31/12/14 Wenesday

Excise sops for auto sector to go
Ordinance to amend law on arbitration
Arbitration made easy
Modi for merging job and irrigation schemes
Excise duty concessions on durable goods to go
Kenya: U.N. to resume full rations
Impropriety of ordinance
India needs to take the lead
Fencing the farmer out
SEBI moots new norms for issue of municipal bonds
New mechanism to allow one-time registration for DPs
Centre plans common clearing house for commodity bourses
Panel for giving coal to end-use plants linked to cancelled mines
IRDA changes name
Amendment to Act will change power sector: expert
Consumer Protection Act to get more teeth
Western Ghats’ freshwater ecosystems under threat
Keeping the seed bank full
Coping with climate change, the mustard way

30/12/14 Tuesday 

Develop the east like the west: Modi
Land Act amendment widens scope of relief
Former Chief Election Commissioners oppose Rajasthan Ordinance
MHA notifies reconstitution of NDMA
Palestinians move forward on U.N. resolution
Kiev no longer ‘non-aligned’
NATO stands defeated: Afghan Taliban
Making ‘Make in India’ happen
A year of man-made health crises
Disquieting developments
Indian firms start FATCA registration
Cabinet clears hiking stake in IFCI to 51 %

29/12/14 Monday

Swamp deer translocated from Kaziranga to Manas
Huge population at fluorosis risk
Indian n-facilities under IAEA safety umbrella
India Inc to benefit as imported coal prices set to fall
A mid-year assessment that does not surprise
A study on new forms of bonded labour in Karnataka
Tiny island takes on world’s nuclear powers
NATO ends its Afghan war
A newer, cheaper route to Mars!

28/12/14 Sunday

Green Climate Fund to consider contributions from private sector
‘Nutritional intake grows in India’
Rajan questions efficacy of farm subsidies
15 States ratify National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill
Yangon votes for first time in 60 years
Protests against China-backed mining project
Japan unleashes $29 billion fresh stimulus to spur growth

27/12/14 Saturday

President signs coal, insurance ordinances
Raising growth rate a challenge: Jaitley
Sushma to chair India-South Korea meet
Nationwide hydrology data soon
India gives $1 million to ESCAP Trust fund
China pledges more assistance for Nepal’s development
Nadella discusses digital India initiative with PM
RBI can’t flip-flop on interest rate: Rajan
Lupin gets USFDA nod for HIV drug
SEBI lets Bangalore Stock Exchange to exit
Pachauri for public debate on Western Ghats reports
Sunshine cities

26/12/14 Friday 

China readies sea-based nuclear deterrent against U.S.
NHAI burdened users with heavy tolls: CAG
Slew of good governance programmes in Delhi
Expert group set up to check cyber crime
Honouring complex legacies
PM promises open and accountable administration

25/12/14 Thursday 

Bharat gets two more Ratnas
Ordinance route for key Bills
Govt. endorses SC guidelines on passive euthanasia
PM to inaugurate Indian Science Congress
‘Review of national targets vital for climate action’
Small enterprises as big businesses
Four PSUs sign JV pacts to revive Talcher fertilizer facility
Govt. considering cap on maximum economy air fare
Proposed solar park may be shifted
Science’s top ten breakthroughs of 2014
What caused the massive 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
Corals reveal winds, global climate link
Methane is leaking from Siberian permafrost
Air pollution linked to congenital defects
Water vapour in Mars’ atmosphere mapped

24/12/14 Wednesday 

IITH working hard to make 5G dream come true
Government for raising FDI cap
Centre constitutes committee on 1984 riots
Pakistan Russia sign $1.7-billion energy deal
Ukraine takes historic step toward NATO
Arms treaty comes into force today
Researchers read and write brain activity with light
Rate cut needed to boost investment: Arvind Subramanian
Deadline to exchange pre-2005 notes extended till June 30
U.S. economy grew at fast 5 per cent annual rate in Q3
India clinch gold in Under—16 Chess Olympiad
China deploys women soldiers for UN peacekeeping in S Sudan
Earth's deep crust could support life

