Current Affairs 2nd December 2017
NATIONAL
- NITI Aayog to set up special Women Cell for entrepreneurs
- ‘Kathakar – International Storytellers Festival’ inaugurated in New Delhi
- Facebook says over 40 lakh Indians pledged for blood donation
- IAF jet conducts first aerial refuelling exercise successfully
- Haryana Government announces free sanitary napkins in all schools
- Uttar Pradesh tops the list on crimes against women in 2016
- Maharashtra most-corrupt state for 3 years in a row
INTERNATIONAL
- Indo-UK combined military exercise begins in Bikaner
- IMF approves new 88 billion US dollar credit line for Mexico
BANKING and ECONOMY
- PNB raises bulk deposit rate by 0.5 per cent
- India moves up one spot to 68 on Global Entrepreneurship Index
- Railways to accept payment through UPI at booking counters
- India’s GDP growth surges to 6.3% in September quarter
APPOINTMENT
- Dia Mirza appointed as UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India
AWARDS
- Salman, Priyanka in Variety’s 500 influential people list
- Yuvraj Singh awarded doctorate by Gwalior-based University
SCIENCE
- IIT-KGP researchers generate electricity from onion peels
SPORTS
- Indian archers bag 3 gold, 4 silver & 2 bronze medals at Asian Championship
OBITUARY
- Former Chief Justice of India Adarsh Sein Anand passes away
- Freedom fighter Saraswati Tripathy passes away
- Former India woman cricketer Sreerupa Mukherjee passes away
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