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 1st December - AIDS Day
 2nd December - International Day for the Abolition of
Slavery
 2nd December - National Pollution Control Day
 2nd December - World Computer Literacy Day
 3rd December - International Day of Persons with
Disabilities
 4th December - Indian Navy Day
 5th December - World Soil Day
 5th December - International Volunteer Day (IVD)
 6th December - Mahaparinirvan Diwas (Death
Anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar)
 7th December - International Civil Aviation day
 7th December - Armed Forces Flag Day
 8th December - Bodhi Day
 9th December - International Anti-Corruption Day
 10th December - Human Rights Day (HRD)
 11th December - UNICEF Day
 11th December - International Mountain Day
 13th December - World Choral Day
 14th December - World Monkey Day
 14th December - National Energy Conservation Day
 15th December - International Tea Day
 16th December - Vijay Diwas (Victory Day)
 17th December - International Day to End Violence
against Sex Workers
 18th December - International Migrants Day
 18th December - Minorities Rights Day
 19th December - Goa Liberation day
 20th December - International Human Solidarity Day
 22nd December - National Mathematics Day
 23rd December - Kisan Diwas (Farmer's Day)
 24th December - National Consumers Day / National
Consumers Right Day
 25th December - Good Governance Day
 A Surya Prakash - Chairman, Prasar Bharati board
(2nd term)
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 Abhay - Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau
(NCB)
 Amardeep Singh Bhatia - Director, Serious Fraud
Investigation Office (SFIO)
 Andrej Babis - Prime Minister, Czech Republic
(Europe)
 Anshu Prakash - Chief Secretary, Delhi Government
 B S Sahrawati - Director General, National Cadet
Corps
 Barney Harford - 1st ever Chief Operating Officer
(COO), Uber
 Constantino Chiwenga - Vice President, Zimbabwe
 D R Soni - Chief, Indian Army's Southern Command
 Deepak Parekh - 1st International Ambassador for
London city
 Dhammapiya - Secretary General, International
Buddhist Confederation (IBC)
 Dhirendra Pal Singh - Chairperson, University Grants
Commission (UGC)
 Dinesh K Sarraf - Chairman, Petroleum and Natural
Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)
 Dominique Mineur - Belgium's Enovy to Saudi
Arabia (1st female)
 Ellie Goulding - Global Goodwill Ambassador for UN
Environment
 Emmerson Mnangagwa - President, zimbabwe
 G Rajesham - Chairman, Telangana State Finance
Commission
 George Weah - President, Liberia
 Gurbachan Singh - Director General (Investigation),
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
 Hello Kitty - Special Ambassador, UNWTO
 Henrietta H Fore - Executive Director (ED), United
Nations Childrens' Fund (UNICEF)
 Jairam Thakur - Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh
 Jens Stoltenberg - Secretary-General. North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation (NATO)
 K. Jeeva Sagar - Ambassador of India to the State of
Kuwait
 Kumi Naidoo - Secretary General, Amnesty
International
 Manish Dawar - Chief Financial Officer (CFO),
Vodafone India
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 Michel Coulomb - Head, Apple (India) Sales
operations
 Motofumi Shitara - Group Chairman, Yamaha
Motors India
 N C Goel - Chief Secretary, Rajasthan
 Nakul Chopra - Chairman, BARC India (Broadcast
Audience Research Council)
 Narinder Batra - President, Indian Olympic
Association (IOA)
 Nitin Patel - Deputy Chief Minister, Gujarat
 Om Prakash Singh - DGP, Uttar Pradesh
 Paul Antony - Chief Secretary, Kerala
 Prabhat Kumar Sinha - CMD, Northern Coalfields
Limited
 Prince Harry - President, African Parks
 R Hemalatha - Director, National Institute of
Nutrition (Hyderabad)
 Rahul Gandhi - President, Indian National Congress
 Rahul Singh - President, National Restaurant
Association of India (NRAI)
 Ranveer Singh - Ambassador, EPL (English Premier
League)
 Saba Karim - General Manager, Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI)
 Salil Parekh - MD & CEO, Infosys
 Samiran Panda - Director, National AIDS Research
Institute (NARI), Pune
 Sarah Mullally - 1st Female Bishop of London
 Sebastian Kurz - Chancellor, Austria
 Sebastian Pinera - President, Chile
 Smita Nagaraj - Member, Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC)
 Sumita Misra - Joint Secretary, Prime Minister’s
Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)
 Sunil Kumar Chourasia - Director General of
Ordnance Factories (DGOF)
 U D Salvi - Chairperson, National Green Tribunal
(NGT)
 Uma Shankar - Executive Director (ED), Reserve
Bank of India (RBI)
 Upendra Prasad Singh - CEO, National Mission for
Clean Ganga (NMCG)
 Upendra Prasad Singh - Secretary, Ministry of Water
Resources, River Development
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 Vijay Rupani - Chief Minister, Gujarat
 Vinay Sahasrabuddhe - President, Indian Council of
Cultural Relations (ICCR)
 Viraj Chouhan - Chief Communication Officer (CCO),
Ola
Newly Appointed Indian Ambassadors
 Azar A.H.Khan - Turkmenistan.
