Current Affairs December 11, 2015
Modi,
Shinzo will visit Varanasi on Dec 12
Indian and Japanese
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe will visit this ancient temple
town tomorrow. Their visit assumes significance as it comes against the
backdrop of Partner City Agreement between Kyoto and Varanasi.
Telangana
setup first Intellectual Property Crime Unit
Intellectual Property
Crime Unit (TIPCU) setup by Telangana is country’s first of its kind
anti-piracy police. It will probably start in the next few months. It will have
representatives from cyber-crime police, state IT ministry, internet service
providers, the Telugu film industry, legal experts and financial experts.
National
Museum’s Art Gallery inaugurated at Udyog Bhawan Metro Station, New Delhi
Union Minister of
State for Culture and Tourism Dr. Mahesh Sharma has inaugurated “National
Museum’s Art Gateway” at the Udyog Bhawan Metro Station of the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC) in New Delhi.
The National Museum
has joined hands with DMRC to promote the Indian Art through the Metro. It will
allow Delhi Metro Rail users in large numbers to get a quick glimpse of
National Museum collection and the Art works displayed here will be changed
regularly to engage viewers with many more pieces of Rich Indian Art and
Cultural Heritage.
India
and South Korea has signed MoU on taxation treaty
Memorandums of
understanding (MoU) on suspension of collection of taxes during pendency of
mutual agreement procedure have been signed by India and South Korea. During
the pendency of Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) proceedings burden of double
assessment for taxpayers in both the countries can be released by MoU.
India and Korea also
have agreed that transfer pricing dispute cases will be taken up for MAP under
the revised Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).
NGT
banned plastic use in Rishikesh
Along with Plastic
ban, NGT has also banned camping activity from Kaudiyala to Rishikesh in
Uttarakhand with immediate effect. However it has allowed rafting activity in
river Ganga, saying it does not cause pollution. Thus in the verdict, NGT will
levy heavy penalties on hotels Ashrams and Dharamshalas in the area that flout
the plastic ban.
India
and Pakistan on agreed for 10-point Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD)
10-point
Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue was stated in the joint statement that was
issued after a meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and
Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad.
Key points of this
Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue
1. Peace and
security, confidence building measures
2. Jammu and Kashmir
3. Siachen
4. Sir Creek
5. Wullar
Barrage/Tulbul Project
6. Economic and
commercial cooperation
7. Counter-terrorism,
narcotics control
8. Humanitarian
issues
9. People-to-people exchanges
10. Religious
tourism.
Kapil
Chopra to head world tourism council
Kapil Chopra,
President, The Oberoi Group, has been appointed as the Chairman of World Travel
& Tourism Council, India Initiative (WTTCII) for 2016. Ashwani Lohani,
Chairman & Managing Director, Air India, has been appointed as the
Vice-Chairman of WTTCII for 2016.
World’s
first dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, approved for use in Mexico
The Mexican
authorities on 9 December 2015 approved the use of the first-ever vaccine
against dengue fever, which will be publicly available for the first time. Sanofi
has requested regulatory approval of Dengvaxia vaccine in 20 countries across
Asia and Latin America, but Mexico was the first to approve it.
Naseeruddin
Shah received lifetime achievement award at DIFF
Bollywood actor
Naseeruddin Shah was honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the Dubai
International Film Festival (DIFF). French actress Catherine Deneuve also
received the award.
