Yak December 2017 Electrical Flow Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, hither are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of December 2017. These one-liners embrace all of import International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees in addition to Sports affairs of Oct calendar month (from 1st to 31st Dec 2017). We will  furnish the pdf version past times tomorrow, but nosotros advise y'all to write these on your ain in addition to thence that y'all wont forget them again. All the Best in addition to Happy Reading :)

Dec 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 1st Dec 2017 was observed equally World AIDS Day alongside the Theme "Right to health".
• 2nd Dec 2017 was oberved equally International Day for the Abolition of Slavery alongside the topic "Remember Slavery: Recognising the Legacy in addition to Contributions of People of African Descent".
  
• 3rd Dec 2017 was observed equally the International Day of Persons alongside Disabilities alongside the topic "Transformation towards sustainable in addition to resilient companionship for all".
• 52nd Raising Day of Border Security Force (BSF) was observed on 1st Dec 2017.
• 5th Dec 2017 was abide by equally World Soil Day alongside the topic "Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground".
• 5th Dec 2017 was observed equally International Volunteer Day (IVD) alongside the topic "Volunteers Act First. Here. Everywhere".
• 7th Dec 2017 was observed equally International Civil Aviation Day alongside the topic 'Working Together to ensure No Country is Left Behind'.
• 7th International Ground Water Conference (IGWC-2017) was lately held at New Delhi. Theme of IGWC 2017 : “Ground H2O Vision 2030- Water Security, Challenges in addition to Climate Change Adaptation”.
• 9th Dec 2017 was observed equally International Anti-Corruption Day alongside the topic 'United against corruption for development, peace in addition to security'.
• 10th Dec 2017 was observed equally Human Rights Day alongside the topic "Let’s stand upward up for equality, jurist in addition to human dignity".
• 11th Dec 2017 was observed equally the International Mountain Day alongside the topic “Mountain nether Pressure: climate, hunger, migration”.
• 18th Dec 2017 was obserevd equally International Migrants Day alongside the theme  "Safe Migration inward a World on the Move".
• 24th Dec 2017 was observed equally the National Consumers Day / National Consumers Right Day alongside the topic “Emerging Digital Markets: Issues & Challenges for Consumer Protection”.
• A 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona was unveiled at a guild inward Kolkata during his see to the city.
• A inquiry institute for the study of 'Bhagavad Gita' would before long live laid upward past times CM Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh regime inward Mathura.
• According to the information revealed past times the Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla, Maharashtra in addition to Uttar Pradesh are the top contributors amid states in addition to Union Territories inward the get-go 5 months of the rollout of the GST regime.
• Afghanistan's Mujeeb Zadran has snuff it the get-go virile soul cricketer born inward the 21st century to play international cricket.
• ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ aCombined Military exercise  betwixt Republic of Republic of India in addition to the United Kingdom was lately held at Mahajan Field Firing Range nigh Bikaner, Rajasthan.
• Afghanistan's instant Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish was on a 5 24-hour interval see to India.
• 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) volition live Chief Guests for  India's 69th Republic Day celebrations.
• Ahead of the 25th anniversary of Dialogue Partnership betwixt Republic of Republic of India in addition to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Delhi has hosted a two-day ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit during 11th in addition to twelfth Dec 2017. Theme of this Summit : 'Powering Digital in addition to Physical Linkages for Asia inward the 21st Century'.
• American comic mass publisher DC Comics is going to release a novel graphic novel titled 'I Am Gandhi: H5N1 Graphic Biography of a Hero' inward May 2018. The novel has been written past times Brad Meltzer in addition to illustrated past times over xx artists.
• An Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) named ICGS Sujay was lately commissioned into Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
• Andhra Pradesh Assembly unanimously passed the neb providing 5% reservation for Kapu, Balija Vontari & Telaga communities inward teaching in addition to occupation sectors.
• Auctioneer Christie's has confirmed that Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture in addition to Tourism has acquired the ₹2,900-crore Salvator Mundi painting. This is the world's most expensive epitome always sold.
