Current affairs update for 10 December

Current affairs update for today :-

Awards

  • Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro awarded with Swiss Ambassador’s Award on 03rd December 2014. 

Politics

  • Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2014 passed in Rajya Sabha on 08th December 2014 to receive sick textile mill. 
  • Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party of Tamil Nadu quit National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on 08th December 2014. 
  • Uber Taxi Service banned on 08th December 2014 in Delhi after the girl raped by a driver of alleged taxi service. 

Deaths

  • Grihanandan Singh, former Hockey Olympian, died on 07th December 2014. He won two time Olympic Gold Medals in Hockey. 

Sports

  • Gwladys Nocera of France won Hero Women’s Indian Golf Open 2014 on 06th December 2014. 

Business and Economy

  • On 09th December 2014, Jet Airways signed an agreement with American Express to launch first of its kind airline co-branded corporate card for owners of Small and Medium Enterprises and also for their employees.