*CURRENT AFFAIRS (13:12:2014)

1).Salman Khan tops the Forbes India 2014 celebrity list dethroning
Shah Rukh Khan with the earning of Rs 244.5 crore.

2).Singer Beyonce's 'Rise' perfume is expected to sell over 750,000
units in the UK, which will net her 1.5 million pounds, becoming the
biggest selling celebrity fragrance of the year

3).The Hinduja Group, in partnership with Obrascon Huarte Lain
Desarrollos (OHLD), a Spanish industrial company, has acquired UK's
iconic Old War Office building that was once occupied by Britain's
war- time Prime Minister Winston Churchill

4).Legendary Singer, Asha Bhosle has been honored with the Life Time
Achievement Award at the Dubai International Film Festival

5).Dineshwar Sharma appointed as New Chief of Intelligence Bureau
-He will take charge on 1st Januar y 2015 succeeding Syed Asif Ibrahim

6).The government has brought 52 new drugs under its price control
mechanism including some commonly used painkillers and antibiotics

7).Six months into office, Telangana state's Chief Minister KCR is
expanding his Cabinet by inducting at least six new Ministers on
16thDec2014.

8).The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Black Money, in its second
report submitted to the Supreme Court has revealed that persons on the
HSBC list held Rs. 4,479 crores in Swiss banks.

9).Nation pays homage to martyrs of Parliament attack on the 13th
anniversary of the incident
-On December 13, 2001, five heavily - armed terrorists had stormed the
Parliament complex in New Delhi