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Current Affairs English 27.12.19


NATIONAL

1.     Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Raj inaugurated DNA Analysis centre at Chandigarh.
STATE
2.     Rohtang Tunnel, Himachal Pradesh will be named as Atal Tunnel to mark 95th Birth Anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
APPOINTMENTS
3.     PR Ravi Mohan – Chairman, ESAF Small Finance Bank.
4.     Hemant Soren – Chief Minister, Jharkhand.
5.     Dennis Mulienburg – CEO, Boeing Resigned.
SCHEMES & APPS
6.     Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban achieved target of creating Urban India Open Defecation Free.
MOU
7.     Cabinet approved MoU signed between India & Brazil on Bioenergy Cooperation.
BUSINESS
8.     NTPC is planning to add 10GW of Solar Energy by 2022.
SPORTS
9.     Maisnam Meiraba Luwang won Men’s single Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series 2019 in Dhaka.
10. Ash Barty & Rafael Nadal named as International Tennis Federation World Champions for 2019.
11. In ICC Test Rankings 2019 Virat Kohli finished at Top spot.
DEFENCE
12. Indian Coast Guard conducted pollution response exercise Swachchh Samundra NW-2019 at Vadinar, Gulf of Kutch.
13. Government will setup Department of Military Affairs to be headed by Chief of Defence Staff.

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