Current Affairs, December 2017
Most Important
Current Affairs of December 2017
v Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December.
v World AIDS Day is observed every year on 01 December.
v United Nations has appointed former senior US government official
Henrietta H Fore as the new executive director of UNICEF.
v Saba Karim has appointed as General Manager (Cricket Operations)
of the BCCI.
v R Hemalatha has been appointed as the new Director of the
country’s premier National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad.
v Narinder Barta is new president of the Indian Olympic
Assosiation.
v Dhammapiya, Buddist Monk, from Tripura has been elected as the
new secretary general of the International Bhuddhist confederation.
v Uma Shankar appointed as executive director of RBI.
v British Singer Ellie Goulding is appointed as Global Goodwill
Ambasador for United Nations.
v Dia Mirza, actor, appointed United Nations Environments Goodwill
Ambassador for India.
v Indian economy is likely to grow by 7.2 percent in 2018 and go
up further to 7.4 percent in 2019 according to a United Nation report.
v Indian economy is expected to witness cyclical growth recovery,
with ral GDP growth likely to accelerate from 6.4% to 7.5% in 2018, to 7.7% in
2019, says a Morgan Stanley report.
v Indian economy may reach
a 7% growth in 2018, according to ASSOCHAM.
v Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are top contrubutors among states
and Union Territories in the first five months since the rollout of the goods
and services tax regime in July 1, 2017.
v India becomes the world’s fifth largest economy in 2018,
according to 2018 World Economy League Table.
v World Economic Fourm meeting will be held in Davos, Switzerland.
v CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra
v India has been the largest producer of milk in the world for the
past 15 years.
v Nirmala Sitharm lauched a start up incubation centre called the
Centre for Entrepreneurship Poopraunities and Learning (CEOL) in Mangalure, Karnataka.
v The Loc Sabha passed the Muslim Woman (Protection of Rights on
Marriages) bill 2017 making triple talaq illegal with upto three years, in joil
for the husband.
v The 25 edition of National Science Congress was Inaugurated in
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
v India’s first National Rail and Transportation University is in
Vadodara.
v Global Innovation Index 2017, Switzerland Top Place, Indian Rank
is 60 (66 in 2016).
v At least 10 leaders of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian
Nations) will be taking part in the 2018 Republic Day Celebrations as chief
guests.
v UN General Assembly rejects US recognition of Jerusalem as
Israel’s capital.
v The UN Security Council slapped new sanctions on North Korea
that will restrict oil supplies vital for Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear
programmes.
v The World Health Organisation hs declared Gabon a “Polio Free
Country”
v Donald Trump reconised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
v Britain and the European Union reached a historic deal on the
terms of the Brexit divorce.
v Vishwanathan Anand has won World Rapid Chess Champion Ship title
in Riyadh in the final.
v Jitu Rai won the Men’s 50-metre Pistol National title in
Shooting.
v Sushil Kumar clinched a gold medal at the Commonewalth Wrestling
Championships in South Africa.
v Mithali Raj, Ekta Bisht is selected for ICC Women’s ODI Team of
the year.
v Russial banned from 2018 Winter Olympics.
v Mirabai Chanu wins gold medal at world Weightlifting
Championship in Anaheim, USA.
Grateful
thought
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