Important Current Affairs 7th December 2017 with PDF

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1 Important Current Affairs 7th December 2017 with PDF If you are appearing for any Government Recruitment Exam, it is important that you are familiar with the happenings around the world. Current Affairs is an important part of your syllabus apart from English, Quantitative Aptitude or Logical Reasoning! Thus, we bring you the Important General Awareness in PDF. Now, Banking, SSC and Insurance aspirants can read the update containing all the Important Current Affairs 7th December You can also download the Important Current Affairs 7th December 2017 with capsule too. You can also attempt daily important current affairs quiz for yesterday: Current Affairs Quiz - 6th December 2017 Important Current Affairs 7th December 2017 Aus passes Marriage Equality Law o Australia s parliament has legislated for marriage equality, passing a bill almost unanimously to allow two people, regardless of sex, to marry. o Australia, which changed the law in 2004 to say that marriage is only between a man and a woman, now becomes the 25th country to recognise same-sex marriage. o Four members of the House of Representatives voted against the bill and some abstained. Indian Bank revises interest rates o Public sector Indian Bank has revised interest rates on foreign currency non-resident (banking) deposits with immediate effect. 1 P a g e

2 o For FCNR (B) deposits, in USD, the revised interest rate has been fixed at 2.77% for deposits of one year and above but less than two years from the current 2.63%. o Interest rates were fixed at 3.20% for deposits of upto five years from the current 3.14% Somalia signs development strategy o Somali govt & UN has signed UN Strategic Framework for Somalia (UNSF), mapping out UN's support to Somali's development priorities in the next 4 years. o The framework has adapted gender equality, women s empowerment, human rights & youth engagement and empowerment as cross-cutting issues. o Among the priorities include deepening federalism & state-building & supporting conflict resolution. Axis Securities gets NCDEX membership o Axis Securities has become the 1st broking arm of a bank to take membership of a commodity exchange by registering itself with NCDEX. o In Sept, RBI allowed banks wishing to undertake commodities derivatives clearing to set up a separate subsidiary for the purpose & adhere to norms laid by SEBI. o Trading volume in commodity exchange is expected to increase with wide reach of banks broking firms India s ATP event becomes Tata Open o India s leading ATP event early next year will be called the Tata Open Maharashtra 2018, following Tata Sons deciding to associate with the competition via a 5 year sponsorship. o The event is being hosted in Maharashtra for the first time, after it was moved from Chennai.

3 o Tata Open Maharashtra 2018 qualifying rounds will be played on December 30, while the main draw starts Jan 1, 2018 BR Ambedkar International Centre o Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the BR Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi. o The centre is a fusion of Buddhist and modern architecture and will be an important place for research on social and economic issues. o The foundation stone of the centre was laid by PM Modi in o The prime minister also unveiled two statues of the Dalit icon at the centre in Janpath. 2nd best UNESCO world heritage site o The Taj Mahal in Agra, is the second best UNESCO world heritage site in the world, according to a new survey. o With over 8 million visitors per year, the monument of love built by mughal emperor Shah Jahan is rated after Cambodia's Angkor Wat. o Conducted by online travel portal TripAdvisor, the survey lists the UNESCO Cultural & Natural heritage sites best rated by travellers around the globe Service to open PPF account online o ICICI Bank has launched a digital service to allow customers to open a public provident fund (PPF) account online. o With this new facility, customers of the bank are no longer required to visit a branch and submit physical documents to open a PPF account. o With this ICICI becomes the first lender in the country to introduce a fully digital and paperless procedure for opening a PPF account. AWS chosen to deliver Cloud services 3 P a g e

