Daily Current Affairs of 8 and 9 December 2017

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Here is the Current Affairs of 8th and 9th 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.


  1. The Kerala government lead by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has decided to raise the legal drinking age from 21 to 23 years.
  2. Kacheguda Railway Station in Hyderabad under the South Central Railway (SCR) has earned the unique distinction of being the first Energy Efficient ‘A1 Category’ Railway Station on Indian Railways.
  3. Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal has been named the Best Asian Film at 7th Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts Awards.
  4. Punjab & Haryana High Court has banned bursting of crackers on New Year’s Eve & on Jan 1, as well as during weddings or other celebratory functions in Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh.
  5. President of USA Donald Trump has announced that the US now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, overturning decades of official US policy.
  6. Nagpur’s Kanchanmala Pande created history as she became the first Indian to secure pole position at the World Para-Swimming Championship in Mexico.
  7. Indian economy is expected to witness cyclical growth recovery, with real GDP growth likely to accelerate from 6.4% to 7.5% in 2018 & to 7.7% in 2019, says a Morgan Stanley report.
  8. Paytm has announced acquisition of Nearbuy & Little, 2 deals platforms that focus on local restaurants as well as commercial establishments.
  9. The govt has extended the deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by 3 months to March 31, 2018.
  10. 46th Congress of the International Hockey Federation will be held in New Delhi.
  11. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Naval Maritime Aircraft Museum in Visakhapatnam, featuring maritime patrol aircraft Tupolev-142M, which served Navy for almost 3 decades.
  12. India International Exchange has received approval from Securities & Exchange Board of India on the framework for listing of debt securities.
  13. “The Silence Breakers”, the vanguard of a global movement by millions of women to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed to be Time magazine’s Person of the Year.
  14. India has been declared free from infectious Trachoma which is a contagious bacterial infection of the eye.
  15. Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu is in Buenos Aires, Argentina to attend the 11th Ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
  16. A Public Procurement Portal ‘MSME Sambandh’ was launched by Shri Giriraj Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for MSME in New Delhi.
  17. Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge) Dr. Mahesh Sharma has inaugurated the three days ‘Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist Heritage’ in New Delhi.
  18. The First International Conference on Sports Medicine and Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 was inaugurated in New Delhi.
  19. In a significant development, elite export control regime Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) decided to admit India as its new member.
  20. The waste management system being implemented in Kerala's coastal town of Alappuzha has been recognized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as one of the five models across the world for fighting the pollution menace.
  21. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has named noted Indian businessman, Deepak Parekh, as 'International Ambassador' who will be tasked with championing the UK capital across the globe.
  22. Shri Azar A.H.Khan, presently Consul General in the Consulate General of India, Istanbul has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan.
  23. Cristiano Ronaldo (from Portugal) has won the Ballon d'Or for a fifth time to move level with rival Lionel Messi.
  24. The international football federation, FIFA, has lifted a two-year suspension against Kuwait’s football association that has prevented the country from participating in international tournaments.
  25. International Tennis Federation has named Spaniards Rafael Nadal & Garbiñe Muguruza as this year’s ITF World Champions.
  26. Army Service Corps on 8th Dec celebrated its 257th Corps Day at The Headquarters Central Command in Lucknow.
  27. Housing & Urban Affairs Ministry has inked an agreement with Germany’s GIZ for technical cooperation in implementation of transport projects in Coimbatore, Bhubaneshwar & Kochi.
  28. According to Forbes magazine, DanTDM has been named as the highest-earning YouTuber of 2017, making £12.3m this year. He’s got more than 16 million subscribers & has had more than 10 billion views of all his videos.
  29. Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum has launched UAE’s 1st astronaut programme aimed at sending 4 Emirati astronauts to International Space Station.
  30. Britain & EU reached a historic deal on terms of Brexit divorce after European Commission found sufficient progress made by Britain on separation issues.
  31. India & Israel will set up a centre for excellence in floriculture at Thally in Tamil Nadu.
  32. Gurdeep Singh created 3 new senior national records in +105 Kilogram weight category in the just-concluded IWF World Weightlifting Championships at Anaheim in USA.


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