• Australia trounce Argentine Republic to win Hockey World League Final Gold at Bhubaneswar. Republic of Republic of India defeated Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany inward the lastly to catch the Bronze medal.
• Baba Ramdev promoted Patanjali has been ranked equally India's most trusted Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) gear upward for the twelvemonth 2017, according to the Brand Trust Report Republic of Republic of India Study 2017.  
• Barcelona forrad Lionel Messi has received awards for the best instrumentalist in addition to top scorer inward La Liga for the 2016/17 season.
• Billionaire Elon Musk-backed digital payments startup Stripe has launched its private beta version inward India.
• Bitcoin's competitor cryptocurrency Ripple has surpassed Ethereum equally the world's instant largest cryptocurrency past times marketplace seat capitalisation.  
• Breaking nearly 70-year-old US policy, the US President Donald Trump has officially recognised Jerusalem equally the working capital missive of the alphabet of Israel.
• Brussels has lost the correct to stage matches at UEFA Euro 2020 next delays inward the evolution of a novel stadium.
• Budget carrier IndiGo has snuff it the get-go Indian airline to operate over 1,000 daily flights across its domestic in addition to international network.  
• Central American country  Republic of Guatemala has announced that it volition motility its diplomatic mission inward State of Israel to Jerusalem.
• Chennai is going to host Jallikattu Premier League, an Indian Premier League-styled lawsuit for the bull-taming sport of jallikattu, on Jan 7.
• China announced plans to laid upward the world's biggest carbon marketplace seat inward a motility aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• China has successfully launched its instant Land Surveying Satellite LKW-2 (also known equally Yaogan Weixing-32) into a preset orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center inward the Gobi desert.
• China opened its get-go highway alongside built-in wireless charging systems for electrical vehicles inward the country's Shandong province.
• Delhi's Special CBI courtroom has held old Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, old Coal Secretary HC Gupta, in addition to old Jharkhand Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Basu guilty of criminal conspiracy inward the ₹1.86 lakh-crore coal scam.  
• Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched the UAE's get-go astronaut programme.
• Ex-US President Barack Obama arrived inward Republic of Republic of India for the get-go fourth dimension since leaving White House this year. He is the exclusively US President to see Republic of Republic of India twice piece belongings office.
• Former air-conditioning Milan in addition to Real Madrid midfielder Kaka, who lifted the 2002 World Cup alongside Brazil, announced his retirement from football.
• Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was found guilty inward the provender scam instance past times a particular CBI courtroom inward Ranchi .
• Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the cricketer alongside most fielding dismissals inward T20Is.
• Formula One squad bosses withdraw hold voted Mercedes' championship-winning Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton equally the sport's top driver for the 4th successive year.  
• France has passed a police banning all exploration in addition to production of stone oil in addition to natural gas past times 2040 inside the province in addition to its overseas territories. This is world's get-go such ban.
• Goa principal government minister Manohar Parrikar launched India's first-ever mobile nutrient testing laboratory.
• Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the 25th edition of National Children Science Congress (NCSC-2017). Theme of NCSC 2017 : ‘Science in addition to Innovation for Sustainable Development’
• Haryana shooter Anisa Sayyed won the women's 25m pistol gilded alongside a novel finals national tape at the 61st National Shooting Championship Competitions.  
• Hollywood Actor Vin Diesel has been named the top-grossing instrumentalist of 2017 past times Forbes, alongside $1.6 billion inward global ticketing receipts from his celluloid 'The Fate of the Furious'.
• India in addition to Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan inaugurated their instant air cargo route linking Bombay in addition to Kabul. The 1st air corridor betwixt Republic of Republic of India in addition to Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan was launched inward June this twelvemonth to link Kabul in addition to New Delhi.
• India in addition to Republic of Cuba withdraw hold signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation inward the Health Sector.
• India in addition to Italy withdraw hold signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation inward health sector.
• India in addition to U.K. (UK) volition before long sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inward Urban Transport sector for cooperation inward policy planning, applied scientific discipline transfer in addition to institutional organisation.
