India Current Affiars December, 2011, General Awareness December, 2011

• Winter session has not done any significant business after Parliament was convened on November 22. Congress party firmly backs the government as the NDA supports 5 crore traders holding protests today. – Dec-01
• Former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad said today that India could be China in terms of its economic development if it was less democratic. Mahathir said though democracy is the best form of government, it is not the easiest to govern because people do not understand the limitations of democracy. – Dec-02
• The central government has decided to keep on hold its decision to allow foreign equity in retail till a consensus emerged on the issue, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday after talking to union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. – Dec-03
• Expressing concern over China’s involvement in the Kashmir region, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has said India should show “some spine” while dealing with that country. China sucking out CBI’s secrets – Dec-04
• Police in Hyderabad have sounded a high alert ahead of Dec 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid which is coinciding this year with ‘Yaum-e-Ashoora’, the 10th day of Muharram. – Dec-05
• “Standing committee has betrayed the whole country. The poor are suffering and will not get justice till lower level officers are brought under the Lokpal,” said Hazare. – Dec-10
• It was on this day, 100 years ago, that an event changed the course of Delhi’s history forever. The Delhi Durbar on December 12, 1911 was marked as a celebration of the coronation of King Emperor George V. – Dec-12
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold consultations with allies on Tuesday on the Lokpal issue at a meeting of UPA leaders, the first such exercise after the fiasco over FDI in retail. – Dec-13
• Ahead of WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, trade ministers of G-20 countries are expected to meet today to review the progress of talks on liberalising global trade through the Doha pact, an official said. – Dec-14
• Around 250 staff members of Kolkata’s Advanced Medicare Research Institute (AMRI), where 93 people were killed in a blaze last week, have resigned en masse citing “security reasons”. – Dec-15
• With pressure mounting on the Centre for enacting a strong anti-graft legislation, home minister P Chidambaram today said the Lokpal Bill will “certainly” be introduced in the Winter Session of Parliament. – Dec-17
• Railways plans to launch bullet trains in six high-speed corridors; top speed: 350kmph; journey time to be reduced by half. – Dec-18
• VP Singh to Narasimha Rao to AB Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh — Chaudhary Ajit Singh, 72, has been sought by one and all. The 3.7% Jat vote he controls in western Uttar Pradesh is a catalyst for both state assembly and Lok Sabha elections. – Dec-19
• Team Anna rejects govt draft, cautions BJP on ‘double speak’ – Dec-20
• Union home ministry Dec.21,2011 sanctioned National Investigation Agency to file chargesheet against American terrorist David Coleman Headley, his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain and others including Pakistani Army serving and retired officers. – Dec-21
• Claiming that the Centre was not paying heed to her suggestions on the lokpal bill, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today said her Bahujan Samaj Party would not support the legislation if CBI is not brought under its ambit. – Dec-22
• As Bombay high court rejected a petition seeking concessional rate for hiring MMRDA ground to hold his fast, Anna Hazare on Friday said he will seek donations from public to book the protest venue. – Dec-23
• Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has provided much-needed support to the government and said he plans to invest Rs 70,000 crore in India. – Dec-24
• Observing that Anna Hazare had already “cleared the air” on links between himself and Sangh Parivar, former RSS chief K Sudarshan today accused Congress of purposefully using the name of the saffron organisation to target the anti-corruption movement. – Dec-26
• A Russian court on Wednesday rejected a petition, described by India as “patently absurd”, which had sought a ban on a translated version of Bhagvad Gita, bringing cheers to followers here as well as those across the world. – Dec-28
• Attacking the opposition for Rajya Sabha’s failure to pass the Lokpal Bill, parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Bansal today said the Bill will be taken up for consideration in the Budget session of Parliament. – Dec-30