 K. Jeeva Sagar - Kuwait.
Newly Appointed Indian Envoys
 Ravindra Jaiswal - Sudan
 Pradeep Kumar Gupta - Mali
 Subbarayudu - Peru
 Abi (Habeeb Ahmed) - Malayalam actor and mimicry
artist
 Adarsh Sein Anand - Former Chief Justice of India
 Adithyan - Noted South Indian music director
 Ali Abdullah Saleh - Former Yemeni President
 AS Anand - Former Chief Justice of India
 Ashok Kumar Mattoo - Noted sports administrator,
1st President of Hockey India
 Banwari Lal Joshi - former UP and Uttarakhand
Governor
 Batuk Gathani - Noted Journalist
 Bob Givens - Noted American Animator (creator of
Bugs Bunny)
 Bruce McCandless - Noted NASA astronaut (first
person to fly in space without tethers)
 Heather Menzies-Urich - Hollywood Actress
 Hoshang Dadiba Amroliwala - First Class cricketer
(Mumbai)
 Ja Ra Sundaresan - Noted Tamil journalist
 Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay - Noted Bengali singer
 Johnny Hallyday - France’s Noted rock star, known
as French Elvis
 Keely Smith - Noted American Jazz and Pop Singer
 Kim Jonghyun - Lead singer, SHINee Band
 Lalji Singh - Noted Scientist (pioneer of DNA
fingerprinting technology in India)
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 Laloo Chiba - Noted South African Freedom Fighter
of Indian Origin
 Michael I - Romania's former King
 Neeraj Vora - Bollywood Actor-Director
 Pandit Narayanrao Bodas - Eminent exponent of
Gwalior gharana of Hindustani classical music
 Partha Mukherjee - Veteran Bengali Actor
 Partha Mukhopadhyay - Noted Bengali actor
 Purabi Mukhopadhyay - Noted Rabindra sangeet
singer
 Robbie Malinga - Noted South African musician
 Shashi Kapoor - Veteran Bollywood Actor
 Sue Grafton - Writer of A to Z book series
 Sukharanjan Sengupta - Noted journalist
 Anushka Sharma - PETA Person of the Year 2017
 Banwari Lal Gaur - Pt. Ramnarayan Sharma National
Ayurved Award
 Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company -
Golden Peacock Award for Risk Management 2017
 Cristiano Ronaldo - Ballon d'Or Award
 Cyber section of Kolkata Police - 2017 NASSCOM-
DSCI Excellence Award
 Dangal - Best Asian Film Award at AACTA 2017
 Dipak Das - Manush Sanman award
 Ed Sheeran - MBE (Member of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire)
 G. Satheesh Reddy - National Design Award
 Indonesian monkey - PETA Person of the Year 2017
 Jenny Kim (Miss Korea) - Miss Supranational 2017
 Jitesh Singh Deo - Mr India 2017
 JK Rowling - Companion of Honour by the UK royals
 Joanne Chory - 2018 Breakthrough Prize
 Joy Goswami (Du Dondo Phowara Matro) - 31st
Moortidevi Award 2017 (1st Bengali poet)
 Julio Ribeiro - Police Jeevan Gaurav Award
 K S Chitra - Harivarasanam Award 2017
 Kumbh Mela - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
status
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 Lipstick Under My Burkha - Founder's Award for
Sustainability on the Big Screen at Time Global
Sustainability Film Awards 2017
 M.S. Swaminathan - Yeraringan Award
 Mamta Kalia (Dukkham Sukkham) - Vyas Samman
2017
 Mo Farah - BBC's Sports Personality of the Year 2017
Award
 Mohamad Al Jounde - International Children's Peace
Prize
 Narendra Modi - Most Followed Indian on Twitter
 Pratibha Laxman Gai - Damehood (Female
equivalent of knighthood)
 Priyanka Chopra - Mother Teresa Memorial Award
for Social Justice
 Rabi Singh - Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman 2017
 Rekha - Smita Patil Memorial Award 2017
 Shree Saini - Miss India USA 2017
 Sonu Sood - Punjab Ratan
 Sumitra Bhave - Kalamaharshi Baburao Painter
Sanman
 Tata Steel’s Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) - Golden
Peacock Innovation Management Award 2017
 The Silence Breakers (#MeToo) - TIME Person of the
Year 2017
 TSRTC Initiatives - SKOCH Awards for 2017
Complete Winners List of FE Best Banks
Awards 2017
 Best Nationalised Bank – State Bank of India
 Best Banker of the Year – Arundhati Bhattacharya
 Lifetime Achievement Award – Uday Kotak
 Best New Private Sector Bank - HDFC Bank
 Best Old Private Sector Bank - City Union Bank
 Best Savings Bank Product – Kotak Mahindra Bank
 Best Mobile Banking Application – ICICI Bank
 Best Non- Banking Financial Institution – Ujjivan
Financial Services
 Best Special Initiative Award – Shriram Transport
Finance
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2017 BBC Sports Awards Winners
 Sports Personality of the Year - Mo Farah (British
Distance Runner)
 Overseas Sports Personality of the Year - Roger
Federe (Swiss Tennis Player)
 Sports Personality Team of the Year - England
Women's Cricket Team
 Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime
Achievement - Jessica Ennis-Hill (British track and
field athlete)
 Sports Personality of the Year Coach - Benke
Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm
 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year - Phil
Foden (English Footballer)
2017 Nobel Laureates were recently handed their
medals, personal diplomas, and cash awards worth 9
million SEK ($1.07 million).
While the ceremony for Peace Prize took place in
Norway, the remaining honours were awarded in
Stockholm by the Swedish King.
