*CURRENT AFFAIRS (24:12:2014)

1).Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and freedom fighter
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya were chosen for the country's highest
civilian award "Bharat Ratna"

2).Beji Caid Essebsi won in the Presidential elections 2014 of Tunisia

3).Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir dropped from BCCI's central contracts

4).The "European Space" mission "Rosetta was named as the most
important "Scientific Breakthrough of the Year 2014" by Science
journal

4).R. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) is one of the 2014 top ten scientists chosen by
the prestigious journal Nature

5).Senior IAS officer S.Bhattacharya on 23dec2014 was appointed as the
Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL).

6).Taiwan on 23dec2014 launched its largest ever missile warship named
Tuo Chiang. The 500-tonne corvette missile is the first of its kind
ever produced by Taiwan

7).ICC Men's ODI World Cup Host Countries:
->2015-New Zealand & Australia
->2019-England
->2023-India

8).Pandit Prabodh Kumar Mishra is the author of the book "Vande
Bharatam" released by the PM Narendra Modi on 23rd Dec2014

9).Apurvi Chandela did an encore in the women's 10miter Air Rifle
event on the concluding day of the 58th National Shooting
Championships 2014