Current Affairs 26th December 2015

Updated : 26-Dec-2015

Important Points :

• Good Governance Day observed on - 25th December
• Who has inaugurated the Afghan Parliament House in Kabul - PM Narendra Modi

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Good Governance Day observed on - 25th December

Among the important National Current Affairs, On 25th December 2015, Good Governance Day was observed in India to celebrate the birth anniversary of former PM of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Four new IT-based initiatives have been announced for providing citizen-centric health services on this occasion by Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J P Nadda.

Do You Know :

In the year 2014, Good Governance Day was initiated to honor former-Prime Minister Vajpayee by encouraging awareness of accountability in governance among the people of the country.

Who has inaugurated the Afghan Parliament House in Kabul - PM Narendra Modi

Among the important International Current Affairs, On 25th December 2015, Afghanistan’s newly-built Parliament House in Kabul was inaugrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Central Public Works Department (CPWD), India’s government-owned construction agency at an estimated cost of 90 million US dollars built the house.

Highlights of Afghan Parliament House

• In August 2005, the then Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh laid its foundation stone.
• It is the largest structure in Afghanistan with a paltform area of 30000 square meters and total area of 86 acres.
• The dome of the parliament is considered as one of the largest dome among the parliaments in Asia.
• A block in the Parliament House was named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• The house comprise of a mosque that could house 400 prayers, dining halls and library apart from the Parliament Block.