*CURRENT AFFAIRS (09:12:2014)

1).There has been a 132 percent rise in incidents of crime committed
by juveniles against women in 2013, Lok Sabha was told

2).Lok Sabha passes Payment and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill,
2014 to increase transparency in Indian Financial markets

3).Cadila Healthcare Ltd the company launched in India the first
biosimilar version of the anti-inflammatory medicine Adalimumab, the
world's top-selling drug, at a fifth of its U.S. price

4).NASA's Curiosity rover, led by a team of scientists of
Indian-origin, has found new evidence of water on Mars

5).Child rights activists India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's
Malala Yousafzai, along with 11 others will receive this year's Nobel
Prizes today

6).The WTO (World Trade Organization) has ruled against the US
imposing high duty on imports of certain Indian steel products, an
order hailed by India as a "significant victory"

7).Celebrity Amir Khan has chosen as the safety ambassador for
Ministry of Road & Transport
-He is also ambassador of 'Atithi Devo Bhava' Campaign.

8).Dubai country is the world's first handcrafted herbal Holy Quran
was unveiled on 8th Dec'2014

9).Gwaldys Nocera won the Hero Women's Indian Golf Open 2014 at the
Delhi Golf Club in Dec'2014

10).Iraq has become most dangerous country in the world as per the
report published on Dec'2014 by Intel Center, a Washington-based
company working for intelligence agencies

11).Andhra Pradesh state of India, Sri Lankan President Mahenda
Rajapaksa would visit on a two day visit from 9th Dec'2014

12).Angela Merkel Germany Chanceler was re-elected as chief of
Conservative party at a triumphant congress that celebrated her role
as Europe's most powerful leader on 9th Dec'2014