Quick Look of Nobel Prize Winners 2017
 Nobel Prize for Physiology / Medicine 2017
o Jeffrey C. Hall (USA)
o Michael Rosbash (USA)
o Michael W. Young (USA)
o Reason : For the discoveries of molecular
mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
 Nobel Prize for Physics 2017
o Rainer Weiss (Germany)
o Barry C. Barish (USA)
o Kip S. Thorne (USA)
o Reason : For decisive contributions to the
LIGO detector and the observation of
gravitational waves.
 Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2017
o Jacques Dubochet (Switzerland)
o Joachim Frank (Germany)
o Richard Henderson (Scotland)
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o Reason : For developing cryo-electron
microscopy for the high-resolution structure
determination of biomolecules in solution.
 Nobel Prize for Literature 2017
o Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan)
o Reason : For his novels of great emotional
force.
 Nobel Prize for Peace 2017
o International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons (ICAN) (founded in Australia)
o Reason : For its work to draw attention to the
catastrophic humanitarian consequences of
any use of nuclear weapons and for its
ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-
based prohibition of such weapons.
 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences 2017
o Richard H. Thaler (USA)
o Reason : For contributions to behavioural
economics
Zee Cine Awards 2018 Complete Winners List
 Best Film : Golmaal Again
 Best Director : Ashiwini Iyer Tiwari (Bareilly Ki Barfi)
 Best Actor (Female) : Sridevi for Mom
 Best Actor (Male) : Varun Dhawan for Badrinath Ki
Dulhania
 Extraordinary Impact Award : Toilet -Ek Prem Katha
 Extraordinary Legend Award : Amitabh Bachchan
 Best Actor in a Negative Role : Raj Rajun for Secret
Superstar
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) : Meher Vij
for Secret Superstar
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) : Anil Kapoor
for Mubarakan
 Best Debut Director : Advait Chandan for Secret
Superstar
 Best Debut (Male) : Matin Ray Tangu (Tubelight)
 Best Debut (Female) : Nidhi Aggarwal (Munna
Michael)
 Viewers Choice Best Film Award : Toilet – Ek Prem
Katha
 Viewers Choice Best Actor (Female) : Alia Bhatt for
Badrinath Ki Dulhania
 Extraordinary Franchise Award : Baahubali
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 Viewers Choice Best Actor Award (Male) : Akshay
Kumar for Jolly LLB 2
 Extraordinary Impact Award (Female) : Taapsee
Pannu for Naam Shabana
 Extraordinary Impact Award (Male) : Rajkummar
Rao
23d Star Screen Awards Winners List
 Best Film (Critics) - Newton
 Best Director - Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal)
 Best Actress (Critics) - Vidya Balan (Tumhari Sulu)
 Best Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma (Lipstick Under
My Burkha)
 Best Actor (Critics) - Rajkummar Rao (Newton)
 Best Actor - Irrfan Khan (Hindi Medium)
 Best Supporting Actor - Rajkummar Rao (Bareilly Ki
Barfi)
 Best Supporting Actor (Female) - Neha Dhupia
(Tumhari Sulu)
 Best Dialogues - Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jain
(Bareilly Ki Barfi)
 Best Sound Design - Shahjith Koyeri (Rangoon)
 Best Background Score - Pritam (Dangal)
 Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya (Dangal)
 Best Music Director - Pritam (Dangal)
 Best Editing - Ballu Saluja (Dangal)
 Best Debut Director - Suresh Triveni (Tumhari Sulu)
 Best Playback Singer - Arijit Singh (Raees - Zaalima
and Jagga Jasoos)
 Best Playback Singer - Shashaa Tirupati (Kanha -
Shubh Mangal Savdhaan)
 Best Choreographer - Shiamak Davar (Ullu Ka
Pattha - Jagga Jasoos)
 Best Action - Sham Kaushal (Dangal and Daddy)
Globe Soccer’s awards 2017
 Best Player - Cristiano Ronaldo (Potugal).
 Best Club - Real Madrid.
 Best Coach - Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
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Complete List of Indian Sports Honours (ISH)
2017 Winners
 Main Honours (SJFI : EnY Process):
o Sportsman of the year (Individual sport) :
Srikanth Kidambi
o Sportsman of the year (Team sport) :
Ravichandran Ashwin
o Sportswoman of the year (Individual sport) :
P.V. Sindhu
o Sportswoman of the year (Team sport) :
Mithali Raj
o Team of the year (Men/Women) : Indian
Women’s Cricket Team
o Coach of the year : Bisveshwar Nandi
o Emerging Sportswoman of the year : Aditi
Ashok
o Emerging Sportsman of the year : Neeraj
Chopra
o Differently abled Sportsman of the year :
Devendra Jhajaria
o Differently abled Sportswoman of the year :
Deepa Malik
 Jury Honours:
o Keep Walking Honour for Lifetime
achievement : Balbir Singh
o Inspirational Honour : Sania Mirza
o Transformational Contribution to Sport :
Abhinav Bindra
 Popular choice Honours:
o Breakthrough performance of the year :
Hardik Pandya
o Star Sports ‘Believe’ Honour (Comeback of
the year) : Saina Nehwal
o Spirit of Sport : Yogeshwar Dutt
o Player of the year : Sunil Chhetri
o Club of the year : Mumbai Indians
o Best Fan Club : Manjappada Kerala Blasters
 VKF Athlete Development Programme : Scholarship
Athletes:
o Sumit Nagal : Tennis
o Karman Kaur Thandi : Tennis
o Diya Dhayal : Archery
o Shivani Kataria : Swimming
o Swastika Ghosh : Table Tennis
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o Aadil Bedi : Golf
o Aryamann Tandon : Badminton
Books & Authors
 Bollywood : The Films! The Songs! The Stars!
