Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (1st to 7th December 2017)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st Week December 2017). Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st Week December 2017

1). Special Women Cell for entrepreneurs recently launched by – NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog

Key Points:

• NITI Aayog Chairman- Narendra Modi
• NITI Aayog  Vice Chairman – Rajiv Kumar
• NITI Aayog CEO – Amitabh Kant

2). ‘Kathakar – International Storytellers Festival’ inaugurated at – New Delhi

3).In the list on crimes against women in 2016 was topped by the state – Uttar Pradesh

4).Most corrupted state for past 3 years – Maharashtra

5).In Global Entrepreneurship Index 2017 list, India ranks – 68^th position

Key Points:

• Global Entrepreneurship Index 2017 topped by US.

6). New UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India – Dia Mirza

Key Points:

• After Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, Dia Mirza was appointed to this Post

7). Doctorate from Gwalior-based University was got by – Yuvraj Singh

8).In Asian Championship Indian Archery bagged – 3 gold, 4 silver & 2 bronze medals

9). Former Chief Justice of India  who passed away recently was – Adarsh Sein Anand

10). Former India woman cricketer who passed away recently was – Sreerupa Mukherjee

11).Freedom Fighter who passed way recently was – Saraswathi Tripathy

12). Newly elected Cultural ambassador for Japanese city – Hello Kitty and Pokemon’s Pikachu

13). Cambridge dictionary’s word of the year 2017 was – Populism

14). Konark festival was famous at – Orissa

15).Newly appointed CEO and MD of Infosys – Salil parekh (Formal executive at Capgemini)

16). New Prasar Bharati chairman till 2020 – Surya Prakash

17). Miss Supranational 2017 winner – Jenny Kim (South Korea)

Key Points:

• 1^st Runner up  – Martha Martinez Insignares (Colombia)
• 2^nd  Runner up – Bianca Tirsin Lorena (Romania)

18).Google’s app which was recently launched to Control and Monitor the Data Usage – Datally app

Key Points:

• Google Headquarters – California, United States
• Google CEO – Sundar Pichai

19). Asian Luge Championships Winner – Shiva Keshavan

Key Points:

• 1^st Runner Up – Lien Te-An of Taiwan
• 2^nd Runner Up – Kim Dong Kyu

20).Venue of 11th Annual MedTech Summit  – New Delhi

21). Most-Instagrammed Indian cities of 2017 – New Delhi

22). India’s captain for U-19 World Cup – Prithvi Shaw

Key Points:

• U-19 World Cup venue 2018 – New Zealand
• U-19 World Cup venue 2020 – South Africa
• U-19 World Cup venue 2022 – West Indies

23). Pune International Marathon Winner – Getachew Besha

24). 1st International exhibition and Conference on AYUSH & Wellness sector – New Delhi

Key Points:

• Theme of the Conference – Enhancing the global potential of Ayush

25). New virtual currency launched by – Venezuela

Key Points:

• Venezuela Capital – Caracus
• Venezuela Currency – Venezuelan Bolívar
• Venezuela President – Nicolás Maduro

26). Archery World Cup held at Bangkok, Bronze medalist from India – Deepika Kumari

Key Points:

• Archery world cup winner – Sim Yeji (Republic of Korea)
• Deepika Kumari defeated Sayana Tsyrempilova(Russia)

27). One 97 Communications director – Kabir Misra (from Soft Bank)

Key Points:

• Current CEO of one 97 Communication or Paytm – Vijay Shekhar Sharma
• Soft Bank – Japan

28). Citi Bank appointed the head of Asia Pacific data and analytics – Zoher Karu

Head of Asia Pacific Consumer Banking – Anand selva

29). List of Most Followed Indians on Twitter was topped by – Narendra Modi

30). Journalist Vinita Deshmukh’s new book – Grieving to Healing

31). South Asian Regional Badminton Team Championship was won for first time by – India

32). Last Romanian monarch passed away recently was – Romania’s former king, Michael I

33). Best Asian Film at Australian Cinema Awards won by – Dangal

34). “Most tweeted about world leaders” topped by – Donald Trump

35). UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage status was won by – Kumba mela (India’s festival)

36). In IWF(International Weightlifting Federation) Championships, a person recorded three National records was – Gurdeep Sing (Lifter)

37). Music director who passed away recently was – Aadhithyan

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