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Current Affairs – December 2017
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MP CM flags off mobile museum Adi Shankara Sandesh Vahini in Kochi
China cuts the ribbon of its first solar highway which will charge the running electric vehicles
Viswanathan Anand bags bronze
Israel withdraws from UNESCO
Maiga appointed as the new PM of Mali
Mystery Writer Sue Grafton passes away at 77
Nepal bans solo climbing on Mount Everest and other peaks
Pratibha Gai honoured with Damehood by queen Elizabeth
NASA’s “Girl of the Year” doll
Jitu Rai bags men’s 50m pistol national title
India leads in global milk production
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China launches World’s Largest Human Genome Research Project
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe appointed as President of ICCR
US and Turkey open gates for visa services
Bilateral Meeting held between External Affairs Minister of India and Jordan
Cristiano Ronaldo wins best player at Globe Soccer Award
Nirmala Sitharaman launches Start-up Incubation Centre in Mangalore
78th Session of Indian History Congress held in Kolkata
China successfully tested its first Photovoltaic road
Delhi govt launches mobile app that would connect 1600 SMC members
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Former Zimbabwe army chief sworn in as vice president
Amardeep Singh Bhatia appointed as Director of SFIO
Israel to name a station after Trump
Indo-Maldives Joint Exercise ‘Ekuverin’ Concludes
Prithvi supersonic interceptor missile successfully test fired
Agriculture Minister launches LDF app
Prince Harry named President of African Conservation Group
Chola MS honoured with Golden Peacock Award for risk management
India ranks 5th in list of countries with highest NPA levels
Viswanathan Anand wins World Rapid Chess Championship
Ex-footballer George Weah to become Liberia’s president
International sweet festival going to held in Hyderabad
India’s first bitcoin trading app
Russia launches satellite for Angola
Triple Talaq Bill passed in Lok Sabha
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Gujarat CM inaugurates 25th National Children’s Science Congress
Vin Diesel, Forbes 2017 top-Grossing Actor
IPS officer Abhay appointed DG of Narcotics Control Bureau
Reddy’s unveils cancer drug in U.S.
Anushka Sharma crowned PETA’s ‘Person of the Year’
India provides medical assistance to Yemen
Paytm becomes India’s first payments app to cross 100 mn downloads on Play Store
United Nations cuts budget by $286 million
Anisa wins Womens 25m Pistol with New National Record
The creator of Bugs Bunny, Bob Givens, passes away at 99
K S Chitra bags ‘Harivarasanam’ Award
PM Modis Mann Ki Baat among most trending Twitter hashtags in 2017
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ISRO, NASA jointly working Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Satellite
Music Legend Robbie Malinga passes away
In a first, Saudi Arabia hosts World Chess Games
Indian Boxers won 5 Medals at Galym Boxing Tournament
India’s first pod taxi to follow US safety norms
Guatemala to move embassy to Jerusalem
Only 1.7% Indians paid income tax
President inaugurates conference at ANU in Andhra Pradesh
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Modi to be First PM to attend World Economic Forum in 20 years
India’s First Runway on ‘Sea Bridge’ in Lakshadweep
Bengali film actor Partha Mukhopadhyay passes away
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates world’s biggest sand Santa face at Puri beach
UP govt launches free household power connection scheme ‘Prakash hai to vikas hai’
Bengaluru becomes First Indian City to have its own Logo
Singapore’s Dy PM to join Sushma Swaraj at ASEAN-India PBD in Singapore
India to become fifth largest economy in 2018: Report
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Book on Gauri Lankesh’s writings launched
25 December: Good Governance Day
World’s Longest Glass Bridge opens in China
Maharashtra tops in GST collection in first five months
Indian Economy may reach 7% growth
AG600: World’s largest amphibious aircraft takes off
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India is the 5th most vacation deprived country globally
BCCI appoints Saba Karim as General Manager
Mumbai, Gurugram girls win Mrs India contest
BND-4201: India’s first home-grown high purity gold reference standard launched
China launches land exploration satellite
