Current Affairs 3rd December 2017

Current Affairs 3rd December 2017

NATIONAL

• India re-elected to International Maritime Organisation Council
• Cabinet approves Rs 9,000-crore National Nutrition Mission
• Karnataka second safest state in South India
• Annual Konark festival begins in Odisha
• Union home Secretary Rajiv Gauba attends State Level Core Group Meeting in Itanagar

INTERNATIONAL

• Pikachu named cultural ambassador for Japanese city
• ‘Populism’ is Cambridge dictionary’s word of the year
• UN seeks record $22.5 billion in humanitarian aid for 2018
• Japan to host ministerial meeting of UNSC on 15th December

BANKING and ECONOMY

• Corporation Bank launches RuPay credit cards
• Royal Bank of Scotland to shut 259 branches to expand online banking

APPOINTMENT

• Anshu Prakash appointed as Delhi Chief Secretary
• Infosys appoints Salil Parekh as CEO and Managing Director
• A Surya Prakash reappointed as Prasar Bharati chief

AWARDS

• Miss Korea Jenny Kim crowned Miss Supranational 2017

SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

• Google launches Datally app to let users control data usage
• 3D-printed bacteria ink that may help treat burns made

BOOKS and AUTHOR

• Gauri Lankesh Book Launch: A Call for Unity

SPORTS

• Mary Kom resigns as national observer for Indian boxing
• Shiva Keshavan wins gold in Asian Luge Championships

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