Current Affairs 19th December 2015

Important Points : 

• Which noted theatre artiste has passed away - Chatla Sriramulu
• Who has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of India - Radha Krishna Mathur 
• Who has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Apple Inc - Jeff Williams 
• Which British Novelist has passed away - Peter Dickinson
• Who has approved the purchase of Russian S-400 Triumf Air Defence Missile System - DAC

Details : 

Which noted theatre artiste has passed away - Chatla Sriramulu

On 18th December 2015, Chatla Sriramulu, Noted writer and theatre artiste passed away at Secunderabad at the age of 84.

About Chatla Sriramulu

• He had wrote several books on varrious subjects and had acted and directed in more than 100 plays.
• In 1970, British Drama League, London awarded him with the certificate of Producer and Teacher.
• Andhra Nataka Kala Parishad awarded him with the Best Actor award twice.
• In 1982, he was awarded with the Union Government’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. 

Who has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of India - Radha Krishna Mathur 

Among the important appointments, On 18th December 2015, Former Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur was appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India after replacing Vijai Sharma.

About Radha Krishna Mathur

• Radha Krishna Mathur is a retired IAS officer of Tripura cadre.
• On 28th May 2013, he was appointed as the Defence Secretary.
• Earlier, he was the Secretary in Defence Production and Supplies and in Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

About Chief Information Commissioner 

• President of India on the recommendation of a selection committee comprising of Prime Minister appoints the Chief Information Commissioner.

Do You Know : 

The appointment of Mathur as CIC broked the practice of appointing the Head among the serving Information Commissioners as this is for the first time that the Union Government has appointed somebody other than a serving Information Commissioner.

Who has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Apple Inc - Jeff Williams 

Among the important appointments, On 18th December 2015, Jeff Williams was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Apple Inc. 

About Jeff Williams

• Prior to join Apple, he worked at IBM in engineering and operations roles.
• In the year 1998, he joined Apple as head of worldwide procurement and was named vice president of Operations in 2004. 
• He had a major role in Apple’s entry into the mobile phone market.

Which British Novelist has passed away - Peter Dickinson

On 16th December 2015, British Novelist Peter Dickinson passed away at the age of 88. 

He had received the prestigious Carnegie medal twice by librarians for the outstanding new children's book. 

About Peter Dickinson

• He had written almmost 60 books and translated them into 53 different languages.
• In 1968, he published his first novel for children named "The Weathermonger" and after that "Heartsease" in 1969 and The Devil’s Children in 1970.
• In 2012, he published his last book In The Palace Of The Khans.

Who has approved the purchase of Russian S-400 Triumf Air Defence Missile System - DAC

Among the important National Current Affairs, On 18th December 2015, the purchase of 5 units of Russian advance S-400 Triumf Air Defence Missile Systems from Russia was approved by The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC). Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar gave the approval during DAC meeting.

After this purchase, India will become the second buyer of this missile system after China and will also enhance the national air defence capacity.

About Russian S-400 Triumf Air Defence Missile System

• It has the ability of destroying drones, aircraft and even incoming hostile missiles within 400 km range. 
• It has the ability to destroy hypersonic targets and ballistic missiles.