Current Affairs 6th December 2014

Current Affairs 6th December 2014

Updated : 06-Dec-2014

Current Affairs 6th December 2014 - Important Points
Current Affairs 6th December 2014 - Details
The Straits Times named Narendra Modi as the Asian of the Year 2014
On 5th December 2014, Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi was named as the Asian of the Year 2014 by Singapore's leading newspaper The Straits Times. He was named as the Asian of the Year 2014 for being a development-focused leader.

First Adaptation Gap Report released by UNEP
On 5th December 2014, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its first Adaptation Gap Report during a crucial round of climate talks in Lima, Peru.
This report serves as a preliminary assessment of global adaptation gaps in finance, technology and knowledge which lays out a framework for future work on bridging these gaps.
This report also says that even if global greenhouse gas emissions are cut to the level required to keep global temperature rise below 2°C this century, still the cost of climate change adaptation in developing countries is likely to reach two to three times the previous estimates of 70-100 billion US dollars per year by 2050.
Arun Duggal appointed as non-executive Chairman of Credit rating agency ICRA
On 5th December 2014, Mr. Arun Duggal was appointed as non-executive Chairman of Credit Rating Agency ICRA Limited. He was elected unilaterally by the ICRA Board. Earlier he was serving as an independent director on the Board of ICRA Ltd.
He will be succeeding Pranab Kumar Choudhury.
Mr. Arun Duggal is the former Chairman of the non-banking financial company Shriram Capital Ltd.

For the post of next defense secretary of US, physicist Ashton Carter nominated
On 5th December 2014, Physicist and Former Harvard professor Ashton Carter was nominated as the next defence secretary of US Department of Defence by President Barack Obama.
He will be replacing Chuck Hagel as US Defence Secretary, who resigned in November 2014. He is supposed to take over the charge in 2015 and will be fourth defence secretary of President Obama in six years. He had been a longtime member of the Defense Science Board and the Defense Policy Board, the principal advisory bodies to the Secretary of Defense of US.
First World Soil Day observed on 5th December
On 5th December 2014, First World Soil Day was observed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNFAO along with Global Soil Parternership (GSP) declared the year of 2015 as UN International Year of Soils on the eve of first World Soil day.
King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej and the FAO Global Soil Partnership (GSP) requested United Nations to approve the date of World Soil Day to raise awareness about the soil and usage of soil.
Important to mention here that this day coincides on the birthday of King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej.
ICC cricket World Cup 2015 got MRF as global partner
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 got its global partner as MRF Ltd of India. This was announced by International Cricket Council (ICC) on 1 December 2014 when the unveiling of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy took place.
After being the partner nwo MRF will have access to multiple branding opportunities at all game venues during the Cricket World Cup and at other promotional events held by the ICC across the world.