written by S.M.M. Ausaja, Karan Bali, Rajesh Devraj
and Tanul Thakur
 The Way I See It : writings of Gauri Lankesh Edited
by Chandan Gowda
 Dilemma and other stories written by Ramendra
Kumar
 'TWO' written by noted lyricist Gulzar
 Poeatry: Poems from the Heart of Farms and a
Kitchen written by Vikas Khanna
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 Trivendra Ek Zindaginama – Khairasain ka Sooraj
biography of Trivendra Singh Rawat (Uttarakhand
CM)
Beauty Contests 2017 Winners
 Miss World 2017 - Manushi Chhillar (India)
 Miss Earth 2017 - Karen Ibasco (Philippines)
 Miss Universe 2017 - Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (South
Africa)
 Miss International 2017 - Kevin Lilliana (Indonesia)
 Miss Supranational 2017 - Jenny Kim (South Korea)
 Miss India 2017 - Manushi Chhillar (Haryana)
 Miss USA 2017 - Kára McCullough (Washington, D.C)

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 Winners List

Language Title and Genre Name of the Author
Assamese Moriahola (Novel) Jayanta Madhab Bora
Bengali Sei Nikhonj Manusta (Novel) Afsar Ashmed
Bodo Thwisam (Novel) Rita Boro
Dogri Banana (Short Stories) Shiv Mehta
English The Black Hill (Novel) Mamang Dai
Gujarati Gujarati Vyakarana Baso Varsh (Criticism) Urmi Ghanshyam Desai
Hindi Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar (Literary Criticism) Ramesh Kuntal Megh
Kannada Kathana Bharathi (Literary Criticism) T. P. Ashoka
Kashmiri Yeli Parda Woth (Short Stories) Autar Krishen Rahbar
Konkani Khand Ani Her Katha (Short Stories) Gajanan Jog
Maithili Jahalak Dairy (Poetry) Udaya Narayana Singh ‘Nachiketa’
Malayalam Daivathinte Pusthakam (Novel) K. P. Ramanunni
Manipuri Chahee Taret Khuntakpa (Play) Rajen Toijamba
Marathi Bolave Te Amhi (Poetry) Shrikant Deshmukh
Nepali Kriti Vimarsha (Literary Criticism) Bina Hangkhim
Odia Etavatira Shilpi (short Stories) Gayatri Saraf
Punjabi Slow Down (Novel) Nachhattar
Rajasthani Bina Hasal Pai (Criticism) Neeraj Daiya
Sanskrit Gangaputravadanam (Novel) Niranjan Mishra
Sindhi Aachhende Laja Maraan (Essays) Jagdish Lachhani
Tamil Kaandhal Naatkal (Poetry) (Late) Inqulab
Telugu Gaali Rangu (Poetry) Devipriya
Urdu Dakhma (Short Stories) Baig Ehsas

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 1st December 2017 was observed as World AIDS Day with the Theme "Right to health".
 2nd December 2017 was oberved as International Day for the Abolition of Slavery with the theme "Remember
Slavery: Recognising the Legacy and Contributions of People of African Descent".
 3rd December 2017 was observed as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the theme
"Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all".
 52nd Raising Day of Border Security Force (BSF) was observed on 1st December 2017.
 5th December 2017 was observe as World Soil Day with the theme "Caring for the Planet starts from the
Ground".
 5th December 2017 was observed as International Volunteer Day (IVD) with the theme "Volunteers Act First.
Here. Everywhere".
 7th December 2017 was observed as International Civil Aviation Day with the theme 'Working Together to
ensure No Country is Left Behind'.
 7th International Ground Water Conference (IGWC-2017) was recently held at New Delhi. Theme of IGWC 2017 :
“Ground water Vision 2030- Water Security, Challenges and Climate Change Adaptation”.
 9th December 2017 was observed as International Anti-Corruption Day with the theme 'United against
corruption for development, peace and security'.
 10th December 2017 was observed as Human Rights Day with the theme "Let’s stand up for equality, justice and
human dignity".
 11th December 2017 was observed as the International Mountain Day with the theme “Mountain under
Pressure: climate, hunger, migration”.
 18th December 2017 was obserevd as International Migrants Day with the theme "Safe Migration in a World on
the Move".
 24th December 2017 was observed as the National Consumers Day / National Consumers Right Day with the
theme “Emerging Digital Markets: Issues & Challenges for Consumer Protection”.
 A 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona was unveiled at a club in
Kolkata during his visit to the city.
 A research institute for the study of 'Bhagavad Gita' would soon be set up by CM Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar
Pradesh government in Mathura.
 According to the data revealed by the Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla, Maharashtra and
Uttar Pradesh are the top contributors among states and Union Territories in the first five months of the rollout
of the GST regime.
 Afghanistan's Mujeeb Zadran has become the first male cricketer born in the 21st century to play international
cricket.
 ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ aCombined Military exercise between India and the UK was recently held at Mahajan Field
Firing Range near Bikaner, Rajasthan.
 Afghanistan's second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish was on a 5 day visit to India.
 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be Chief Guests for India's 69th Republic
Day celebrations.
 Ahead of the 25th anniversary of Dialogue Partnership between India and Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN), Delhi has hosted a two-day ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit during 11th and 12th December 2017.
