Current Affairs: December 6, 2016

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December 6, 2016

CERT-In warns micro-ATMs against malware attacks

The premier cyber security agency CERT-In has

cautioned bankers, customers and traders against

skimming and malware attacks on micro ATMs and

Point of Sale (POS) terminals. The move comes as usage

of POS and micro-ATMs counters have witnessed a

sharp surge post demonetisation. It has asked to adopt

high-end encryption to plug possible breaches. In this regard, CERT-In has issued two specific

advisories for micro-Automated Teller Machines and POS terminals.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa passes away

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa passed away at the

Apollo Hospitals, Chennai following cardiac arrest. She was

68. Jayalalithaa was one of the country’s most articulate and

determined political personalities and a top film actress of the

1960s and 1970s. She was famously known as Puratchi Thalaivi

Amma (revolutionary leader) or Amma. She was born on 24 February 1948 at Melkote in

Mandya district in then Mysore State (now Karnataka). At birth she was named Komalavalli

and was renamed Jayalalithaa. She had entered into film industry when she was 16 years old.

Her debut as lead actress wasi n a Kannada film Vennira Aadai in 1955. She was launched into

Tamil films starring as the heroine in MGR’s ‚Ayirathil Oruvan.‛ Since then both have acted

together in 28 films, many of them super hits.

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6th Heart of Asia conference held in Amritsar, Punjab

The sixth edition of ‘Heart of Asia- Istanbul

Process of Aghanistan‘ conference, an annual

regional gathering of Asian and other countries

was held in Amritsar, Punjab (India). It was

inaugurated jointly by Prime Minister Narendra

Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. It

concluded with adaptation of Amritsar Declaration with its prime focus on terrorism. The

delegates from nearly 40 countries and leading groupings like EU participated in conference.

Indian delegation was led by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The theme of this edition of

the conference was ‚Addressing Challenges, Achieving Prosperity‛.

Amazon launches global startup program ‘Launchpad’ in India

E-commerce giant Amazon has launched its

global startup program ‘Launchpad’ in

India. The program will enable Indian

startups to sell their products overseas. In

this regard, Amazon India has tied up with

Department of Industrial Policy and

Promotion (DIPP)’s Start Up India and NASSCOM. Amazon also has partnered with

NASSCOM’s 10,000 Startups and Indian Angel Network (IAN) along with NITI Aayog,

Governments of Maharashtra, Telangana and TiE to help roll in startups. The Amazon

Launchpad was started in 2015. It aims to help startups to sell, market, and deliver their

products to gain more visibility.

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India crosses $300 billion milestone

India has received over US $300 billion US Foreign

Direct Investment (FDI) milestone between April

2000 and September 2016. The cumulative FDI

inflows during the period amounted to US $310.26

billion. With this, India firmly established its

credentials as a safe investment destination in the

world. 33% of the FDI came through the Mauritius route. India received US $101.76 billion

dollar from Mauritius between April 2000 and September 2016.