Current Affairs 5th December 2016 | General Awareness 5th December 2016

As India goes digital, hacking targets multiply.

Rahul Gandhi and Cong party Twitter accounts hacked.

• Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account was hacked and some expletives-laden tweets were posted. A day later, Congress Party’s official Twitter account got breached.
• At a time when an increasing number of Indians are going digital and doing transactions online, these hacking incidents expose the country’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

csecurepay

Found to be a phishing website by FireEye.

TCIS: Ultrathin, water-repellent surface chemistry at work.

The Material is both hydrophobic and oleophobic.

• Scientists at the TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences (TCIS), Hyderabad, and Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, have developed a material which, when coated on other substrates, can render them both water repellent (hydrophobic) and oil repellent (oleophobic).
• The ultrathin, superhydrophobic sheets mentioned above are formed by just one layer of atoms, and so, are transparent as well.

Products

• Car wind-shields.
• Medical aids.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announces surprise resignation

Announced his resignation, saying it was the “right time” to leave politics.

• New Zealand Prime Minister John Key unexpectedly announced his resignation on Monday, saying it was the “right time” to leave politics.
• Key said he had no immediate future plans, but told reporters he would stay in parliament long enough to avoid a by-election for his seat.

John Key

New Zealand Prime Minister.

Tendulkar bats for two pitches in single Ranji game

To prepare a better Test team for overseas assignments.

 

• As the Indian domestic cricket circuit tries to reinvent itself, Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday suggested that every Ranji Trophy game be played on two different pitches to prepare a better Test team for overseas assignments.
• However, it is Tendulkar’s suggested innovations of two different pitches for a single Ranji match which will make everyone sit up and take notice.

Rank 1.

In ICC world ranking of Test match team.

Jaya suffers cardiac arrest, back in ICU

Tamil Nadu CM and AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac arrest.

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening and was shifted back to the Intensive Care Unit of Apollo Hospitals.
• Chief Minister was put on life support systems and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a system that aids in cardiac and respiratory functions.

Jayalalithaa

The first incumbent chief minister in India.

Govt. considering setting up new university in Raichur

Valedictory of the 82nd all India Kannada Sahitya Sammelan.

• Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi said that the State government is seriously considering setting up a new university in Raichur.
• He was speaking at the valedictory of the 82nd all India Kannada Sahitya Sammelan said that the State government is committed to increasing the gross admission ratio in Hyderabad Karnataka region.

Siddaramaiah

Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Student sues Oxford over ‘boring’ teaching

In turn led to loss of earnings in his career as a lawyer

• An Indian-origin student has sued Oxford University for “boring” teaching, which allegedly resulted in him getting a second-class degree and in turn led to loss of earnings in his career as a lawyer.
• Faiz Siddiqui studied modern history at Brasenose College at the university and accused its staff of “negligent” teaching of his specialist subject course on Indian imperial history, which led to him getting a 2:1 back in 2000.

Oxford University

• World’s oldest university museum
• Largest university press in the world

NITI Aayog announces incentives for Collectors

Incentives for every individual shifting to digital payment mode

• Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant said that the NITI Aayog will provide incentives to District Collectors for every individual shifting to digital payment mode.
• An incentive of Rs. 10 will be provided to District Collectors or DMs or deputy commissioner for every individual who has transited to digital payment mode.

Digital Payment Champions of India award

For top ten best performing districts of India.

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