4 o Amazon Web Services has become the 1st global Cloud service provider to achieve full empanelment for delivering Public Cloud services to govt customers in India. o The govt organisations & state-run banks can now increase agility & speed innovation with AWS's flexible "pay-as-you-go" Cloud services. o By using AWS, the QCI has expedited the accreditation process of its various projects. Top destination for Chinese investment o India has slipped 6 notches to 37th position among 60 major economies in the world in terms of their attractiveness to Chinese firms. o Singapore overtook the US as the most attractive destination for Chinese overseas direct investment while Hong Kong, Malaysia and Australia rounded the top 5. o Several developed economies have tumbled down the index: UK slipped the most, by 29 places to 41st Sexiest Asian Woman o The Quantico star, Priyanka Chopra has topped a list of '50 Sexiest Asian Women compiled by London-based weekly newspaper Eastern Eye for a record-breaking fifth time. o She reclaimed the top slot from Deepika Padukone, who had been voted the sexiest Asian in Padukone is ranked third this year. o Deepika (3), Alia Bhatt (4) and Pakistani actor Mahira Khan rounded off the top five. ICICI Bank to enable cashless payments o Government has engaged ICICI Bank to enable online payments at 470 mandis integrated with the national portal of electronic National Agriculture Market (e-nam). o At present, e-nam participants are doing payments through traditional ways via bank branches, debit cards and net banking.

5 o ICICI Bank will enable BHIM and Unified Payments Interface on the e- NAM portal for making cashless payments Sushil Kumar quits as National Observer o Double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar has quit his role as a National Sports Observer for wrestling a fortnight after Mary Kom stepped down from the same post for boxing. o He was among 12 national observers appointed by the then Sports Minister Vijay Goel o Since both the athletes are still active in their respective fields, sports ministry felt that this could be seen as a conflict of interest Commission to study minority status o National Commission for Minorities has formed a 3 member committee to study the matter of minority status to Hindus in 8 states where their population is less than 50% o The panel, led by commission s Vice Chairman George Kurien, has been given 3 months to submit its report o The states & UT named in the plea are Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, J&K, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Punjab Centre enhances monetary allowances o The Government has enhanced the monetary allowances for the Gallantry Award winners. o The enhancement is for the recipients of post-independence Gallantry Award, pre-independence Gallantry Award and the monetary allowance attached to 'Jangi Inam', a pre-independence Gallantry Award. o The allowances have been doubled in most of the cases and in a few cases have been increased by more than 100%. Saudi Prince Wins Person of the year 5 P a g e

6 o Saudi Arabia s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been voted Time magazine readers Person of the Year. o The famous poll which has been published on an annual basis for 90 years, awards a chosen person who has had the most influence over the news in last 12 months. o Crown Prince Mohammed has racked up global headlines this year as he spearheads political and economic reform in Saudi Arabia. Time Person of the Year for 2017 o Time magazine has named The Silence Breakers of the #MeToo antiharassment movement as its Person of the Year. o "The Silence Breakers" are referred to those individuals, mostly women, who came forward this year to publicly expose patterns of sexual harassment and assault by powerful public figures in America. o The 2 runners-up were Chinese President Xi Jinping & US President Donald Trump. Armed Forces Flag Day o Armed forces day is observed annually in India on Dec 7 since 1949 to remember the sacrifices & commemorate the honour to soldiers, airmen & sailors. o It is a day dedicated to India towards collection of funds from people of India for welfare of the Indian Armed Forces personnel o Flag Day is an opportunity for every Indian citizen to contribute most generously to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund Australia joins ISA o Australia has joined the International Solar Alliance, to support the commitment to clean energy cooperation & help meet the Paris Agreement emission targets o Led by India & France, ISA will deepen cooperation on solar research, reduce technology costs & harmonise international standards

7 o Australia's expertise in solar technologies & research will be shared globally with formal creation of ISA India and Cuba to collaborate on drugs o India & Cuba have inked a MoU for enhanced cooperation in the health sector by pooling in technical, scientific, financial & human resources. o Main areas of cooperation include exchange & training of medical doctors, assistance in the development of human resources & regulation of pharmaceuticals & medical devices. o Cuba in recent past has made remarkable strides in biotechnology & pharmaceuticals Important Current Affairs 6th December in Hindi Attempt Current Affairs Quiz - 7th December P a g e