Theme of this Summit : 'Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century'.

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 American comic book publisher DC Comics is going to release a new graphic novel titled 'I Am Gandhi: A Graphic
Biography of a Hero' in May 2018. The novel has been written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by over 20 artists.
 An Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) named ICGS Sujay was recently commissioned into Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
 Andhra Pradesh Assembly unanimously passed the bill providing 5% reservation for Kapu, Balija Vontari & Telaga
communities in education and employment sectors.
 Auctioneer Christie's has confirmed that Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism has acquired the
₹2,900-crore Salvator Mundi painting. This is the world's most expensive painting ever sold.
 Australia beat Argentina to win Hockey World League Final Gold at Bhubaneswar. India defeated Germany in the
final to grab the Bronze medal.
 Baba Ramdev promoted Patanjali has been ranked as India's most trusted Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
brand for the year 2017, according to the Brand Trust Report India Study 2017.
 Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has received awards for the best player and top scorer in La Liga for the 2016/17
season.
 Billionaire Elon Musk-backed digital payments startup Stripe has launched its private beta version in India.
 Bitcoin's rival cryptocurrency Ripple has surpassed Ethereum as the world's second largest cryptocurrency by
market capitalisation.
 Breaking nearly 70-year-old US policy, the US President Donald Trump has officially recognised Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel.
 Brussels has lost the right to stage matches at UEFA Euro 2020 following delays in the development of a new
stadium.
 Budget carrier IndiGo has become the first Indian airline to operate over 1,000 daily flights across its domestic
and international network.
 Central American country Guatemala has announced that it will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
 Chennai is going to host Jallikattu Premier League, an Indian Premier League-styled event for the bull-taming
sport of jallikattu, on January 7.
 China announced plans to set up the world's biggest carbon market in a move aimed at reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
 China has successfully launched its second Land Surveying Satellite LKW-2 (also known as Yaogan Weixing-32)
into a preset orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert.
 China opened its first highway with built-in wireless charging systems for electric vehicles in the country's
Shandong province.
 Delhi's Special CBI court has held former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary HC Gupta, and
former Jharkhand Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Basu guilty of criminal conspiracy in the ₹1.86 lakh-crore coal
scam.
 Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched the UAE's first astronaut programme.
 Ex-US President Barack Obama arrived in India for the first time since leaving White House this year. He is the
only US President to visit India twice while holding office.
 Former AC Milan and Real Madrid midfielder Kaka, who lifted the 2002 World Cup with Brazil, announced his
retirement from football.
 Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was found guilty in the fodder scam case by a special CBI court in
Ranchi .
 Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the cricketer with most fielding dismissals in T20Is.
 Formula One team bosses have voted Mercedes' championship-winning Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton as
the sport's top driver for the fourth successive year.

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 France has passed a law banning all exploration and production of oil and natural gas by 2040 within the country
and its overseas territories. This is world's first such ban.
 Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar launched India's first-ever mobile food testing laboratory.
 Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the 25th edition of National Children Science Congress (NCSC-
2017). Theme of NCSC 2017 : ‘Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development’
 Haryana shooter Anisa Sayyed won the women's 25m pistol gold with a new finals national record at the 61st
National Shooting Championship Competitions.
 Hollywood Actor Vin Diesel has been named the top-grossing actor of 2017 by Forbes, with $1.6 billion in global
ticketing receipts from his film 'The Fate of the Furious'.
 India and Afghanistan inaugurated their second air cargo route linking Mumbai and Kabul. The 1st air corridor
between India and Afghanistan was launched in June this year to link Kabul and New Delhi.
 India and Cuba have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in the Health
Sector.
 India and Italy have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in health sector.
 India and United Kingdom (UK) will soon sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Urban Transport sector
for cooperation in policy planning, technology transfer and institutional organisation.
 India Government Mint (IGM), a unit of Security Printing and Minting Corp of India Ltd has launched India’s first
home-grown high purity gold reference standard –Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya (BND-4201).
 India has been admitted to the Wassenaar Arrangement, the global body which controls the export of
conventional weapons.
 India has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in Category-B.
 India has sanctioned $25 million to help develop Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine State.
 India is going to host meeting of around 40 World Trade Organisation (WTO) Member Countries in February
2018 to muster support for food security and other issues.
 India is going to host the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of AIIB at Mumbai on 25th and 26th
June 2018. Theme of this Meeting : “Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure: Innovation and Collaboration”.
 India is set to get its 1st sea bridge runway after the approval to extend the Agatti Airport in Lakshadweep has
been given to Airports Authority of India (AAI).
 India was selected as Chair of Ad Hoc Committee on Review & Reforms to look into various issues pertaining to
the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPSC) at recently held KP Plenary Session in Brisbane, Australia.
 India won five medals at the 10th Asian Airgun Shooting Championships in Japan.
 India’s first Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) will be coming to Andhra Pradesh.
 India’s first-ever broad gauge air-conditioned AC EMU suburban train was flagged off from Borivali station on
western railway in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 India’s Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won Gold medal at World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United
States.
 Indian archer Deepika Kumari has won Bronze medal at Indoor Archer World Cup Stage 2 at Bangkok by
defeating Sayana Tsyrempilova of Russia.
 Indian archers grabbed three gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Championships in Dhaka.
 Indian captain Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 16,000 runs in international cricket, achieving the
feat in his 350th innings against Sri Lanka .
