Current Affairs 7th December 2017

Current Affairs 7th December 2017

NATIONAL

• ISA to become treaty-based International intergovernmental organization

INTERNATIONAL

• China proposes creating ‘mega regional market’ with India
• Lebanon’s Saad Hariri withdraws resignation
• India, China and Russia to hold trilateral meeting

BANKING and ECONOMY

• RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6%

APPOINTMENTS

• One97 Communications appoints SoftBanks Kabir Misra as director
• Citi Bank hires Zoher Karu to head its Asia Pacific analytics

AWARDS

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi tops 2017 list of Most Followed Indians on Twitter
• Saudi Crown Prince wins poll for TIME Person of the Year

BOOKS and AUTHORS

• Journalist Vinita Deshmukh’s new book Grieving to Healing released

SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

• Google brings ‘Two-wheeler’ mode to Maps in India
• Scientist making CO2-absorbing plants wins $3 million prize

SPORTS

• India wins first-ever South Asian Regional Badminton Team Championship
• Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics
• Rathore visits Madya Pradesh shooting academy and lays stone for extension work of 50 Meter range
• Third Test match between India, Sri Lanka in Delhi ends in draw

OBITUARY

• Last Romanian monarch passes away

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