*CURRENT AFFAIRS (20:12:2014)

1).India ranks 93rd out of 146 in Forbes list of best nations for business
-Denmark topped Forbes' 9th annual ranking of the Best Countries

2).Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid arrived in India on 19dec2014 a
six-day official visit, during which he will hold talks with Indian
leadership

3).India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
successfully tested an indigenously built 1000 kg glide bomb.

4).The Govt named Rajinder Khanna, a 1978 batch RAS officer, as the
new Chief of Research & Analysis Wing (RAW).
-Incubent of Alok Joshi

5).Prakash Mishra, a 1978 IPS officer of Odisha cadre was appointed as
the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

6).Both Men and Women Kabaddi teams of India have won the title of the
5th World Cup Kabaddi Tournament by winning their respective matches
in the final.

7).Indian-American Richard Rahul Verma has been sworn in as the US
Ambassador to India by Secretary of State John Kerry.
-He is first ever Indian- American to be the top US diplomat in New Delhi.

8).Union Government introduced the Constitution (122nd Amendment)
Bill, 2014 in the Lok Sabha on 19dec2014.
-The introduction of this Bill of the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
regime in India