• India Government Mint (IGM), a unit of measurement of Security Printing in addition to Minting Corp of Republic of Republic of India Ltd has launched India’s get-go home-grown high purity gilded reference criterion –Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya (BND-4201).
• India has been admitted to the Wassenaar Arrangement, the global trunk which controls the export of conventional weapons.
• India has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) inward Category-B.
• India has sanctioned $25 1000000 to assist develop Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine State.
• India is going to host coming together of merely about forty World Trade Organisation (WTO) Member Countries inward Feb 2018 to muster back upward for nutrient safety in addition to other issues.  
• India is going to host the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of AIIB at Bombay on 25th in addition to 26th June 2018. Theme of this Meeting : “Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure: Innovation in addition to Collaboration”.  
• India is laid to larn its 1st bounding main pair runway after the blessing to extend the Agatti Airport inward Lakshadweep has been given to Airports Authority of Republic of Republic of India (AAI).  
• India was selected equally Chair of Ad Hoc Committee on Review & Reforms to expect into various issues pertaining to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPSC) at lately held KP Plenary Session inward Brisbane, Australia.
• India won 5 medals at the tenth Asian Airgun Shooting Championships inward Japan.
• India’s get-go Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) volition live coming to Andhra Pradesh.
• India’s first-ever wide approximate air-conditioned air-conditioning EMU suburban develop was flagged off from Borivali station on western railway inward Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• India’s Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won Gold medal at World Weightlifting Championships held inward Anaheim, United States.
• Indian archer Deepika Kumari has won Bronze medal at Indoor Archer World Cup Stage 2 at Bangkok past times defeating Sayana Tsyrempilova of Russia.
• Indian archers grabbed 3 gold, 4 silvery in addition to ii bronze medals at the Asian Championships inward Dhaka.  
• Indian captain Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 16,000 runs inward international cricket, achieving the feat inward his 350th innings against Sri Lanka .  
• Indian chess grandmaster, a old World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand defeated  Russia's Vladimir Fedoseev inward a three-way tie-break to win the World Rapid Chess Championship inward Riyadh.
• Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharma became the 1st-ever instrumentalist inward ODI history to hitting 3 Double Hundreds, slamming his 3rd inward the Mohali ODI against Sri Lanka .
• Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who took 4 wickets against Sri Lanka, has snuff it the highest T20I wicket-taker inward 2017.
• Indian professional person boxer in addition to Olympic Bronze medalist Vijender Singh defeated Ghana's Ernest Amuzu at the Rajasthan Rumble to defend his WBO Oriental in addition to Asia Pacific Super middleweight titles alongside tenth successive vistory.
• Indian skipper Virat Kohli becomes get-go batsman to score Six double centuries equally Test captain.
• Indian wrestlers Sakshi Malik in addition to Sushil Kumar won Gold medals at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship.
• India's double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar became the most expensive wrestler inward the Pro Wrestling League after beingness sold to Delhi Sultans for ₹55 lakh inward PWL's instrumentalist auction.
• India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki became India's 6th most valued firm, crossing India's largest lender SBI.
• India's largest lender State Bank Republic of Republic of India (SBI) has changed names in addition to IFSC codes of nearly 1,300 of its branches, post its merger alongside associate banks.
• India's Shiva Keshavan retained his Gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships inward Germany.
• India's state-run Corporation Bank has announced that the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has imposed sure enough restrictions on the banking company to ship out banking activities equally its part of bad loans rose sharply.
• Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated the 1st stage of the Chabahar port, opening upward a novel strategic transit route betwixt Iran, Republic of Republic of India in addition to Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan.
• Iraq has announced that its state of war against Islamic State is over.
• Japan's Emperor Akihito (83) volition renounce his throne on Apr 30, 2019, becoming the country's get-go monarch inward 200 years to abdicate.  
• Karnataka is going to furnish 4% reservation for differently-abled people inward the H5N1 in addition to B categories of regime jobs.
• Karnataka's working capital missive of the alphabet metropolis Bengaluru has got it's ain logo consisting both English linguistic communication in addition to Kannada alphabets.
• Kerala Electricity Minister MM Mani inaugurated India's largest floating solar mightiness flora at the Banasura Sagar dam inward Wayanad district.
