07 December 2015 Current Affairs
First red alert in Beijing
China’s capital Beijing on 7th December issued the first ever red alert as the city of over 22 million people faced the worst ever smog, due to hazardous air quality caused by severe air pollution. Beijing has upgraded it’s alert for air pollution from orange to red, the most serious the most serious (highest) warning on a four-tier system of emergency air-pollution response system was adopted in 2013. Most of the pollution is caused by the coal-fired power plants along with vehicle emissions, heating systems and construction and factory work.
Centre-right wins Parliamentary election of Venezuela
Opposition Centre-right Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) coalition has won the 2015 Parliamentary elections of Venezuela. The MUD coalition won at least 99 seats in the 167-seat legislature of the National Assembly by defeating ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) led by President Nicolás Maduro. With this, the 17 years of socialist ruling regime came to an end which was founded by former President Hugo Chavez in 1999.
India-Russia joint naval exercise INDRA NAVY-15
The eighth edition of India-Russia joint naval exercise-INDRA NAVY-15 has begun in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. INDRA NAVY-15 is a bilateral maritime joint naval exercise between the Indian and Russian navies for epitomising the strategic relationship between the two countries. The primary aim is to increase interoperability between the navies of two countries and develop common understanding of procedures for maritime security operations. The eight edition of exercise will be another milestone in strengthening maritime security cooperation between the two navies.
ISIS Chief Baghdadi in Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ list
The chief of ISIS terror group Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and Republicans’ US presidential candidate Donald Trump are among the eight candidates shortlisted by the Time Magazine for its annual ‘Person of the Year’ title. In the run for the ‘Person of the Year’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai were among the initial 58 contenders but did not make it to the final eight. The global leaders on the list include German chancellor Angela Merkel, Iran president Hassan Rouhani and Russian president Vladimir Putin.