EVENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE 15th DECEMBER 2014

INTERNATIONAL:

• IS Gunmen takes several people hostage in a cafe at Sydney, Australia .
• Japanese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe re-elected despite low turnout in polls.
• Haiti's PM Laurent Lamothe resigns after violent anti-government protests over delayed elections
• Libya's biggest oil exporting port terminal at ES Sider oil export port has been closed down due to intense fighting close to the port.
• Turkey:Police raided a newspaper & TV station close to a US based Islamic cleric, Fethullah Gulen.
• Northeast China: All ten people trapped underground after a gas explosion at a coal mine in Jixi City in Heilongjiang Province have died.
• SriLanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that he is seeking a fresh mandate to create a disciplined society.
• Egypt:11 fishermen killed after their boat crashed into a container ship in the Gulf of Suez.
• India hails deal under which negotiators from 190 countries adopted compromise draft for national pledges to cut global carbonemissions.
• South Africa's RoleneStrauss crowned MissWorld2014

NATIONAL:

• SydneySiege: MEA sets up a helpline, +61 481 453550, for queries about Indian nationals there.
• SIT on blackmoney pitched for making tax evasion a serious criminal offence.
• Rajya Sabha faces repeated adjournments on religious conversion issue.
• TMC stages walkout in Lok Sabha over alleged misuse of CBI by the Centre.
• Union Power Minister :Govt buildings through out the country to be equipped with LED within next two years.
• Nobel laureate KailashSatyarthi appeals parliamentarians to pass the pending bill against child labour.
• PiyushGoyal says pursuing energy efficient ways will help reduce electricity consumption & save as much as 50,000 cr rupees in the country.
• India’s new e-visa system, Electronic Travel Authorization, receives positive response in Oman.
• 49 per cent polling recorded in the fourth phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election: Election Commission.
• HimachalPradesh :Continuous snowfall and rain disrupt normal life.
• NewDelhi: Cab driver mowed down two policemen & injured another in a bid to escape picket checking at a barricade in Kalindi Kunj area.
• AAP charged Delhi administration of not spending more than half money earmarked for developmental projects.
• UP:BJP decided to launch phase-wise agitation against Samajwadi Party govt in state on the issues of law & order,corruption & dynasty politics
• Dozen men attack police in UP, take away accused from custody.
• Assam:State cabinet approves setting up of Police Commissionerate in Guwahati.
• WB:TMC MPs protest outside Parliament alleging that CBI is being misused by the Centre against West Bengal govt.
• Jharkhand :Campaigning for 5th and last phase of Assembly elections is in full swing.
• MP: 3-day Public Information Campaign begins in Raisen district headquarters; Information about different welfare schemes to be given there.
• UP:2 more persons arrested in connection with gang rape cases during communal riots in Muzaffarnagar last yr,raising number of arrested to 24.
• Karnataka :Bengaluru Dpty. Commissioner of Police of Crime,received a threat from a twitter handler for arresting MehdiMasroor,ISIS sympathiser.
• BJP and JD(S) stage walkout in Karnataka Legislative Assembly over govt’s failure to ensure payment from sugar factories to farmers.
• FIIs pumped in over one-lakh crore rupees into stocks so far in this calendar year.
• GSLV - Mark III test launch scheduled for Dec 18: ISRO

SPORTS:

• International Hockey Federation suspends 2 Pakistani players for one match for making obsence gestures at spectators.
• Hockey: Germany lifts Champions Trophy defeating Pakistan by 2-0.
• Australia claimed the bronze medal in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament at Bhubaneswar.
• Young batsman Steven Smith to lead Australia against India in second Cricket Test.