• Kerala Kings thrashed Panjabi Legends past times 8 wickets at Sharjah to snuff it the first-ever T10 Cricket League champions.
• Maharashtra has been the most corrupt province inward Republic of Republic of India for 3 years inward a row, equally per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. Odisha was placed instant followed past times Kerala.
• Markets regulator Securities in addition to Exchange Board of Republic of Republic of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalization of ₹10 lakh on Tata Steel over delays inward making necessary disclosures.
• Meghalaya became get-go province inward province to operationalize The Meghalaya Community Participation in addition to Public Services Social Audit Act, 2017, a police that makes social audit of regime programmes in addition to schemes a portion of regime practice.  
• Mount Hope (3,239-metres) inward the British Antarctic Territory has snuff it Britain's highest mount after satellite information revealed it was 55 metres taller than the 3,184-metre-high Mount Jackson, which was previously believed to live the tallest.
• MS Dhoni, who represented Pune inward the lastly ii IPLs, has been cleared to play for Chennai Super Kings side past times side year, next the franchise's return.  
• Multi-lateral funding means Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it growth annual funding to Republic of Republic of India to upward to $4 billion from existing $2.7 billion from side past times side twelvemonth to accelerate inclusive economical transformation.
• Mumbai batsman Prithvi Shaw has been picked to Pb India’s Under-19 squad at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018.  
• Mumbai is going to start the construction of the city's get-go cloth museum at the United Mill chemical compound inward Kalachowki inward February.
• Nagpur's Kanchanmala Pande became the 1st Indian to win a gilded medal at the World Para Swimming Championship, taking identify inward Mexico.
• New Zealand has signed an understanding of understanding alongside local tribes to give Mount Taranaki the same legal rights equally a person. The stratovolcano is the 3rd geographic characteristic inward New Zealand which has been granted a legal personality after Te Urewera national common and  Whanganui River.
• Norway became the world's get-go province to close downwards national broadcasts of its FM network past times completing its transition to digital radio.
• Olympic silvery medallist PV Sindhu settled for a Silver at the year-ending World Superseries Finals inward Dubai.
• Paytm Payments Bank rolled out Paytm FASTag to enable electronic toll fee collection on highways across Republic of Republic of India without having to stop.
• PM Narendra Modi in addition to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath jointly inaugurated the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line.
• PM Narendra Modi commissioned India's get-go 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 cyberspace service to every identify inward the province at a nominal rate.
• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated 18th edition of the Hornbill Festival at the Naga Heritage Village inward Kisama, Nagaland.  
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Tuirial Hydropower Project inward Mizoram.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the threescore MW (megawatt) Tuirial hydropower projection inward Aizawl, Mizoram.
• Rajasthan regime approved 1% reservation for members of the Gujjar community in addition to 4 other backward castes.
• Rajasthan has snuff it the get-go province inward Republic of Republic of India to launch gratis e-mail addresses inward Hindi for its residents.
• Real Madrid C.F. star Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Globe Soccer's Best Player for s twelvemonth inward a row in addition to the 4th fourth dimension overall.
• Real Madrid forrad Cristiano Ronaldo won this year's Ballon d'Or inward a ceremony at the Eiffel Tower, equalling Barcelona forrad Lionel Messi's tape of 5 Ballon d'Or titles.  
• Russia in addition to Arab Republic of Egypt signed a bargain to build Egypt's get-go nuclear mightiness plant. According to this agreement, Russian Federation would embrace 85% of the construction costs in addition to service the plant's 4 reactors for threescore 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 in addition to Information Awwad bin Saleh Al-Awwad announced that Public cinemas would live allowed inward the province for the get-go fourth dimension inward over 35 years.
• Social media giant Facebook has topped the List of best tech companies to piece of work for inward 2018 inward the US, according to Glassdoor.
• Sophia, the world's get-go robot to live granted citizenship, made its get-go appearance inward Republic of Republic of India during an annual festival at IIT-Bombay.
