Daily Current Affairs : 28th December 2013

1. Arvind Kejriwal sworn-in as Delhi CM. Arvind Kejriwal, whose AAP has rewritten the grammar of politics in Delhi, on Saturday took oath as Delhi Chief Minister promising a corruption-free govt and new style of governance without arrogance of power. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today allocated portfolios to his six Cabinet colleagues while keeping key departments of Home, Finance, Power and Vigilance with himself. 

Portfolios : 

Arvind Kejriwal: Power, Finance, Home and Planning Departments

Manish Sisodia: Education and PWD

Somnath Bharti: Tourism and Law Departments

Saurabh Bhardwaj: Food Supply and Transport 

Rakhi Birla: Women and Child Development

Girish Soni: Development and Employment Departments

Satendra Jain: Health

2. Arvind Kejriwal became the second Chief Minister with a IIT background, after his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar and joins a select group of ministers, including Ajit Singh and Jairam Ramesh, whose alma mater is the crown jewel of the country’s higher education. A product of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Khargapur, 45-year-old Kejriwal studied Mechanical Engineering and passed out in 1989. Parrikar passed out as a metallurgical engineer from IIT, Mumbai.

3. India has signed a Rs 4,000-crore deal with the US for procuring six more C-130J Super Hercules Special Operations aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The proposal was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on December 20. The two sides signed the deal yesterday under which the US Air Force will supply the aircraft to the IAF through the Foreign Military Sales route. The IAF had acquired the first lot of six aircraft at a cost of around Rs 5,500 crore. The new lot of six planes will be located at Panagarh in West Bengal, which would be headquarters of the proposed Mountain Strike Corps of the army, along the China border.

4. Nine-year-old US boy climbs South America's tallest mountain Aconcagua peak in Argentina. Tyler Armstrong climbed the mountain, in the Argentine Andes, with his father and Tibetan sherpa Lhawang Dhondup. Last year, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro - Africa's highest peak. More than 100 people have died attempting to conquer Aconcagua, which rises 6,962 metres above sea level. The youngest person to have conquered the mountain before him was 10-year-old Matthew Moniz, also from the United States, in 2008.

5. Veteran Hindi actor Farooq Sheikh, who is best remembered for his performances in films like 'Garm Hava', 'Shatranj Ke Khiladi', 'Chashme Buddoor' and 'Kissi Se Na Kehna', died this morning after suffering a heart attack in Dubai. He was 65. Farooq Sheikh was in Dubai apparently for a concert when he suffered the heart attack on Friday night. His body will be brought to Mumbai later in the day after completing the formalities in Dubai. Sheikh made a tremendous contribution in theatre, films and TV as well. He started his career in Bollywood in 1973 with 'Garm Hava'.

6. Star Sports is official broadcaster for Aircel Chennai Open. Tennis enthusiasts are in for a treat. Organisers of the Aircel Chennai Open, which is India’s only ATP World Tour tennis event, has named Star Sports as the official broadcaster of the tournament for the next three editions until 2016. The $450,000 Aircel Chennai Open is slated to take place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai from December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014.

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