UN appoints Henrietta Fore as UNICEF head
Vijender Singh retains WBO Oriental and Asia Pacific Super Middleweight titles
US President Signs $1.5 Trillion Tax Overhaul Law
IOC bans 11 Russians for life over alleged Sochi Games doping violations
Jairam Thakur will be Himachal Pradesh’s new CM
WHO to add ‘gaming disorder’ as a mental condition in 2018
Sushil becomes PWL’s Most Expensive Wrestler at Rs.55 lakh
Banwari Lal Joshi passes away
Uttarakhand CM launches his biography
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Kohli becomes India’s most valued celeb
No shooting at 2022 Commonwealth Games
National Family Health Survey shows decline in Child Marriages
23 December: Kisan Diwas
UN Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea
Subbarayudu appointed as Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Peru
Made-in-India Surface-to-Air Missile QRSAM successfully test fired
Patanjali ranked India’s most trusted FMCG Brand
Bengali Singer Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay passes away
Lt Gen B S Sahrawat takes over as Director-General of NCC
Rohit Sharma hits fastest T20I century, equals world record
Russia’s Dy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin visits India
Airtel Payments Bank CEO Shashi Arora resigns
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2017 may be among top 3 hottest years
Justice U.D. Salvi appointed acting chairperson of NGT
Samsung Unveils ‘World’s Smallest’ DRAM Chip
12th edition of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence Awards
Mamang Dai, Ramesh Kuntal win Sahitya Akademi Award 2017
India’s Mithali Raj, Ekta Bisht selected in ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year
India and Switzerland ink deal for Information Exchange
ICGS Sujay commissioned into by Indian Coast Guard
22 December: National Mathematics Day
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity List 2017
UN General Assembly rejects US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
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Messi beats Ronaldo for La Liga Best Player Award
Bobsledder banned for life from Olympics
India’s first design university ‘World University of Design’ opens campus
Golden Jubilee celebrations of Indian Women Pilots Association held
Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh resigns
Delhi ranks 7th in Most Expensive Office Locations list
Indian Hockey Umpires named as umpires for 2018 Hockey Men’s World Cup
Naseem-Al-Bahr 2017: India, Oman conducts naval exercise
UK tops Forbes’ List of Best Countries for Business in 2018
India’s First National Rail and Transportation University to come at Vadodara
India, Myanmar sign MoU for Rakhine State’s development
OEC 2017 kicked off to foster Sustainable River Basin Management
DARPAN Project launched for Financial Inclusion of Rural Population
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NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar retires
Pop singer Keely Smith dies at 89
BBC Sports Personality 2017: England women cricketers win team award
World’s longest wedding dress train sets Guinness record
HAMESHA VIJAYEE: Southern Command conducts major exercise in Rajasthan
India and Sri Lanka completes 2nd phase of joint oceanographic survey
20 December: International Human Solidarity Day
Training of Trainers Program for Sendai Framework held in New Delhi
Haryana govt to provide free sanitary napkins to poor women
Sonu Sood honoured with Punjab Ratan award
UK govt extends pilot student visa scheme to 23 more universities
Shree Saini from Washington crowned Miss India USA 2017
France passes law to ban all Oil and Gas Production by 2040
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BJP wins Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Elections
Odisha CM inaugurates Tribal Sports Meet 2017
Smita Nagaraj takes over as UPSC member
Rekha receives first Smita Patil Memorial Award
India won 10 medals in Wushu Sanda Asian Cup
Losar Festival celebrated in Ladakh
Aakarshi Kashyap wins U-17 & U-19 singles titles at Badminton Jr Nationals
India finishes 1st at Junior Boxing Championship in Germany
India ranked 60th most Innovative Country, Switzerland Tops
Goa celebrates 56th Liberation Day
Tata Steel Joda Mine gets Golden Peacock Innovation Award
Iraq overtakes Saudi Arabia as top Oil supplier to India
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2002 World Cup winner Kaka retires from Football
18 December: International Migrants Day