• South Korea in addition to US withdraw hold launched Vigilant Ace, their largest-ever articulation aerial drills.
• Spinner Washington Sundar became the youngest debutant for Republic of Republic of India inward T20Is after appearing inward the lastly T20I against Sri Lanka.  
• Sri Lanka formally handed over the Southern Hambantota Port to PRC on a 99-year lease in addition to received $292 1000000 out of the $1.12-billion deal.
• Surface-to-air missile Akash was successfully evidence fired alongside an indigenous radio frequency seeker.
• Technology giant Google has launched a lightweight Android Oreo Go edition operating scheme designed for devices alongside RAM upward to 1 GB.
• The 11th Annual MedTech Summit of Biodesign Programme was held inward New Delhi.
• The 11th edition of Naseem-Al-Bahr (Sea Breeze) 2017 Naval exercise betwixt Republic of Republic of India in addition to Sultanate of Oman was held at Said Bin Sultan Naval Base, Wudam inward Oman.
• The 1st International Exhibition in addition to Conference on AYUSH in addition to Wellness systems, International AROGYA was held inward Delhi from 4th to seventh Dec 2017.  Theme of International AROGYA 2017 : ‘Enhancing the global potential of AYUSH’.
• The 22nd conference of Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) was lately held New Delhi.
• The 22nd coming together of Board of Mangement (BOM) of Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) was lately held at New Delhi.
• The 4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue was lately held at New Delhi.
• The 6 fellow member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has kept the Rpo Rate, the charge per unit of measurement at which banks borrow from RBI, unchanged at 6% for the instant fourth dimension inward a row during its 5th bi-monthly monetary policy review .
• The 6th International Tourism Mart (ITM) 2017 was held inward Guwahati, Assam.
• The seventh edition Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival was lately held at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi.
• The 8th edition of India, Republic of the Maldives bilateral military machine exercise EKUVERIN 2017 was held at Belagavi, Karnataka.
• The Aadivasi Mahotsav 2017 was lately held inward Raipur, Chhattisgarh to display the rich in addition to various tribal traditions of the primal state.
• The Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan cricket team, which was lately made a Test-playing nation, volition play its first-ever Test agree against Republic of Republic of India inward Republic of Republic of India inward 2019.  
• The Andhra Pradesh province cabinet has approved a scheme to furnish a pension of ₹1,500 per calendar month to transgenders to a higher identify xviii years of historic menses inward the state.  
• The Bihar regime has launched Safe City Surveillance Scheme for checking offense against women.
• The Board of Control for Cricket inward Republic of Republic of India (BCCI) has confirmed that Republic of Republic of India volition host the 2021 ICC Champions Trophy in addition to 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
• The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has asked usual fund companies to ensure that private clients compulsorily submit Aadhaar details from Jan 2018.
• The Delhi Cabinet has approved a scheme to bear the handling terms incurred past times victims who withdraw hold suffered motor, acid in addition to burn downwards accidents on Delhi's streets.
• The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for a ban on arms sale to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over its piece of work inward Yemen's civil war.  
• The Foreign Ministers of China  (Wang Yi) in addition to Russian Federation (Sergey Lavrov) visited Republic of Republic of India for a trilateral meeting.
• The French regime has decided to ban students from using mobile phones inward primary, junior, in addition to middle schools.
• The regime cutting the involvement charge per unit of measurement on little savings schemes, such equally Public Provident Fund (PPF) in addition to National Savings Certificate (NSC), past times 0.2 per centum points for the January-March quarter.
• The regime extended the Deadline for linking Aadhaar alongside PAN to March 31, 2018.
• The regime has waived the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on all Debit card, UPI, in addition to Aadhaar-based transactions of upward to ₹2,000 for the side past times side ii years, starting Jan 1, 2018.
• The regime is going to number Universal ID cards to persons alongside disabilities which volition live valid throughout India, Union government minister Krishan Pal Gurjar said.
• The High Level Inter-Governmental Mid-Point review coming together of Asia in addition to Pacific Decade for Persons alongside Disabilities, 2013-2022 was held inward Beijing, China. Indian delegation was led past times Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot.
