Current Affairs 16th December 2017

Current Affairs 16th December 2017

NATIONAL

• Winter Session of Parliament Begins
• 14th Inclusive Finance India Summit Begins in New Delhi
• 4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue Held in New Delhi
• Union Cabinet Clears Bill Criminalising Instant Triple Talaq
• Indian Diaspora is Largest in the World: World Migration Report 2018
• Google Opens 1st Machine Learning Research Lab in Asia with ‘Google AI China Center’
• Lucknow’s Jitesh Singh Deo Named Mr. India 2017
• NGT imposes complete ban on plastic item in towns located in banks of Ganga river
• Three days gems and jewellery exhibition begins in Surat
• Exhibition of rare coins starts in Pune
• International Film Festival begins in Chennai
• Third world Telugu conference begins in Hyderabad

INTERNATIONAL

• 11th WTO Ministerial Conference Held in Argentina
• Israel eases VISA procedure for Indians
• Dubai opens World’s first camel hospital

BANKING & ECONOMY

• WPI Inflation at 8-month High of 3.93% in November
• SBI Starts State Bank Rewardz Scheme
• RBI Imposes Rs 3 crore Penalty on IndusInd Bank
• RBI Imposes Restrictions on Corporation Bank as its Bad Loans Crosses 10%

SPORTS

• Michael Jordan, World’s Highest-Paid Athlete of All Time
• Sachin Siwach Named ABC’s Best Youth Boxer

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