Current Affairs 19th December 2016 | General Awareness 19th December 2016

Juniors lift hockey world cup

India dismantling Belgium 2-1 in the final

With 25,000 people cheering the boys in a stadium that could accommodate just 15,000, the Indian junior hockey team was crowned the world champions, dominating and dismantling Belgium 2-1 in the final of the Junior World Cup

World title

This was Indian hockey’s first-ever world-level title in 15 years.

ED attachment order confirmed

Money laundering case on Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.

A special anti-money laundering court here has confirmed an attachment of assets order worth over Rs. 749 crore issued by the Enforcement Directorate against YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, his wife and others in a money laundering case.

Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy

YSR Congress chief.

Rawat chosen to address security situation, says BJP

Congress,Left question supersession in Army Chief choice

The BJP condemned the Congress for its attack on the government over the appointment of the new Army chief, saying there should be no politics with regard to the defence forces. The party asserted that Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat has been elevated keeping in mind the current security scenario.

Bipin Rawat

He will assume the post of Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army on 1 Janurary 2017.

EC seeks end to nameless donations

Poll panel has proposed a series of electoral reforms.

Seeking to stop financing of election campaigns using black money, the Election Commission has urged the government to amend laws to ban anonymous contributions of Rs. 2,000 and above made to political parties.

Rs. 20,000.

Declarations are mandated only for contributions above this amount.

‘Zika-linked birth defects more severe than thought’

It could raise abnormalities that occur in human fetuses

Zika-linked abnormalities that occur in human foetuses are more extensive and severe than previously thought, according to scientists who found that microcephaly is not the most common congenital defect caused by the infection.

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No of percentage of Zika-positive women.

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