• The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city’s de facto primal bank, raised the base of operations lending charge per unit of measurement past times 25 footing points to 1.75 per cent, equally it moves inward lockstep alongside the equivalent overnight growth past times the US Federal Reserve to hold 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 bounding main off Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
• The Indian regime has launched a nasal unusual trunk removal device titled Noxeno.
• The Indian men's football game squad has ended the twelvemonth 2017 at the 105th seat inward the latest FIFA rankings, which is its best year-end ranking inward the lastly 24 years. World Cup holders Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany ended the twelvemonth equally the number 1 team
• The International Olympic Committee has banned Russian Federation from competing at side past times side year's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, over state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi Games.
• The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has snuff it the get-go treaty-based international regime arrangement to live based inward India.
• The legwork on India's get-go undersea tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet develop corridor has begun inward Mumbai.
• The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has unanimously passed a neb that imposes expiry penalization for convicts inward rape in addition to gangrape cases involving girls aged 12 years or below.  
• The Maharashtra regime granted administrative blessing to the Versova-Bandra bounding main link (VBSL) project.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has proposed that ATMs shouldn't live replenished alongside cash after ix pm inward cities, 6 pm inward rural areas, in addition to 4 pm inward Maoist-affected districts, over attacks on the vans.
• The National Aeronautics in addition to Space Administration (NASA) has discovered 8th planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star which is 2545 light-years far from Earth.
• The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has laid upward 3 Member commission headed past times George Kurien (NCM's Vice Chairman) to study the affair to give minority status to Hindus inward 8 states where their population is less than 50%.
• The National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed consummate blanket ban on use, sale, buy in addition to storage of plastic items such equally ship bags, plates in addition to spoons inward towns of Haridwar in addition to Rishikesh till upper areas of Uttarkashi along the Ganga River inward Uttarakhand.
• The Oxford English linguistic communication Dictionary has selected 'Youthquake' equally Word of the Year 2017. Meaning of this give-and-take : “A pregnant cultural, political, or social alter arising from the actions or influence of immature people.”
• The Patiala House Court acquitted all defendant inward the 2G scam case, including old Telecom Minister H5N1 Raja in addition to DMK leader Kanimozhi.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has imposed a penalization of ₹5 crore on Syndicate Bank for violating the directions issued on cheque purchase, neb discounting, in addition to Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has launched an SMS travail titled  "Suno RBI Kya Kehta Hai" along alongside a missed-call helpline to warn people against scams promising prize money from the RBI.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has penalised IndusInd Bank alongside ₹3 crore for violating guidelines inward the assessment of bad loans in addition to extension of non-fund based facilities.
• The Southern Command of Indian Army conducted a major regular army exercise ‘Hamesha Vijayee’ inward deserts of Rajasthan. Aim of Hamesh VIjayee : To evaluate capability of armed forces to strike deep into enemy territory inward an integrated air-land battle.
• The Telangana regime has announced the launch a mobile application titled 'Urban Genie'. This app volition enable citizens of urban areas across the province to uncovering certified technicians in addition to workers.
• The Telangana Government is going to laid upward the World’s get-go Information in addition to Technology (IT) Campus for differently-abled persons (Divyangs) inward province working capital missive of the alphabet Hyderabad.
• The United Kingdom regime has announced that it is going to overstep a legislation to gear upward high-speed broadband a legal correct inward early on 2018.
• The United Kingdom is going to switch from burgundy to bluish coloured passports after the province leaves the European Union.
• The Union Cabinet  approved a programme to laid upward India's get-go National Rail in addition to Transport University inward Gujarat's Vadodara.
• The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOO), equally a Category-2 Centre (C2C) of UNESCO, inward Hyderabad, Telangana.
• The Union Cabinet approved the setting upward of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), alongside a three-year budget of ₹9046.17 crore, to target the problems of malnutrition, stunting, in addition to depression nativity weight babies.
• The Union Ministry of Communications has launched a programme titled DARPAN (Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for H5N1 New India) to ameliorate lineament of service, add together value to services in addition to attain fiscal inclusion of un-banked rural population.