 Indian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand defeated Russia's Vladimir
Fedoseev in a three-way tie-break to win the World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh.
 Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharma became the 1st-ever player in ODI history to hit three Double Hundreds, slamming
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 Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who took four wickets against Sri Lanka, has become the highest T20I
wicket-taker in 2017.
 Indian professional boxer and Olympic Bronze medalist Vijender Singh defeated Ghana's Ernest Amuzu at the
Rajasthan Rumble to defend his WBO Oriental and Asia Pacific Super middleweight titles with 10th successive
vistory.
 Indian skipper Virat Kohli becomes first batsman to score Six double centuries as Test captain.
 Indian wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Sushil Kumar won Gold medals at the Commonwealth Wrestling
Championship.
 India's double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar became the most expensive wrestler in the Pro Wrestling League
after being sold to Delhi Sultans for ₹55 lakh in PWL's player auction.
 India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki became India's sixth most valued firm, crossing India's largest lender SBI.
 India's largest lender State Bank India (SBI) has changed names and IFSC codes of nearly 1,300 of its branches,
post its merger with associate banks.
 India's Shiva Keshavan retained his Gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships in Germany.
 India's state-run Corporation Bank has announced that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed certain
restrictions on the bank to carry out banking activities as its share of bad loans rose sharply.
 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated the 1st phase of the Chabahar port, opening up a new strategic
transit route between Iran, India and Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan.
 Iraq has announced that its war against Islamic State is over.
 Japan's Emperor Akihito (83) will renounce his throne on April 30, 2019, becoming the country's first monarch in
200 years to abdicate.
 Karnataka is going to provide 4% reservation for differently-abled people in the A and B categories of
government jobs.
 Karnataka's capital city Bengaluru has got it's own logo consisting both English and Kannada alphabets.
 Kerala Electricity Minister MM Mani inaugurated India's largest floating solar power plant at the Banasura Sagar
dam in Wayanad district.
 Kerala Kings thrashed Punjabi Legends by 8 wickets at Sharjah to become the first-ever T10 Cricket League
champions.
 Maharashtra has been the most corrupt state in India for three years in a row, as per National Crime Records
Bureau (NCRB) data. Odisha was placed second followed by Kerala.
 Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹10 lakh on Tata Steel
over delays in making necessary disclosures.
 Meghalaya became first state in country to operationalize The Meghalaya Community Participation and Public
Services Social Audit Act, 2017, a law that makes social audit of government programmes and schemes a part of
government practice.
 Mount Hope (3,239-metres) in the British Antarctic Territory has become Britain's highest mountain after
satellite data revealed it was 55 metres taller than the 3,184-metre-high Mount Jackson, which was previously
believed to be the tallest.
 MS Dhoni, who represented Pune in the last two IPLs, has been cleared to play for Chennai Super Kings next
year, following the franchise's return.
 Multi-lateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it increase annual funding to India
to up to $4 billion from existing $2.7 billion from next year to accelerate inclusive economic transformation.
 Mumbai batsman Prithvi Shaw has been picked to lead India’s Under-19 team at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup
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 Mumbai is going to start the construction of the city's first textile museum at the United Mill compound in
Kalachowki in February.
 Nagpur's Kanchanmala Pande became the 1st Indian to win a gold medal at the World Para Swimming
Championship, taking place in Mexico.
 New Zealand has signed an agreement of understanding with local tribes to give Mount Taranaki the same legal
rights as a person. The stratovolcano is the third geographic feature in New Zealand which has been granted a
legal personality after Te Urewera national park and Whanganui River.
 Norway became the world's first country to shut down national broadcasts of its FM network by completing its
transition to digital radio.
 Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu settled for a Silver at the year-ending World Superseries Finals in Dubai.
 Paytm Payments Bank rolled out Paytm FASTag to enable electronic toll fee collection on highways across India
without having to stop.
 PM Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath jointly inaugurated the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line.
 PM Narendra Modi commissioned India's first indigenous Scorpene-class submarine Kalvari into the Navy at
Mumbai's Naval Dockyard.
 President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated Andhra Pradesh Fibre Grid project, aimed at providing affordable
high-speed internet service to every household in the state at a nominal rate.
 President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated 18th edition of the Hornbill Festival at the Naga Heritage Village in
Kisama, Nagaland.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Tuirial Hydropower Project in Mizoram.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 60 MW (megawatt) Tuirial hydropower project in Aizawl,
Mizoram.
 Rajasthan government approved 1% reservation for members of the Gujjar community and four other backward
castes.
 Rajasthan has become the first state in India to launch free email addresses in Hindi for its residents.
 Real Madrid C.F. star Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Globe Soccer's Best Player for 2nd year in a row and the
4th time overall.
 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo won this year's Ballon d'Or in a ceremony at the Eiffel Tower, equalling
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi's record of five Ballon d'Or titles.
 Russia and Egypt signed a deal to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant. According to this agreement, Russia
would cover 85% of the construction costs and service the plant's four reactors for 60 years.
 Saudi Arabia announced its largest-ever budget of $261 billion for 2018, higher than its 2017 budget of $250
billion.
 Saudi Arabia's Minister of Culture and Information Awwad bin Saleh Al-Awwad announced that Public cinemas
would be allowed in the country for the first time in over 35 years.
 Social media giant Facebook has topped the List of best tech companies to work for in 2018 in the US, according
to Glassdoor.
 Sophia, the world's first robot to be granted citizenship, made its first appearance in India during an annual
festival at IIT-Bombay.
