Current Affairs 17th December 2016
NATIONAL:
- India’s first residential transgender school to come up in Kochi
- Punjab to provide free LPG to BPL families missed in SECC 2011
- Haryana becomes first state to launch Mahila Police Volunteer initiative
- Majuli set to become country’s first ever carbon neutral district
- PM Modi describes schemes for digital payments as strategic push towards cashless transactions
- Raj CM Vasundhara Raje launches Annapurna Rasoi Yojna
INTERNATIONAL:
- Indian-American woman elected as Mayor of Californian city
- India tops Asia in innovation chart
- 5th Edition of India-Arab partnership conference held in Muscat, Oman
- Trump picks David Friedman as US envoy to Israel
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Andhra Pradesh records 5% more growth than all India rate
- Paytm launches ‘Each one, teach one’ to increase digital inclusion
- India, ASEAN set target of $100 billion trade to be achieved by 2020
APPOINTMENTS:
- Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed named UN’s Deputy Secretary-General
- Govt appoints Sunil Arora as IICA Director General
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- The First Indian Cricketer to Make It to ICC’s Women’s Team of the Year 2016
- ICFA presents ‘Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016’ to Ratan Tata
OBITUARY:
- Veteran Hollywood actor Bernard Fox dies at 89
