14th December 2015 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs

• Today is World Monkey Day.
• This day was created and popularized by artists Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin, in order to spread awareness for the animals, and to show love and care for them.
• Saudi voters elect 20 women candidates for the first time in Municipal elections.
• A category 2 typhoon Melor has hit the central Philippines.
• Melor, known locally as Nona, made landfall over the northern tip of the island of Samar after undergoing a rapid intensification.
• India ranked 130 among 188 countries in Human Development Report 2015 released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• Important Points to Note :
• India's rank was 135 according to the 2014 report.
• Norway topped the list followed by Australia and Switzerland. 
• As per the report, the HDI rank of Bangladesh and Pakistan was 142 and 147, respectively. 
• Among the BRICS nations, India was ranked lowest.

National Affairs

• Today (14th December) is National Energy Conservation Day.
  
• This day is observed in India to make people aware about the importance of energy as well as saving or conserving the more energy by using less energy.
• Important Points to Note :
• The Energy Conservation Act in India was executed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in the year 2001.
• The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is a constitutional body which comes under Government of India and helps in the development of policies and strategies in order to reduce the energy use.
• Lok Sabha today passed the Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015 by voice vote.
• The bill seeks to amend the existing legislation to overcome difficulties in setting up of new nuclear projects and enhancement of nuclear power generation.
• It allows the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, NPCIL to have joint ventures with other Public Sector Undertakings for establishing nuclear power plants for power generation.

New Appointments

• Mumbai Police commissioner Ahmad Javed has been appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
• The post of ambassador in Indian Embassy in Riyadh is lying vacant since April.
• Note : Ahmad Jawed had recently replaced Rakesh Maria as the Mumbai Police commissioner during the sensational Sheena Bora murder case.

Awards & Honors

• Global software major Wipro has been awarded Aegis Graham Bell Award 2015 for developing a solution for the Internet of Things (IoT). 
• Note : The Aegis Graham Bell Award is the country's innovation award in the field of Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment (TIME) and Social, Mobility Analytics and Cloud (SMAC).
• Indian-origin writer Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali (J M Sali), from Singapore has been awarded prestigious South East Asia Write Award 2015.

Sports

• BWF Superseries Finals 2015
• Men's Singles Winner - Kento Momota (Japan)
• Women's Singles Winner - Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
• Olympic medalist Vijay Kumar has won the centre fire pistol gold in the 59th National shooting championship at the Dr Karni Singh Range in Tughlakabad in New Delhi.

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