Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (8th to 14th December 2017)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 2nd 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 2nd Week December 2017

1).For World’s first Humanoid robot Sophia, received women’s right from – Saudi Arabia  

Key Points:

• Saudi Arabia Capital – Riyadh
• Saudi Arabia Currency – Saudi Riyal
• Saudi Arabia President – Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud

2). Tamil Nadu launched several school subjects such as mathematics, English, and science in the You tube channel namely – Tamil Nadu State Council of Educational and Research Training (TNSCERT)

3). A novel health insurance plan ‘Health Wallet’ was launched by – Apollo Munich Health Insurance

4). New prime minister of Poland – Mateusz Morawiecki

Key Points:

• Poland Capital – Warsaw
• Poland Currency – Polish Zloty
• Poland President – Andrzej Duda

5).Dubai International Film Festival’s Honorary Award won by – Actor Irfan Khan

6). 2nd best UNESCO world heritage site after Angkor Wat won by – Taj Mahal

7). Yahoo India’s Most Searched Personality in 2017 – Narendra Modi

8). UNESCO’s ‘intangible heritage’ status won by – Italian art of pizza tossing, Pizzaiuoli.

9). Fifth Ballon D’Or, equals Lionel Messi’s record was won by – Cristiano Ronaldo(Portuguese)

10). India’s 1st World Para Swimming Championship gold medal winner – Kanchanmala Pande (26 yrs old) from Nagpur

11).India’s first LPG bottling facility launched by-Meghalaya

12). FE Best Bank Awards 2015-16 won by – SBI (Best Nationalized Bank)

Key Points:

• FE Best Bank Awards 2015-16: Savings Bank Product – Kotak Mahindra Bank
• FE Best Bank Awards 2015-16: Mobile Banking Application – ICICI Bank
• FE Best Bank Awards 2015-16: Non- Banking Financial Institution – Ujjivan Financial Services
• FE Best Bank Awards 2015-16: Special Initiative Award – Shriram Transport Finance
• FE Best Bank Awards 2015-16: Banker of the Year – Arundhati Bhattacharya
• FE Best Bank Awards 2015-16: Lifetime Achievement Award – Uday Kotak
• Best Bank Awards 2015-16: New Private Sector Bank award          – HDFC Bank
• FE Best Bank Awards 2015-16: Old Private Sector Bank award – City Union Bank

13). Asian Airgun Championship 2017’s silver Medalist – Chandigarh shooter Arjun Babuta

14). ITF (International Tennis Federation) world champions – Rafael Nadal, Garbine Muguruza

15). Southeast Asia connectivity summit venue – India

Key Points:

• Theme of the summit – Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century

16). Universal ID cards to Persons with Disabilities was launched by – Union minister Krishan Pal Gurjar

17). Two-day Aadivasi Mahotsav were started at – Chhattisgarh

Key Points:

• Chhattisgarh Capital – Raipur
• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister – Raman Singh
• Chhattisgarh Governor – Balram Das Tandon

18). Top Indian actor of 2017 by Internet Movie Data Base (IMDb) – Shah Rukh Khan

19). India’s first-ever mobile food testing laboratory launched at – Goa

20). Sri Lanka formally handed over the southern Hambantota Port to – China

21). World’s biggest floating solar plant was constructed in  – China

Key Points:

• China Capital – Beijing
• China Currency – Renminbi, Yuan
• China President – Xi Jinping

22). Kirkuk oil swap deal signed between – Iraq and Iran

Key Points:

• Iran Capital – Tehran
• Iran Currency –  Iranian Rial
• Iran President – Hassan Rouhani
• Iraq Capital – Baghdad
• Iraq Currency – Iraqi Dinar
• Iraq President – Fuad Masum

23). World’s largest automated container terminal opened at – Shanghai

24).West Bengal announced Life Insurance for each pilgrims of about – 5 lakhs

Key Points:

• West Bengal Capital – Kolkata
• West Bengal Chief Minister – Mamta Benerjee
• West Bengal Governor – Keshari Nath Tripathi

25). New president of Indian National Congress party – Raghul Gandhi

26). According to the announcement of Pantone Colour of the year 2018 was – Ultra Violet

27). India’s one and only ISO 9000 certified home located at – Chennai, Tamilnadu

28). 10th Asian Championship held at Japan, Bronze Medalist from India are – Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu

29). Hockey World League winner – Australia

30). Singer and Nattuvangam exponent who died recently was – Seetharama Sharma

31). Egypt’s first nuclear power plant was going to construct with the help of – Russia

Key Points:

• Russia Capital- Moscow
• Russia Currency – Russian Ruble
• Russian President – Vladimir Putin
• Egypt Capital  – Cairo
• Egypt Currency – Egyptian Pound
• Egypt President – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

32). Jammu & Kashmir government launched a scheme to provide free electricity was  – SAUBHAGYA (Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna)

33).According to UN Report, India’s growth rate was predicted of about 2018 – 7.2%

 2019 – 7.4%             

34). Dvara Trust Vice-Chairman – Samir Shah (Managing Director & CEO, NCDEX)

35). Mother Teresa Memorial Award winner – Priyanka Chopra

36). Diego Maradona’s 12-foot-tall statue unveiled at – Kolkata

37).Venue of  2023 One day International World Cup – India

Key Points:

• One Day International World Cup 2019 Venue – England
• Champions Trophy 2021 Venue – India

38). Official Logo for Allahabad Kumbh Mela 2019 was released at – Lucknow

39). Telangana develops app to provide jobs to technicians, workers – Urban Genie

40). India’s only licensed fisherwoman – KC Rekha

41). ADB(Asian Development Bank) forecast for India’s GDP FY18 was about – 6.7%

42). First made-in-India Scorpene class submarine – INS Kalvari

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