The Serendipity Arts Festival will be held | Current Affairs Recap | December 2016

• Hindi language fetched what rank on the 2016 World Power Language Index ?

  10th

• Three companies that formed consortium recently to set up India's biggest refinery ?

  IOCL, BPCL and HPCL

• The Indian senior national hockey team captain who recently took over as the Goalkeeping Coach of India Under-21 hockey team is ?

  PR Sreejesh

• The head of the MCC’s World Cricket Committee that recently made several recommendations in order to bring about a balance between bat and ball is ?

  Mike Brearley

• The country with which Indian recently signed an agreement to train its Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighter pilots is ?

  Vietnam

• The Serendipity Arts Festival will be held from 16 December to 23 December 2016 in ?

  Goa

  

  
  
  
• The parliamentary constituency that recently became India’s first to have health insurance for all is ?

  Vijayawada

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to discontinue 500 and 1000 rupees notes has boosted the revenue of many civic bodies in ?

  Maharashtra

• Altogether 98 trainee police officers of the 42nd Basic Course from North Eastern Police Academy took oath during the Dikshant parade held in ?

  Shillong

• India received over 300 billion US dollar Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) milestone between ?

  April 2000 and September 2016

• Theme of 2016 International Volunteer Day (IVD) ?

  Global Applause – give volunteers a hand

• First-ever International Gita Mahotsav will be held in ?

  Haryana

• Amount that will be provided by NITI Aayog to every district to encourage digital payment system ?

  Rs 5 lakh

• Indian Railways recently announced Aadhaar-based ticketing system for /

  Senior Citizen

• Noted journalist who passed away recently and was the close ally of Late Jayalalitha ?

  Cho S Ramaswamy

• The winner of the 2016 Turner Prize is ?

  Helen Marten

• Fisher recently made a comeback in the state of Washington, USA. The species belong to the family of ?

  Weasel

• Konkan 16 that recently commenced in Mumbai, Maharashtra is an annual maritime exercise between ?

  India and United Kingdom

• The Indian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel that is on a visit to Australia to strengthen bilateral ties is ?

  INS Sumitra

• Former Spanish footballer who recently announced retirement is ?

  Alvaro Dominguez Soto

• India’s earth observation satellite that was successfully launched on 7 December 2016 is ?

   Resourcesat-2A

• Dr BR Ambedkar’s birthday, 14 April, will be observed as which day across India as ?

  Water Day

• He will succeed Justice TS Thakur as Chief Justice of India ?

  Justice JS Khehar

• The New French Prime Minister is ?

  Bernard Cazeneuve

• Cazeneuve’s position at the French Interior ministry will be taken over by ?

  Bruno Le Roux

• The Prime Minister of Uzbekistan who was recently elected as the President of Uzbekistan is ?

  Shavkat Mirziyoyev

• The bank that recently launched a digital banking service known as SIMsePay is ?

  Yes Bank

• The state that will be setting up a special panel to prevent child trafficking panel is /

  West Bengal

• The chairman of the anti-child trafficking panel is ?

  Partha Chatterjee

• The Supreme Court in the UK has begun the much-awaited hearing that will decide the fate of ?

  Brexit

• Lifeline Express to have 2 more coaches for ?

  Cancer treatment

• e-Commerce platform that launched the Launchpad Programme in India ?

  Amazon

• District that became the first to pay wages to tea garden workers through bank accounts ?

  Hailakandi district

• Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year on ?

  4 December

• Theme of 2016 Heart of Asia (HoA) ministerial conference ?

  Addressing challenges, achieving prosperity

• The Philippine Vice President, who resigned her Cabinet post after citing irreconcilable differences with President Rodrigo Duterte, who had banned her from attending Cabinet meetings, in a new political dilemma for the leader is /

  Leni Robredo

• He was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 5 December 2016 ?

  O Panneerselvam

• The state government that banned carrying of arms at wedding functions is ?

  Haryana

• The IAS officer who was recently appointed as the Chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation is ?

  BS Bhullar

• Amar Abrol was recently appointed as the Managing Director of ?

  AirAsia India

• Person appointed as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of National Stock Exchange of India ?

  J Ravichandran

• Person appointed as the Interim director of Central Bureau of Investigation ?

  Rakesh Asthana

• Renowned Urdu poet who passed away recently and belonged to Uttar Pradesh ?

  Bekal Utsahi

• Theme of International Volunteer Day 2016 ?

  Global Applause-give volunteers a hand

• The winner of the 2016 Women’s Asia Cup T20 is ?

  India

• The winner of the 2016 IAAF male Athlete of the Year award is ?

  Usain Bolt

• The winner of the 2016 IAAF female Athlete of the Year award is ?

  Almaz Ayana