Daily Current Affairs: 31 December 2013
Daily Current Affairs: 31
December 2013
1) Air
Marshal Arup Raha takes over as IAF chief: Air Marshal Arup Raha today took
over as the Air Force chief succeeding Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne. In his
address after taking over the charge at Air Headquarters in New Delhi, Mr. Raha
said IAF is committed to providing vital support to the security forces
deployed in counter-insurgency operations. He said IAF is on a trajectory of
modernisation and is transforming into a strategic aerospace power with full spectrum
capability.
2) World on the mood of New Year's
celebrations 2014!!!
3) Tejas
Team Sets New Record of 500 Flights in One Calender Year: TEJAS attained
another significant milestone on 27th Dec 2013, by flying the 500th sortie this
year, the highest achieved in a calendar year thus far.
4) Anurag
Bhushan took charge as the Dubai Consul General of India: Anurag Bhushan, a
career diplomat on 30 December 2013 took charge as the Consul General of India
in Dubai and Northern Emirates in the UAE. Before taking the charge as the
Consul General, he was serving as the head of the Regional passport office in
New Delhi.
5) Brand
Amul to spread to America: Come February, Gujarat Cooperative Milk
Marketing Federation, which owns and markets the Amul brand of milk products,
will start manufacturing ghee (butter oil),paneer (cottage cheese) and
shrikhand (a sweet dish made of strained yogurt) from a plant near New York.
6) Rs 2,000 cr transferred in direct benefit: Ministry
of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Monday said over Rs 2,000 crore had been
transferred to consumers in 184 districts as direct benefits. In these
high-Aadhaar coverage districts, 66 million consumers have been benefited, it
said.
7) Chandra
Kant Birla resigned from Hindustan Motors Limited: Chandra Kant Birla,
Chairman of Hindustan Motors Limited resigned from the board on 29 December
2013. He also stepped down from the post of director of Hindustan Motors (HM).
8) Latest
ICC Test Team Rankings SA cemented its place as No.1 team: South Africa on
Monday strengthened their position as the number-one ranked side on the ICC
Test Team Rankings table courtesy their 10-wicket victory over India in the
second and final Test in Durban.
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