 South Korea and United States have launched Vigilant Ace, their largest-ever joint aerial drills.
 Spinner Washington Sundar became the youngest debutant for India in T20Is after appearing in the final T20I
against Sri Lanka.
 Sri Lanka formally handed over the Southern Hambantota Port to China on a 99-year lease and received $292
million out of the $1.12-billion deal.
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 Technology giant Google has launched a lightweight Android Oreo Go edition operating system designed for
devices with RAM up to 1 GB.
 The 11th Annual MedTech Summit of Biodesign Programme was held in New Delhi.
 The 11th edition of Naseem-Al-Bahr (Sea Breeze) 2017 Naval exercise between India and Oman was held at Said
Bin Sultan Naval Base, Wudam in Oman.
 The 1st International Exhibition and Conference on AYUSH and Wellness systems, International AROGYA was
held in Delhi from 4th to 7th December 2017. Theme of International AROGYA 2017 : ‘Enhancing the global
potential of AYUSH’.
 The 22nd conference of Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) was recently held New Delhi.
 The 22nd meeting of Board of Mangement (BOM) of Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) was
recently held at New Delhi.
 The 4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue was recently held at New Delhi.
 The 6 member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the Rpo Rate, the
rate at which banks borrow from RBI, unchanged at 6% for the second time in a row during its fifth bi-monthly
monetary policy review .
 The 6th International Tourism Mart (ITM) 2017 was held in Guwahati, Assam.
 The 7th edition Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival was recently held at Indira Gandhi National Centre
for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi.
 The 8th edition of India, Maldives bilateral military exercise EKUVERIN 2017 was held at Belagavi, Karnataka.
 The Aadivasi Mahotsav 2017 was recently held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh to display the rich and diverse tribal
traditions of the central state.
 The Afghanistan cricket team, which was recently made a Test-playing nation, will play its first-ever Test match
against India in India in 2019.
 The Andhra Pradesh state cabinet has approved a scheme to provide a pension of ₹1,500 per month to
transgenders above 18 years of age in the state.
 The Bihar government has launched Safe City Surveillance Scheme for checking crime against women.
 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed that India will host the 2021 ICC Champions Trophy
and 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
 The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has asked mutual fund companies to ensure that individual clients
compulsorily submit Aadhaar details from January 2018.
 The Delhi Cabinet has approved a scheme to bear the treatment cost incurred by victims who have suffered
motor, acid and fire accidents on Delhi's streets.
 The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for a ban on arms sale to Saudi Arabia over its role in
Yemen's civil war.
 The Foreign Ministers of China (Wang Yi) and Russia (Sergey Lavrov) visited India for a trilateral meeting.
 The French government has decided to ban students from using mobile phones in primary, junior, and middle
schools.
 The government cut the interest rate on small savings schemes, such as Public Provident Fund (PPF) and
National Savings Certificate (NSC), by 0.2 percentage points for the January-March quarter.
 The government extended the Deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN to March 31, 2018.
 The government has waived the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on all Debit card, UPI, and Aadhaar-based
transactions of up to ₹2,000 for the next two years, starting January 1, 2018.
 The government is going to issue Universal ID cards to persons with disabilities which will be valid throughout
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 The High Level Inter-Governmental Mid-Point review meeting of Asia and Pacific Decade for Persons with
Disabilities, 2013-2022 was held in Beijing, China. Indian delegation was led by Union Minister of Social Justice &
Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot.
 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city’s de facto central bank, raised the base lending rate by 25 basis
points to 1.75 per cent, as it moves in lockstep with the equivalent overnight increase by the United States
Federal Reserve to maintain the Hong Kong dollar’s peg to the greenback.
 The India-headquartered International Solar Alliance (ISA) became a treaty-based international
intergovernmental organisation.
 The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution Response Exercise named ‘Clean
Sea-2017’ at sea off Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
 The Indian government has launched a nasal foreign body removal device titled Noxeno.
 The Indian men's football team has ended the year 2017 at the 105th position in the latest FIFA rankings, which
is its best year-end ranking in the last 24 years. World Cup holders Germany ended the year as the number one
team
 The International Olympic Committee has banned Russia from competing at next year's Pyeongchang Winter
Olympics, over state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi Games.
 The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has become the first treaty-based international government organisation to
be based in India.
 The legwork on India's first undersea tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has begun in Mumbai.
 The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has unanimously passed a bill that imposes death penalty for convicts in rape
and gangrape cases involving girls aged 12 years or below.
 The Maharashtra government granted administrative approval to the Versova-Bandra sea link (VBSL) project.
 The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has proposed that ATMs shouldn't be replenished with cash after 9 pm in
cities, 6 pm in rural areas, and 4 pm in Maoist-affected districts, over attacks on the vans.
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a
Sun-like star which is 2545 light-years far from Earth.
 The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has set up 3 Member committee headed by George Kurien
(NCM's Vice Chairman) to study the matter to give minority status to Hindus in 8 states where their population is
less than 50%.
 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed complete blanket ban on use, sale, purchase and storage of plastic
items such as carry bags, plates and spoons in towns of Haridwar and Rishikesh till upper areas of Uttarkashi
along the Ganga River in Uttarakhand.
 The Oxford English Dictionary has selected 'Youthquake' as Word of the Year 2017. Meaning of this word : “A
significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people.”
