Daily Current Affairs Updates

• Brendon McCullum announces retirement after Australia Tests.
• Sania-Hingis named ITF World Champion.
• Parliament passes Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill.

Brendon McCullum has officially announced that he will retire after the second Test against Australia in February. It also means that he will not be available for the World T20 starting soon after and Kane Williamson is set to lead New Zealand in the marquee tournament.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) named the Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis as the 2015 ITF women's doubles World Champions.

SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring towards the orbit with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then in an even more astounding feat, it landed the 15-storey leftover booster back on Earth safely.

Greece̢۪s parliament has approved legislation legalising civil partnerships for gay couples, two years after the country was condemned by a European Court for discrimination.

The US space agency NASA has suspended the planned launch of a Mars lander called InSight in March 2016 due to unsuccessful attempts to repair a leak in a French-built seismological instrument.

Tripura government has decided to include Yoga in school curriculum in support to the national campaign.

The Union Government has notified the revised standards for coal-based Thermal Power Plants in the country with the primary aim of minimizing pollution In this regard, Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued notification and proposed theses standard to be implemented in a phased manner.

Parliament has passed Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2015 for trying juveniles as adults.

• PM Narendra Modi flags off first prototype electric bus for MPs.
• Union Defence Ministry launches website for interface with industry and transparency.
• India joins select club nations to build LNG ships.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off first prototype pollution free electric bus for Members of Parliament.

Union Ministry of Defence has launched a new Make in India website www.makeinindiadefence.com to make defence acquisition process simpler and to provide an interface with industry.