Current Affairs December, 2016

The Department of Telecom (DoT) will soon launch Tarang Sanchar portal that will let users check radiation compliance status of mobile towers and transmitters across country.

The Supreme Court in a landmark verdict held that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and did not enjoy sovereign status, either under its constitution or that of India.

The NASA has successfully launched constellation of eight mini-satellites as part Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) into space to improve hurricane forecasting.

India and Tajikistan have signed four agreements in areas including on double taxation avoidance, money laundering and counter-terrorism.

The Union Government has appointed senior IPS officer Anil Dhasmana as new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India̢۪s external intelligence agency.

China has launched its first fully-owned overseas satellite ground station near the North Pole enabling it to collect satellite data anywhere on the Earth at fastest speed in the world.

The Union Government has appointed Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat as new Chief of Army Staff (CoAS).

The Union Government has appointed Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa as the next Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

The Union government has appointed senior IPS officer Rajiv Jain as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has opposed a move to establish a separate entity to regulate payments and settlements as recommended by Ratan Watal Committee for Digital Payments.

The Union government has formed a high-level inter-ministerial task force to look into all the strategic aspects of Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan.

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