Daily Current Affairs Updates

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is extending by a week, to January 7, the last date for receiving comments on its paper on differential data pricing — a key aspect of the raging debate on net neutrality.

Atleast 40 faculty members from the IITs at Mumbai, Delhi, Khargapur and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore have, as of Wednesday, signed the petition lambasting Free Basics — a Facebook initiative to offer free access to a few sites—as ‘misleading’and ‘flawed.’ They will be submitting the petition to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Dr. Reddy̢۪s Laboratories re-launched Esomeprazole Magnesium Delayed-Release capsules in the U.S. market after changing the capsule̢۪s colour.

Way2SMS, free SMS service provider, said it has rebranded itself as Way2 and is foraying into short news service to reflect both the evolution of the company as well as its vision for the future.

Israel̢۪s top court slashed former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert̢۪s prison sentence from six years to 18 months after overturning the main count in his 2014 bribery conviction.

LR-SAM, also known as Barak NG (next generation), is being co-developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The missile will be manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Limited.

• Haryana Government sets educational qualification for municipal polls.
• Union Government announces central assistance of Rs. 6,794 crore to three drought-hit states.
• China successfully launches earth observation satellite Gaofen-4.

Union Government has approved financial aid of Rs. 6,794 crore for three states—Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh affected by drought in year 2015 due to deficit rainfall.

Russia̢۪s Rostech State Corporation has signed one billion US dollar deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters.

Giorgi Kvirikashvili has been elected as the 12th Prime Minister of Georgia by the Parliament of the country.

Haryana Government has decided to fix a minimum educational qualification for aspirant of contesting urban local bodies (ULB) elections in the state on the lines of panchayat polls. Decision in this regard was taken by state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Chandigarh.

World Health Organization (WHO), a UN health agency has declared Guinea Ebola-free after no new cases were reported. Now the country enters into 90-day period of heightened surveillance of WHO.