 The Patiala House Court acquitted all accused in the 2G scam case, including former Telecom Minister A Raja and
DMK leader Kanimozhi.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 crore on Syndicate Bank for violating the directions
issued on cheque purchase, bill discounting, and Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched an SMS campaign titled "Suno RBI Kya Kehta Hai" along with a
missed-call helpline to warn people against scams promising prize money from the RBI.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has penalised IndusInd Bank with ₹3 crore for violating guidelines in the
assessment of bad loans and extension of non-fund based facilities.
 The Southern Command of Indian Army conducted a major army exercise ‘Hamesha Vijayee’ in deserts of
Rajasthan. Aim of Hamesh VIjayee : To evaluate capability of armed forces to strike deep into enemy territory in
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 The Telangana government has announced the launch a mobile application titled 'Urban Genie'. This app will
enable citizens of urban areas across the state to find certified technicians and workers.
 The Telangana Government is going to set up the World’s first Information and Technology (IT) Campus for
differently-abled persons (Divyangs) in state capital Hyderabad.
 The UK government has announced that it is going to pass a legislation to make high-speed broadband a legal
right in early 2018.
 The UK is going to switch from burgundy to blue coloured passports after the country leaves the European
Union.
 The Union Cabinet approved a plan to set up India's first National Rail and Transport University in Gujarat's
Vadodara.
 The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography
(ITCOO), as a Category-2 Centre (C2C) of UNESCO, in Hyderabad, Telangana.
 The Union Cabinet approved the setting up of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), with a three-year budget of
₹9046.17 crore, to target the problems of malnutrition, stunting, and low birth weight babies.
 The Union Ministry of Communications has launched a programme titled DARPAN (Digital Advancement of Rural
Post Office for A New India) to improve quality of service, add value to services and achieve financial inclusion of
un-banked rural population.
 The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched an outreach mission titled SAMEEP (Students and
MEA Engagement Program). Aim of SAMEEP : To take Indian foreign policy and its global engagements to
students across India.
 The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Strategic Plan 2017-24. Aim : To
eradicate HIV/AIDS by 2030.
 The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions has launched an electronic-Human Resource
Management System (e-HRMS).
 The Union Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Maruti Suzuki India Limited have signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Skill India Mission in automobile industry.
 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) barrred Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank from
conducting Aadhaar-based SIM verification using eKYC process.
 The United Kingdom (UK) reached a deal with the European Union on its exit terms from the bloc, opening the
way for the second phase of talks on post-Brexit relations next year.
 The United Kingdom has topped Forbes' rankings of best countries in the world for business in 2018 for the first
time.
 The US Federal Reserve has raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the third such increase in
2017.
 The US has unveiled its new embassy in London which is believed to be the world's most expensive embassy.
 The word 'Feminism' has been named the Word of the Year by the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
 The word 'Populism' has been announced as Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2017.
 The World Bank announced that it will stop financing upstream oil and gas projects after 2019.
 The World Bank committed $40 million (over ₹256 crore) for the development of tourism facilities in the Indian
state of Uttar Pradesh.
 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that it is going to classify Gaming Disorder as a mental
health condition in its forthcoming 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) which is to be published in
the year 2018.
 The World Health Organization has declared Gabon a "polio-free country," given the lack of new reported or
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 The World University of Design (WUD) has opened its campus at Sonipat, Haryana. This is India’s first and only
design university.
 The world's first-ever detection of two neutron stars colliding, which revealed the origin of heavy elements like
gold and platinum, was voted as the scientific breakthrough of the year 2017 by the journal 'Science'.
 The World's Longest Glass Bridge, located in China's Hebei province, recently opened for the public.
 To cut costs as part of a turnaround plan, the Bank of India is going to shut 400 ATMs.
 To make the practice of "instant" triple talaq an offence, Union Cabinet cleared the Muslim Women (Protection
of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017.
 To pave the way for tightening loopholes in existing code and to make resolution process more effective, the Lok
Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2017.
 Turkey signed a $2.5-billion loan agreement with Russia for the purchase of S-400 missile defence systems.
 Ultra Violet has been announced as the 'Color of The Year' for 2018 by Pantone Color Institute, a world
renowned authority on colours.
 UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman was on a visit to North Korea.
 Under it's FAME India scheme, the government is going to provide ₹437 crore subsidy to 11 cities for launching
electric buses, taxis and three-wheelers.
 Under the BharatNet project, the government has approved ₹4,066 crore for providing Internet connectivity to
people in all gram panchayats.
 US President Donald Trump signed into law a defence policy bill that authorises a $700-billion (over 45 lakh
crore) budget for the military.
 US-based MagLab has successfully tested the world's strongest superconducting magnet, producing 32 teslas (a
unit of magnetic field strength), 33% stronger than the previous record.
 Uttar Pradesh has become the 1st state to endorse the Centre's draft bill on Instant Triple Talaq.
 Uttar Pradesh is going to set up cow sanctuaries in all 75 districts of the state.
 Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district was included in the National Capital Region (NCR), making it the 23rd district to be
included in the region.
 With an aim to combat black money, India has signed agreement with Switzerland for automatic sharing of tax-
related information from January 1, 2018 .
 World's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores is changing its legal name to 'Walmart' after 47 years, effective February
1.
 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of a new cryptocurrency 'Petro' in a bid to
ease the country's economic crisis.
 Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released a book titled “Yuga Purush Bharata Ratna Atal Ji” about India's former
and 10th Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This book has been authored by the Member of Parliament (LS),
Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.

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