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                          Current Affairs - January3,2016

 

Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan passed away.

Veteran Communist leader Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan passed away on Saturday. He was 92-year-old and was being treated at GB Pant hospital in the national capital.

 

About Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan;

• AB Bardhan was born on September 25, 1925, in Sylhet in the Bengal Presidency of undivided India.

• He had embraced Communism at the age of 15 after he moved to Nagpur and had joined All India Students’ Federation (AISF) at Nagpur University in 1940.

• He was CPI’s general secretary for 16 years from 1996. He had steered the CPI during the turbulent period of coalition politics at national level in the 1990s

 

India  has won the 2015 SAFF championships..

The South Asian Football Federation Cup (SAFF) championships was won by India by defeating Afghanistan by 2-1 in extra time.

 

Tournament details;

• Host country;     India

• Teams;    7 (from 1 confederation)

• Final positions;

Champions;      India (7th title)

Runners-up;     Afghanistan

• Tournament statistics

Matches played;     12

Goals scored;        44 (3.67 per match)

Top scorer(s);        Khaibar Amani (4 goals)

Best player;           Sunil Chhetri

 

Telangana state has launched e-Vahan Bima Scheme.

• The Government of Telangana on 2 January 2016 launched e-Vahan Bima Scheme to issue motor insurance policy in digital form.The scheme was launched by Information Technology Minister K T Rama Rao in the presence of T S Vijayan, Chairman of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA).With the launch of this scheme,

• Telangana became the first state in the country to legally accept motor vehicle insurance policy in digital form.

 

Key features of e-Vahan Bima Scheme;

• As per the scheme, an electronic motor insurance policy in digital form with Quick Response (QR) code is issued.

• The code will be scanned for the verification of policy details.

• Apart from this, an SMS-based verification was also installed which can be stored and accessed on smart phones.

 

IAF Airbase at Pathankot has been attacked by Terrorist. 

Several heavily armed terrorists belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed, an Islamist militant group, on 2 January 2016 attacked Pathankot Air Force Station, part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force (IAF).Following this a joint combing operation by the armed forces, police and security personnel was launched and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the probe.