Current Affairs December -2017

Current Affairs 

December -2017




12th December 2017

• ICAN receives 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
• Sumitra Bhave to get Kalamaharshi Baburao Award
• Australia wins Gold of Hockey World League final
• Vice President confers ‘Yerarignar’ Award to Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
• Ola appoints Viraj Chouhan as its CCO
• Saudi Arabia to allow movie theaters
• Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu wins 10-m air pistol Bronze at 10th Asian C’ship
• Mount Hope named UK’s new highest peak
• World’s largest automated container terminal opens in Shanghai
• Govt launches mobile app to ease child deliveries in peripheral areas
• BCCI lifts ban on RCA
• Finance Minister holds 5th Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting
• Indian Economy likely to Grow by 7.2% in 2018, 7.4% in 2019: UN Report
• India to host 2021 Champions Trophy, 2023 World Cup
• Saurabh Chaudhary claims Youth Olympics Games spot with Gold
• UP and Maharashtra tops in highest number of cyber-crimes
• India bags 21 medals including 6 gold at Asian Airgun Shooting C’ships
• Lakshmi Puri among six diplomats felicitated with ‘Power of One’
• Nakul Chopra elected as BARC India Chairman

11th December 2017

• 11 December: International Mountain Day
• India beat Germany, win Bronze at Hockey World League Final
• Pradeep Singh Kharola takes over as Air India CMD
• Russia-India-China Foreign Ministers meet begins in Delhi
• Pioneer of DNA Fingerprinting Lalji Singh passes away
• US, South Korea, Japan started missile-tracking drill
• China starts World’s Biggest Floating Solar Project
• ASEAN India Connectivity Summit begins in Delhi
• Rahul Gandhi elected Indian National Congress President

10th December 2017

• 10 December: Human Rights Day
• UN Women, Facebook inaugurates ‘We The Women’ event in Mumbai
• Hindi writer Mamta Kalia chosen for Vyas Samman 2017
• Shankar appointed RBI Executive Director
• Indonesia Open Aquatic: Indian Diving Team wins 6 Medals
• Maruti Suzuki replaces SBI as 6th most valuable Indian firm
• Ram Nath Kovind awards Presidents Colours to submarine arm of Navy
• Shooters Ghosh, Mane bag Youth Olympic Games quota places
• Pakistan to depreciate currency
• SBI changes name, IFSC codes of branches

9th December 2017

• Kanchanmala Pande wins Gold at World Para Swimming Championship
• India declared free from Trachoma, a bacterial infection of eye
• Star Screen Awards 2017 held in Mumbai
• Prez inaugurates Naval Maritime Aircraft Museum in RK Beach
• India’s GDP growth to rise to 7.5%
• Dangal named the Best Asian Film at Australian Gala
• Tamil journalist & humourist Ja Ra Sundaresan dies aged 87
• Punjab & Haryana HC bans bursting of crackers on New Year
• International Conference on Groundwater Organized
• Second vice president of Afghanistan arrives in India for 5 day visit
• Suresh Prabhu in Argentina to attend 11th Ministerial Conference of WTO
• Former supermarket worker Dan Middleton named Worlds richest YouTuber
• FIFA Lifts Kuwait Football Ban
• Diddy tops Forbes Highest Paid Musicians of 2017 List
• Mahesh Sharma inaugurates ‘Bodhi Parva’
• Facebook Co founder Saverin becomes richest man in Singapore
• Sarvesh Tiwari appointed as President Para Sports Foundation
• Shah Rukh Khan named top Indian actor of 2017 by IMDb

8th December 2017

• India and Cuba Sign MoU for Enhanced Cooperation in Health Sector
• Lifter Gurdeep creates three national records in IWF C’ships
• Wassenaar Arrangement decides to admit India as its new member
• 2nd best UNESCO world heritage site
• Indian and Italy Sign MoU for Cooperation in Agriculture and Phytosanitary Issues
• London Mayor Names Deepak Parekh as First International Ambassador
• Cristiano Ronaldo Wins Ballon d’Or, Equals Lionel Messi’s Record
• Time Person of the Year for 2017
• First International Conference on Sports Medicine & Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 Inaugurated in Delhi
• Kerala’s Alappuzha in Top 5 UN Clean City List
• Azar A.H.Khan Appointed Next Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan

