Current Affairs 2nd December 2017

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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