Daily Current Affairs of 12 December 2017
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Here is the Current Affairs of 12th December 2017. Current Affairs is the very important section to score high in the mains exams of the various government exams like BANK, SSC, INSURANCE, RAILWAY, UPSC, GPSC and many more. So read daily current affairs and score high in the examination and increase your chance to be selected.
Here is the Current Affairs of 12th December 2017. Current Affairs is the very important section to score high in the mains exams of the various government exams like BANK, SSC, INSURANCE, RAILWAY, UPSC, GPSC and many more. So read daily current affairs and score high in the examination and increase your chance to be selected.
- Hyderabad is now became ‘beggar-free’ city.
- Priyanka Chopra has been honoured with this year’s Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice.
- Board of Control for Cricket in India has confirmed that India will be hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup on 2023 & ICC Champions Trophy in 2021.
- Indian economy will grow at 7.2% in 2018 & accelerate to 7.4% in the following year as a result of robust private consumption, public investment & structural reforms, a UN report said.
- Government Fixes Sovereign Gold Bond Rate at Rs 2890/gram.
- Mount Hope Becomes UK's New Highest Mountain.
- Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban on Movie Theatres After 35 Years.
- Apple has bought Shazam, the maker of a song-recognition app that Apple’s digital assistant Siri has already been using to help people identify music playing on their iPhones. Shazam lets users identify songs, movies & commercials from short audio clips.
- Jammu & Kashmir govt has launched Saubhagya (Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna) with an aim to provide free electricity connections to poor people in the State. Saubhagya is an initiative that aims to provide electricity to 4 cr families across the country by Dec 2018.
- According to data from Ookla’s Nov Speedtest Global Index, India is ranked 109th in the mobile Internet speed & 76th for fixed broadband speed, globally.
- Nakul Chopra, President of AAAI & Senior Advisor, Publicis Communications has been elected as the Chairman of BARC India.
- India has upgraded its ranks in ‘The Legatum Prosperity Index 2017′ by ranking 100th on the index, up from 104th last year.
- Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia was awarded the ‘Finest Education Minister’ award by former President Pranab Mukherjee.
- The board of directors of IDBI Bank has approved the sale of 1,20,00,000 equity shares of NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd (NEGIL) constituting 30% stake held by the bank.
- Punjab National Bank has launched a share sale to qualified institutions to raise at least Rs3,000 cr with an upsize option for another Rs2,000 cr.
- India's Saurabh Chaudhary qualified for the Youth Olympics Games with a gold medal and a junior world record in 10m air pistol at the ongoing Asia Youth Olympics Games qualification tournament in Wako City, Japan.
- IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched 1st NIC-CERT, a setup of National Informatics Centre to prevent & predict cyber attacks on govt utilities. NIC-CERT has been set up with the objective of creating a comprehensive framework that integrates world-class security components and inbuilt threat intelligence for detection, prevention and incident response.
- Pistol aces Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu bagged a bronze each to continue India's medal charge at the 10th Asian Championship 10m Rifle/Pistol in Wako City, Japan.
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