Sushil Kumar, Sakshi Malik clinches Gold at Commonwealth Wrestling C’ships
PV Sindhu wins Silver at Dubai World Badminton Superseries
Sebastian Pinera wins Chile’s Presidential Election
SpaceX for first time successfully launches recycled rocket and spaceship
Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approves Pension for State’s Transgenders
India reaches 2nd position on horticultural crops, fruits production list
Samsung, UNESCO partner for videos on Indian Heritage Sites
Real Madrid presented with the FIFA World Champions Badge
Satheesh Reddy conferred with National Design Award
Mo Farah wins BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Award
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WHO certifies Gabon as polio free
Man Sails around the World in 42 days, breaks World Record
Women to drive trucks, bikes in Saudi
Vodafone India appoints Dawar as its CFO
Nepal hosts first International Wheelchair Cricket Tournament
Joy Goswami to get 31st Moortidevi Award
Christian Pulisic becomes youngest to get US men’s footballer of the year
FIFA bans head of Brazilian football
China unveils satellite network plan for South China Sea
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India-Maldives bilateral military exercise ‘Ekuverin 2017′ held in Belagavi
World Telugu Conference begins
Roger Federer named BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
Official emblems for Beijing 2022 Winter Games unveiled
National Workshop on Role of Sakhi One Stop Centres held in New Delhi
16 December: Vijay Diwas
R Hemalatha takes charge as Director, NIN
PM Modi inaugurates 60-Megawatt Tuirial Hydro power Project in Aizawl
Income Inequality Highest in India since 1980s
‘Youthquake’ named Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries
Meghalaya launches India’s first social audit law
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Lucknow’s Jitesh Singh Deo named Mr India 2017
Sri Lanka accede to landmine ban treaty
Norway becomes 1st Nation to Shut National Broadcasts on FM
India hosted 4th India-Australia-Japan trilateral meeting
Sachin Siwach named Asia’s youth boxer of the year
JK Rowling named a ‘Companion of Honor’
WTO talks collapse, no agreement on food security
Telangana develops app to connect citizens, technicians
Mumbai Metro launches ‘SecuCare’ app for safer commuting
Disney to acquire 21st Century Fox assets for USD 52.4 Billion in stock
Narinder Batra New President of Indian Olympic Association
Michael Jordan, World’s Highest-Paid Athlete of All Time
Union Cabinet clears bill criminalising Instant Triple Talaq
Indian Diaspora is Largest in the World: World Migration Report 2018
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10 ASEAN leaders to be chief guests for Republic Day
India becomes 1st ever team to register Hundred 300+ ODI totals
Indian hockey teams end year on 6th and 10th spots
Official Logo for Allahabad Kumbh Mela 2019 released in Lucknow
Google to open AI research lab in China, first in Asia
Piyush & Prasoon Pandey to honour with Cannes Lions’ Lifetime Achievement Award
Russia and Egypt signed for Egypt’s first nuclear power plant
South Korea bans its banks from dealing in Bitcoin
Actor-Director Neeraj Vora passes away
PM Modi inducts scorpene-class Submarine Kalvari into Indian Navy
NGT declares Amarnath Cave shrine a ‘Silent Zone’
14 December: National Energy Conservation Day
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Priyanka Chopra receives Mother Teresa Memorial award
India ranks 100 in global prosperity index
2nd UNWTO/ UNESCO World Conference on Tourism & Culture held in Oman
14th Inclusive Finance India Summit begins in New Delhi
Rajasthan, first in India to offer e-mail IDs in Hindi
Dhammapiya elected New Secretary General of Intl Buddhist
Shubhankar Sharma wins Joburg Open
UN releases World Economic Situation and Prospects 2018 Report
Rohit Sharma becomes 1st batsmen to score 3 ODI double centuries
Sri Lanka formally hands over Hambantota Port to China for 99-Year Lease
Bihar Govt launches Safe City Surveillance scheme for Women Safety
India’s first Electronic Manufacturing Cluster to be set up in Andhra Pradesh
‘Feminism’: Merriam-Webster’s Word of the year 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Russia to create ‘Independent Internet’ for BRICS Countries
Pakistan’s Law Minister Zahid Hamid resigns
India and Singapore ink Bilateral Agreement for Navy Cooperation
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