23/12/14 Tuesday

India to reach replacement levels of fertility by 2020
Cong., CPI (M) flay ‘shift’ in Palestine policy
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Fall in IMR not enough
Panel for permanent resident status for West Pakistan refugees
Kelkar panel recommends 100% free irrigation, power to farmers
“Major shift in foreign policy”
Naval LCA makes first flight from ski-jump
China stands firm with Russia
Conversion and freedom of religion
Strengthening accountability
Open up coal sector to enhance production, says Advisory Group
Now, a supertube that’s faster than bullet train

22/12/14 Monday 

Just 17% of Indians have health coverage
Kerala’s start-up revolution may take wings
Deal for high-altitude UAVs likely
Charting rivers beyond borders
Astronaut makes new tool in space with 3D printer
India-Russia talks on to finalise copter deal
Nepal opposition forms taskforce to protest over Constitution
Lima, a new low for climate action
Coral bleaching in Pacific may become worst die-off in 20 years’
Patented medicine and affordability
Maths prize conferred on Oxford Professor
The dark side of the Universe
Toy train to resume service from Siliguri to Darjeeling
New clues about fossil formation found 

21/12/14 Sunday

Jaitley vows to push reforms
Digital literacy mission comes to TS
Researchers gain insight into how earth’s crust forms
Urban housing schemes at slow pace: panel
‘Centre will work to improve healthcare
Hainan gibbon ‘clinging on’ with 25 left in China
Non-farm incomes essential for farmers, says survey
Colombo opposition takes anti-China stand
Israel fined for Lebanon oil spill
N. Korea vows to bolster n-capacity
N. Korea calls for joint probe
Federal Bank CEO to head IBA panel on private banks

20/12/14 Saturday

New India-U.S. defence pact on the cards
‘Repurposed’ Kepler homes in on new super-Earth
Australia wants a ‘quadrilateral dialogue’
Sirisena for equal ties with India, China
States’ GST concerns met: Jaitley
Electricity Bill focusses on renewable energy
Petroleum products under GST, levy deferred
‘MGNREGA won’t be diluted’
India tests glide bomb
INS Arihant may be of limited utility
Development ‘threatens fragile Sundarbans’ in Bangladesh
China sets stage for Silk Road extension into southeast Asia
Pak. now CERN associate member
Echoes of the Pink Tide
Learning from the Ernakulam experiment
Mid-Year Economic Review projects 5.5 per cent growthCBDT signs first bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement
Birds detect storm days in advance
Indians living longer, healthier lives: Lancet
Net addiction hits six per cent of world population
Indonesia volcano disrupts flights

19/12/14 Friday 

Parliamentary panel frowns at shifting planning tasks
Housing Ministry rapped for allowing FDI without survey
India’s hopes of manned space flights soar
CO {-2} emissions at all-time high in 2013
India, Germany ink green energy pact
U.N. sends team to clean up Sundarbans oil spill
U.S.-Cuba historic detente wins global plaudits
Maldives joins Silk Road project
A significant achievement
Rise in global inequality
Centre to auction, allot 101 coal mines in first lot
Swiss National Bank imposes negative interest rates

18/12/14 Thursday 

Cabinet approves draft CRDA Bill
New maritime policy in a month: Naidu
Historic thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations announced
Iran nuclear talks resume in Geneva
An opportunity to outmuscle China in oil
A U.S.-China ‘reset’?
The cost of convenience
India on track to 5.5 % GDP growth, says ADB
Microsoft pitches for ‘White-Fi’ to provide last mile connectivity
Lok Sabha passes Companies Act amendments
Antibiotics resistance: a serious threat
Taj: the pollutants causing discolouration identified
Increase in life expectancy more in women in India
Valuable spin-offs from carbon nanotube research
First detailed look at Greenland’s ice loss
Mars' atmospheric loss due to solar wind

Current Affairs for top competitive examinations ...monthly 

17/12/14 Wednesday 

GST Bill: States to get relief
Environmental clearance must for permits: HC
Arihant induction in a year: Parrikar
Film on travails of Vidarbha farmers on Oscar longlist
Gutka ban helped many kick the habit: WHO study
Gonds may have migrated from Indus Valley
‘No devolution possible under Rajapaksa’
New GST Bill provides comfort
How to talk climate change in Paris
Debating the ‘right to die’
Opportune time for reform
Death of northern white rhino brings species closer to extinction
New technologies can add to India’s GDP: McKinsey Global
Bangladesh oil spill triggers fear
Climate deal commits every nation
EU under pressure to ban diclofenac
Mona Lisa’s twin makes debut

