International Volunteer Day observed across the world

• The International Volunteer Day (IVD)  is held each year on 5 December. It is viewed as a unique chance for volunteers and organizations to celebrate their efforts
• International Volunteer Day 2016’s theme  is #GlobalApplause – give volunteers a hand, recognizes volunteers worldwide.

Supreme Court approves action plan to tackle air pollution in Delhi NCR

• The Supreme Court has approved Central Government’s Graded Response Action Plan to tackle different levels of pollution in Delhi-NCR.
• The code categorises the severity of the pollutants present in the air into four categories- moderate to poor, very poor, severe, very Severe or emergency 
  
  

Hailakandi becomes first district in Assam to make cashless payment

•  In Assam, Hailakandi has become the first district to pay wages to tea garden workers through individual bank accounts .
• It completed this task before the December 15, 2016 deadline set by the state government for cashless transactions
  
  

Usain Bolt and Almaz Ayana win IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award

• Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana were crowned as the IAAF’s athletes of the year.
• Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia won the award in women’s award category. She was presented with the award for her world-record run to win Olympic gold medal in 10000 metres

India beat Pakistan to win women's Twenty20 Asia Cup title

• India women’s cricket team on Sunday won the Asia Cup T20 for the sixth time by beating Pakistan

India, Qatar signed four agreements including visa and cyberspace

• India and Qatar on Saturday signed four agreements on visas, cyberspace and investments 
• The delegation-level talks  was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Qatari countepart Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. 
  

New Zealand PM announces surprise resignation

• New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, unexpectedly announced his resignation on Monday after eight years in power