Current affairs update for today :-
Politics
- According to the Bloomberg Billionairers Index, Bill Gates became World’s Richest Person while Warren Buffet became second richest person.
- School of Planning and Architecture Bill 2014 passed in Lok Sabha under Voice Vote on 03rd December 2014 to declare SPAs as institutions of national importance.
Sports
- Amos Meindi of Kenya won Pune International Full Marathon in Men’s category on 07th December 2014 while Nancy Wambua of Kenya won the Half Marathon in Women’s category.
- Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka International Cricket Team became 4th person to complete 13000 ODI international runs on 03rd December 2014. He completes the score in 386 matches.
- On 07th December 2014, Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan International Cricket Team suspended by ICC for illegal bowling action.
- Blind Cricket Team of India won Blind Cricket World Cup 2014 by defeating Pakistan. The captain of Indian team was Shekar Naik. In India, the number of visually challenged cricketers is 22000 as compare to 4000 in Pakistan.
Deaths
- Nedanuri Krishnamurthy, the famous Carnatic Vocalist, died on 08th December 2014. He was awarded with National Artiste Award in the year 2004, National Eminence Award in the year 2006 and many more awards during various years.