16/12/14 Tuesday 

Hope for growth as inflation plummets
Officials fined for not giving information under RTI Act
Arihant sails out of harbour
Denmark to claim contested Arctic territory
New wars on the Cold War relic
Damned by development
Creating a global classroom
A weak agreement saves the day
Govt. proposes 30 per cent local procurement for foreign firms
RBI eases refinancing norms for infrastructure loans

15/12/14 Monday

Link policies to behaviour for better outcomes, says World Bank
A watered-down deal at Lima
World Bank report stresses behavioural aspects
Make tax evasion a criminal offence: SIT chief
An endorsement for Abenomics, says PM
For better signage on the cyber highway
A step toward humanisation
Black money conundrumRBI and inflation targeting: who is to bell the cat?
Amid Swachh Bharat , manual scavenging thrives
Climate Summit emits more CO2 than a small country!
Earth's water not from comets 
India part of global team to build largest-ever telescope
Mystery behind Mars mountain

14/12/14 Sunday 

Centre’s market intervention policy criticised
India losing the war on spam calls
‘Sambhar Lake degrading for lack of preservation’
‘Ancient varsity near Nalanda was founded during Kushan period’
Lima goes into extra time to avoid weak outcome
China tests hypersonic strike vehicle
Summit scores, on carbon footprint
Pacific storm moves south
ONGC notifies 3 discoveries
OIL signs contract for two blocks in Myanmar

13/12/14 Saturday

U.S. upset at India-Russia deals, says can’t be business as usual
IIP shrinks by 4.2 %
Bill to amend companies law in LS
RBI Governor urges quick rollout of GST
‘India needn’t be insecure about Chinese presence in Sri Lanka’
INS Kolkata to fire long range missile in 2015
Molecular studies on spices from Pattanam site
Massive effort to mop up Sundarbans oil spill
Lima talks hang by a thread
Testing times for India-Russia ties
Water crisis cripples Maldives
‘Ceasefire in Ukraine is now real’

12/12/14 Friday 

Green tribunal stays MoEF clearance for phase 1 of mini-hydel project
Now, status of court cases at litigants’ fingertips
States reject Centre’s Goods & Services Tax Bill
12 new Russian reactors, six at Kudankulam
UN declares June 21 as ‘Yoga Day’
Stem cells in eye can restore vision, say scientists
‘Superbugs can kill 10 million a year’
Three Gond artists win Ojas Art Award
Vision statement on atomic energy cooperation unveiled
It’s now Act East policy, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Recognise Palestine, French govt urged
Fidel Castro gets ‘Chinese Nobel’
Opposition leader wins Mauritius polls
Route closed after Sundarbans oil spill
How the CIA’s victims can still get justice
Moving forward on insurance
Limiting the impact of Section 377
Good intent not enough for good policy
Not apprehensive of CAD, says RBI Governor
India is on growth track, says IMF

11/12/14 Thursday 

Approval for 49% FDI in insurance
Government to decriminalise suicide bid
India last among BRICS in Web index
No compromise at WTO, says Nirmala
Satyarthi calls for globalising compassion
Nod to dilute stake in public sector banks
India seeks road map for commitments to climate fund
Approval for amendments to Lokpal Act
Report on CIA interrogation methods sparks global outrage
World’s longest train journey ends
Universal rights and universal violations
Norms for refinancing existing projects soon: RBI
Bharatiya Mahila Bank to expand network
Green brigade mounts pressure
Australia, worst industrial polluter
Satellites to assess coral reef health
Unmanned crew module to be tested

10/12/14 Wednesday

Centre plans to regulate Web-based taxi services
Sugarcane issue disrupts House proceedings
Russia-Pak. ties in India’s interest: Putin
What carbon space have you given us, asks Javadekar
Exports slowed, imports rose
India-Israel FTA talks may resume soon
India a moderate performer: report
Curious case of the Mars mountain solved
Bhutan, not India, first recognised Bangladesh
SBI launches home-grown index to track economic trends
WTO rules against U.S. import duties on Indian steel products
Textile and toxicity
‘Renewable’ energy from cuppa
New Zealand voted world s best country in travel awards