• The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched an outreach mission titled SAMEEP (Students in addition to MEA Engagement Program). Aim of SAMEEP : To accept Indian unusual policy in addition to its global engagements to students across India.
• The Union Ministry of Health in addition to Family Welfare launched the National Strategic Plan 2017-24. Aim : To eradicate HIV/AIDS past times 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 in addition to Maruti Suzuki Republic of Republic of India Limited withdraw hold signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to back upward Skill Republic of Republic of India Mission inward automobile industry.
• The Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) barrred Bharti Airtel in addition to Airtel Payments Bank from conducting Aadhaar-based SIM verification using eKYC process.
• The U.K. (UK)  reached a bargain alongside the EU on its move out terms from the bloc, opening the way for the instant stage of talks on post-Brexit relations side past times side year.
• The U.K. has topped Forbes' rankings of best countries inward the world for job concern inward 2018 for the get-go time.
• The US Federal Reserve has raised the benchmark involvement charge per unit of measurement past times 25 footing points, the 3rd such growth inward 2017.
• The US has unveiled its novel diplomatic mission inward London which is believed to live the world's most expensive embassy.
• The give-and-take 'Feminism' has been named the Word of the Year past times the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
• The give-and-take 'Populism' has been announced equally Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2017.
• The World Bank announced that it volition halt financing upstream stone oil in addition to gas projects after 2019.
• The World Bank committed $40 1000000 (over ₹256 crore) for the evolution of tourism facilities inward the Indian province of Uttar Pradesh.
• The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that it is going to form out Gaming Disorder equally a mental health status inward its forthcoming 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) which is to live published inward the twelvemonth 2018.
• The World Health Organization has declared Gabonese Republic a "polio-free country," given the lack of novel reported or suspected cases inward the primal African country.
• The World University of Design (WUD) has opened its campus at Sonipat, Haryana. This is India’s get-go in addition to exclusively pattern university.
• The world's first-ever detection of ii neutron stars colliding, which revealed the rootage of heavy elements similar gilded in addition to platinum, was voted equally the scientific breakthrough of the twelvemonth 2017 past times the mag 'Science'.
• The World's Longest Glass Bridge, located inward China's Hebei province, lately opened for the public.
• To cutting costs equally portion of a turnaround plan, the Bank of Republic of Republic of India is going to close 400 ATMs.
• To gear upward the exercise 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 inward existing code in addition to to gear upward resolution procedure to a greater extent than effective, the Lok Sabha passed the Insolvency in addition to Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2017.
• Turkey signed a $2.5-billion loan understanding alongside Russian Federation for the buy of S-400 missile defense systems.
• Ultra Violet has been announced equally the 'Color of The Year' for 2018 past times Pantone Color Institute, a world renowned potency on colours.  
• UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman was on a see to North Korea.
• Under it's FAME Republic of Republic of India scheme, the regime is going to furnish ₹437 crore subsidy to xi cities for launching electrical buses, taxis in addition to three-wheelers.
• Under the BharatNet project, the regime has approved ₹4,066 crore for providing Internet connectivity to people inward all gram panchayats.
• US President Donald Trump  signed into police a defense policy neb 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 measurement of magnetic champaign strength), 33% stronger than the previous record.
• Uttar Pradesh has snuff it the 1st province to endorse the Centre's draft neb on Instant Triple Talaq.
• Uttar Pradesh is going to laid upward moo-cow sanctuaries inward all 75 districts of the state.  
• Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district was included inward the National Capital Region (NCR), making it the 23rd district to live included inward the region.
• With an aim to fight dark money, Republic of Republic of India has signed understanding alongside Switzerland for automatic sharing of tax-related information from Jan 1, 2018 .
• World's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores is changing its legal refer to 'Walmart' after 47 years, effective Feb 1. 
• Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of a novel cryptocurrency 'Petro' inward a bid to ease the country's economical crisis.
• Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released a mass titled “Yuga Purush Bharata Ratna Atal Ji” virtually India's old in addition to tenth Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This mass has been authored past times the Member of Parliament (LS), Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.

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