिवृत्त किया जायेगा)
2) सहारा इण्डिया (Sahara India) के स्थान पर किस कम्पनी को भारतीय क्रिकेट टीम का आधिकारिक प्रायोजक घोषित किया गया है? - स्टार इण्डिया – Star India (स्टार इण्डिया 1 जनवरी, 2014 से भारतीय टीम का आधिकारिक प्रायोजक बन जायेगा और अगले तीन साल तक टीम का प्रायोजक रहेगा। इसके चलते 1 जनवरी, 2014 से भारतीय टीम स्टार इण्डिया की जर्सी में खेलेगी। उल्लेखनीय है कि भारतीय क्रिकेट कंट्रोल बोर्ड (BCCI) ने 9 दिसम्बर, 2013 को मौजूदा प्रायोजक सहारा इण्डिया को अयोग्य घोषित करते हुए स्टार इण्डिया को टीम का नया प्रायोजक घोषित कर दिया)
3) यशवंत सिन्हा के नेतृत्व वाली संसद की वित्त पर गठित स्थायी समिति (Standing Committee on Finance) ने जल्द ही घोषित किए जाने वाले नए बैंक लाइसेंस के बारे में केन्द्र सरकार और भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक को क्या सुझाव दिया है? - इस समिति ने सुझाव दिया है कि औद्यौगिक समूहों को बैंक लाइसेंस देने से परहेज करना चाहिए (समिति का मानना है कि चूंकि बैंकिंग में जनता का धन शामिल होता है और यह जन-कल्याण में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाने वाला क्षेत्र है इसलिए यह आवश्यक है कि बैंकिंग और व्यवसाय को अलग रखा जाय। स्थायी समिति ने अपनी सिफारिशों में कहा कि बैंकों के राष्ट्रीयकरण से पहले जैसी स्थितियां पुन: नहीं बनायी जानी चाहिए जब निजी बैंकों का प्रबन्धन अपने स्वयं के व्यवसायों के लिए ऋण उपलब्ध कराने में कोई हिचक नहीं दिखाता था और केन्द्र सरकार की सामाजिक प्राथमिकताओं से कोई सरोकार नहीं रखता था)
4) मिजोरम में हुए विधानसभा चुनावों के 9 दिसम्बर, 2013 को घोषित परिणामों में कांग्रेस को भारी जीत मिली और उसने दो-तिहाई बहुमत का आंकड़ा पार कर लिया। कुल 40 विधानसभा सीटों में से कांग्रेस को 33 सीटें प्राप्त हुई। कांग्रेस के नेता तथा वर्तमान मुख्यमंत्री लाल थनहाव्ला (Lal Thanhawla) को इस जीत के साथ ...........बार मुख्यमंत्री बनने का मौका मिल रहा है - पांचवीं
5) निजी क्षेत्र के किस बैंक ने अपनी तमाम शाखाओं में ईकेवाईसी (eKYC - (electronic Know Your Customer) सुविधा शुरू करने के उद्देश्य से नेशनल पेमेण्ट कार्पोरेशन ऑफ इण्डिया (NPCIL) के साथ हाल ही में हाथ मिलाए हैं? - HDFC बैंक (इस eKYC सुविधा के तहत कोई भी ग्राहक अपनी आधार संख्या बताकर तथा अपनी उंगलियों के निशान स्कैन कराकर बैंक की शाखा में अपना खाता खोल सकेगा। HDFC बैंक इस सुविधा को प्रदान करने के लिए अपनी तमाम शाखाओं में कुछ ही माह के भीतर बायोमीट्रिक रीडर लगाएगा। इनके द्वारा भारत के विशिष्ट पहचान प्राधिकरण (UIAI) की आधार सम्बन्धी जानकारियों को बैंक प्राप्त कर सकेगा)
6) अंतर्राष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परिषद (ICC) द्वारा 9 दिसम्बर, 2013 को की गई घोषणा के अनुसार किन दो भूतपूर्व अंतर्राष्ट्रीय क्रिकेटर्स को आईसीसी हाल ऑफ फेम (ICC Hall of Fame) में शामिल किया जायेगा? - पाकिस्तान के भूतपूर्व कप्तान वकार यूनुस और ऑस्ट्रेलिया के भूतपूर्व विकेटकीपर एडम गिलक्रिस्ट (इसके साथ ही वकार यूनुस और एडम गिलक्रिस्ट इस प्रतिष्ठित लीग में शामिल होने वाले क्रमश: 70वें तथा 71वें क्रिकेटर बन जायेंगे। वकार से पहले पाकिस्तान के चार क्रिकेटर्स - हनीफ मोहम्मद, इमरान खान, जावेद मियांदाद और वसीम अकरम को भी इस प्रतिष्ठित सूची में स्थान मिला है जबकि गिलक्रिस्ट से पहले ऑस्ट्रेलिया के 18 क्रिकेटर्स को हाल ऑफ फेम में शामिल किया जा चुका है)
7) 9 दिसम्बर, 2013 को किसे पेप्सिको इण्डिया (PepsiCo India) के नए अध्यक्ष तथा मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी (Chairman & CEO) के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया? - डी. शिवकुमार (शिवकुमार नोकिया इण्डिया के भूतपूर्व उच्च अधिकारी हैं। अब उन्हीं के नेतृत्व में कम्पनी द्वारा नवम्बर, 2013 के दौरान घोषित 33,000 करोड़ रुपए के निवेश को विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में निवेशित किया जायेगा)
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