Daily Current Affairs Updates - 23rd December 2013

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International Affairs

• Top Republican leader and current Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal is planning to run for president in 2016.
• Thousands of people thronged Japan's Imperial Palace to celebrate Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday today.
• India today evacuated all its oil employees from strife-torn South Sudan and shut down oilfields amid escalating violence in the world's youngest nation.

National Affairs

• The 111th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Ch. Charan Singh was observed as ‘Kisan Diwas’ today.
• Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad launched Cervical Cancer Diagnostic Kit- AV Magnivisualizer in New Delhi today.
• Ending almost two-week-long deadlock, the Aam Admi Party today announced that it is ready to form government in delhi and ArvindKejriwal to be Delhi's new Chief Minister.
• 15th Annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards to be held in Florida from 24th to 26th April next year.

Deaths

• Diomedes Diaz (56), the best-known performer of Colombia's accordion-heavy vallenato music died.
• Renowned kannada poet, writer and researcher G S Shivarudrappa died at bangalore today.
• Mikhail Kalashnikov - the designer of AK-47, died today.

Appointments

• Former Union Home Secretary V K Duggal appointed as the Governor of   Manipur
• UN chief Ban Ki-moon anounced that the UN has appointed two special envoys on climate change. Those are Former president of Ghana John Kufuor and former prime minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg.

Science and Technology

• India test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast today.

Sports

• Shuttlers Kuhoo Garg and Chirag Sen became the youngest players to win a medal in 78th Senior National Badminton Championship when they defeated Pranaav Chopra and Maneesha K. in the mixed doubles semi-finals at the Siri Fort Stadium in New Delhi.
• Top-ranked women recurve archer Deepika Kumari of Jharkhand today created two national records in the FITA round on the opening day of the 34th Senior National Archery Championship.

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