Overview of the week Current Affiairs - From 07.12.2015 to 12.12.2015

1. Who will host the Heart of Asia conference in 2016?
Ans- India (2015- Islamabad, Pakistan

2. Which states is the first to join the UDAY scheme of union government?
Ans-Andhra Pradesh (UDAY- Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana)

3. Who is the Latvia’s first female Prime Minister announced her resignation recently ?
Ans-Laimdota Straujuma

4. Who has launched SME Council in India to help small businesses?
Ans-Facebook

5.Which organisation is the first from India to join the World Bank’s Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 Initiative?
Ans- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)

6.Who has emerged as  the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India during the first half of the current fiscal year 2015-16 ?
Ans- Singapore has replaced Mauritius

7. Who has won the 2014-15 Men’s Hockey World League?
Ans-Australia by defeating Belgium

8. Which state is the first to allow the MLAs to raise online questions?
Ans-Maharashtra

9.Which Ministry Launched  Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan ?
Ans- Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

10. What is the name of Two new teams selected for IPL ?

Ans- Intex Mobiles and Sanjeev Goenka's New Rising as the two new team owners from Rajkot and Pune respectively 

11.  Who was named as 2015 Time’s Person of the Year ?

Ans-German Chancellor Angela Merkel

12. International Anti-Corruption Day was observed on which date ?

Ans-9 December

13. Who bagged the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Male and Female Player of the Year Awards respectively in Dubai ?

Ans-Chen Long and Carolina Marin

14. What is the name of the first official stock exchange launched by Myanmar?

Ans-Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX)

15. Which country has successfully launched the Ghadr-110 ballistic missile?

Ans-Iran

16. Which  organisation has released the report titled – ‘Asian Economic Integration Report 2015’?

Ans- Asian Development Bank (ADB)

17. Who will be conferred with the inaugural Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award?

Ans-Frank Islam

18. Human Rights Day observed on which date ?

Ans-10 December

19. Who was awarded with an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) ?

Ans- Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene

10. What are ‘Masala bonds’ ?

Ans-‘Masala bonds’ are basically rupee-denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets. These bonds are offered and settled in US dollars to raise rupees from international investors for infrastructure development in India.

1. Who has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement ?

Ans-Salman Rushdie

2. Who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)?

Ans-Naseerudin Shah

3. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of 2016 World Travel & Tourism Council, India Initiative (WTTCII)?

Ans- Kapil Chopra

4. What is the India’s position in the Global Illicit Financial Flows Report 2004-13?

Ans-4th, China tops the list

5. Who was  sworn in as the President of Argentina ?

Ans- Mauricio Macri Blanco

6. ‘On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power,’ is the autobiography of whom ?

Ans-Sharad Pawar

7.  Which country has successfully test-fired nuclear-capable Shaheen-III ballistic missile ?

Ans-Pakistan

8. Which country has approved world’s first-ever Dengue fever vaccine branded as Dengvaxia for the public use ?

Ans- Mexico

9. Who has taken charge as Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) ?

Ans-Prakash Kumar Singh

10. Which organisations has won the 2015 Aegis Graham Bell Award?

Ans-Wipro

11. On which date, the International Mountain day is observed?

Ans- 11 December

12.Who has become the global partner of the International Cricket Council (ICC) from 2016 to 2020?

Ans-OPPO

13. Inle Lake, is the first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is in which country ?

Ans-Myanmar