Current Affairs 6th December 2017

Current Affairs 6th December 2017

NATIONAL

• India allows 1,300 Buddhists from Myanmar’s Rakhine state to enter Mizoram
• Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli becomes 23rd district to be included in National Capital Region
• Sharad Yadav, Ali Anwar disqualified as Rajya Sabha members
• Maharashtra government grants approval to Versova-Bandra sea link
• Kerala launches India’s largest floating solar power plant
• Maharashtra records max violations under Environment Protection Act
• 6th International Tourism Mart 2017 begins in Assam

INTERNATIONAL

• Saudi Arabia, Qatar FMs attend round-table talks ahead of regional Gulf summit
• UAE to open new consular offices in India
• UAE participate in joint military exercises with US, UK and France

BANKING and ECONOMY

• Fitch cuts full-year growth forecast to 6.7%
• Paytm rolls out FASTag across India

AWARDS

• Syrian teen wins Children’s Peace Prize for building school
• Indian-American senator Kamala Harris tops global thinkers list
• Indian-American Congresswoman figures in Politico Power List

SPORTS

• Ajay Kumar Reddy to lead Indian team at ODI World Cup for the Blind
• World Cup of Golf returning to Australia’s Sandbelt in 2018
• Usain Bolt gets stone statue in native of Jamaica

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