7th December 2017

• Time readers vote Saudi Crown Prince Person of the Year
• U.P. becomes first State to endorse Centre’s triple talaq draft bill
• King of rock Johnny Hallyday dies
• US to recognise Jerusalem as capital
• Kerala raises minimum liquor drinking age to 23
• PM Modi Most tweeted about world leader after Trump
• After Mary Kom, Sushil Kumar resigns as National Sports Observer
• Akshay Kumar to promote government’s flagship agri-schemes
• Vice President inaugurated 12th Annual Convention
• ISA becomes Treaty-based International Intergovernmental organization
• Swiggy appoints Vishal Bhatia as CEO of New Supply Business
• World smallest Mona Lisa created using DNA origami
• BSF launches test to check personnel’s Psychological health
• PM Modi inaugurated B R Ambedkar International Centre
• Center enhances Monetary Allowances for Gallantry Award Winners
• Australian Govt passes Marriage Equality Law
• 07 December: Armed Forces Flag Day
• Kumbh Mela on UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage

6th December 2017

• Shalabh Seth resigns

• Syrian boy wins Children’s Peace Prize

• India win South Asian badminton title

• New president of NRAI

• Mujeeb Zadran From Afghanistan Becomes First Cricketer Born in 21st Century

• Russia Banned from 2018 Winter Olympics

• UAE and Saudi Arabia form new group, separate from GCC

• Akash Missile Successfully Launched

• Singer Purabi Mukhopadhyay passes away

5th December 2017

• Veteran Actor Shashi Kapoor passes away

• Prithvi Shaw named India’s captain for U-19 World Cup

• National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities presented

• Getachew Besha wins full Pune International Marathon

• India’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant opens in Kerala

• 5 December: World Soil Day

• First Meeting of the Fifteenth Finance Commission held

• India and Germany sign Govt to Govt Umbrella Agreement

• Indian-American Senator Harris tops Global Thinkers List

• Amitabh Bachchan launches Book on Indian Cinema

• US Supreme Court allows full enforcement of President Trump’s travel ban

• UAE, UK, US and French Armies hold Joint Exercises in Abu Dhabi

• ILO releases World Social Protection Report 2017-2019

• UPs Shamli District included in NCR

• The 6th International Tourism Mart 2017 inaugurated in Assam

4th December 2017

• Venezuela to launch new virtual currency

• 4 December: Indian Navy Day

• Deepika Kumari wins bronze medal at Indoor Archery World Cup

• Aditya Puri only Indian on Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year Top 20 List

• First Sikh Woman elected as Mayor in the US

• South Korea, US launches largest Air Exercise

• International Conference on Climate Change begins in Nepal

• PM Modi inaugurated Unique World-Class Hospital in Ahmedabad

• Virat Kohli surpasses Brian Lara for Most Double Centuries as Captain

• US pulls out of UN’s migrant and refugee pact

• 1st International Exhibition and Conference AROGYA 2017 begun

3rd December 2017

• Kohli becomes 4th fastest Indian to 5,000 Test runs

• Infosys appoints Salil S Parekh as MD & CEO

• Telangana announces WE-Hub for women

• World’s largest propeller plane lands at UK airport

• Kenyatta sworn in as President of Kenya

• Raj Shah becomes First Indian-American to hold Press Gaggle

• Madame Tussauds debuts in Delhi with Indian celebrities

• 3 December: International Day of Persons with Disabilities

• A Surya Prakash re-appointed Prasar Bharati Chief

• Iranian President inaugurates First Phase of Chabahar Port

• Nation remembers India’s First President on his Birthday

• Andhra Pradesh assembly unanimously passes Kapu Reservation Bill

• British singer Ellie appointed as UN environment global goodwill ambassador

2nd December 2017

·       India awarded for its effort to combat illegal wildlife trade

·       Miss Korea Jenny Kim Crowned Miss Supranational 2017

·       ‘Populism’ Named Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year

·       Manushi Chhillar awarded Indian of the year special achievement award

·       Lipstick Under My Burkha wins tves Global Sustainability Film award in London

·       India re-elected to International Maritime Organisation Council

·       Shiva Keshavan wins Gold in Asian Luge Championships

·       Mary Kom resigns as National observer for Indian Boxing

·       Sushma Swaraj attends Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit

1st December 2017

·       1 December: World AIDS Day

·       7th edition of Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival held in New Delhi

·       India, UK combined military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior-2017′ begins in Rajasthan

·       Dia Mirza appointed as UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India

·       Sibi George appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Holy See

·       Chhattisgarh bans use of fire crackers in six cities

·       Nagaland celebrates 54th Statehood Day, 18th Hornbill festival

·       1 December: BSF Raising Day

·       CCI imposes Rs. 52.24 crore penalty on BCCI