Bankers Adda Dec 2016 Current Affairs pdf

 104th foundation day of India's first SWADESHI BANK 'Central Bank of India" was observed
on 21st December 2016.
 16time World Champion PankajAdvani wins National title in 6red Snooker, the shorter
format of the game.
 51 year old Indian Golfer Mukesh Kumar became the oldest golfer to win an Asian Tour title
after lifting the Panasonic Open
 5th edition of the IndiaArab Partnership Conference was held in Muscat, Oman from
December 14 to 15, 2016.
 6th edition of Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development
(APMCHUD) was recently held at New Delhi.
 6th Heartof Asia Ministerial Conference was recently held at Amritsar, Punjab.
 7th edition of India, Maldives bilateral exercise EKUVERIN 2016 was recently held at
Kadhdhoo, Laamu Atoll, Maldives
 Actor HrithikRoshan has launched a children's book series 'Tactabet', written in Braille
format, which is being published for visually impaired people.
 Actor Rishi Kapoor's autobiography titled, 'KhullamKhulla' was recently released.
 Actress Scarlett Johansson has been named the highest grossing actor of 2016 by Forbes.
 Airtel Payments Bank is going to extend services in Southern Indian states of Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka within a week, CEO Shashi Arora has announced .
 Amazon India has launched an online wallet called 'Amazon PayBalance' which can only be
used to make Amazonbased transactions.
 Augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go officially launched in India, nearly five months
after it was rolled out in the US.
 Bengalurubased aerospace startup Team Indus has become the first private entity to secure
a dedicated Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from ISRO.
 Britain has become the first country in the world to legally offer "threeparent baby" fertility
treatments after regulators gave approval.
 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau approved a controversial pipeline from Alberta oil sands to the
country's Pacific Coast.
 China has banned internet users from posting usergenerated audio or video, reportedly one
of few sources of information outside statecontrolled media.
 China has launched atmospheric CO2monitoring TanSatsatellite , in an effort to curb and
monitor greenhouse gas emissions.
 China has successfully launched Fengyun4 satellite, first of its new generation weather
satellites
 China recently reestablished diplomatic relations with African island nation Sao Tome and
Principe.
 China's legislature has passed a law to levy environment tax on polluters, including heavy
industries.
 China's space organisation announced that the government has decided to send its first
robotic probe to Mars by 2020 to carry out orbiting and roving exploration, followed by a
second mission to collect surface samples.
 Cricket Australia has named Indian Test skipper ViratKohli as the Captain of the board's ODI
Team of the Year.
 Cuban President Raúl Castro has announced that the government would prohibit naming
public monuments or streets after his brother and revolutionary leader
 Dhasai village in Maharashtra has become India's first cashless village starting December 1.
 Dubai is going to build Al Maktoum International airport, a second airport in the south of the
city, which will become the world's largest airport on completion.
 Ecommerce major Amazon launched its global startup program 'Launchpad' in India, an
online portal featuring over 400 products from different startups including 25 Indian
startups.
 Former Pakistani pacer WasimAkram has been appointed as the Sri Lankan cricket team's
bowling mentor, ahead of the team's tour to South Africa.
 Former world number one and 2008 French Open winner Ana Ivanovic announced her
retirement
 Google India has partnered with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for a campaign called
'Digitally Safe Consumer' to help protect consumer interest online.
 Google parent Alphabet has been named the company of the year by Fortune magazine in
its annual Blue Ribbon ranking.
 'Greenery' has been announced as the 'Color of The Year' for 2017 by Pantone Color
Institute, a world renowned authority on colours.
 Hailakandi district of Assam has become the first district to pay wages to tea garden workers
through individual bank accounts.
 Haryana became the first state in the country to launch Mahila Police Volunteer (MPV)
initiative for safety of women.
 Himachal Pradesh has achieved 100% Aadhaar saturation on the basis of the 2015
population, making it the sixth state to achieve the milestone.
 Hindus have the lowest level of educational attainment among all the major religions of the
world, a Pew Research Center study has claimed.
 Jews are the most educated religious group in the world, the study claimed.
 Hosts Chhattisgarh emerged as the overall champions at the National School Games
Championship 2016 that was held in Jagdalpur.
 In a bid to lessen the power shortage of Nepal, India agreed to export an additional 240 MW
of electricity.
 In a first in the country, the Maharashtra forest department is set to launch a statewide
24X7 call centre facility from January 6 for registering complaints or getting information
about issue
 India and Vietnam have signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement for the peaceful use of
atomic energy.
 India announced it will contribute ₹3.3 crore to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund
(CERF) for the year 201617 "despite (its) own resource constraints".
 India clinched the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2016 after defeating Pakistan by 17 runs in the
final in Bangkok
 India has been ranked as the fourth most vacation deprived country globally, with 63%
people taking fewer days of the vacations they get, a report by a travel company stated.
 India has eased the process of procurement of Indian tourist visas for Bangladeshis by
allowing those with confirmed travel tickets to submit their visa applications directly without
prior appointment starting January 1, 2017.
 India has emerged as the Second largest purchaser of arms among developing nations.
 India has scrapped its 10% import duty on wheat after droughts in the past two years
depleted stocks, Finance Minister ArunJaitley informed the Parliament .
 India has signed a ₹ 5,000crore deal with the US to buy 145 M777 lightweight Howitzer guns
for the Army.
 India is going to train the Qatari police for handling the security during the FIFA World Cup in
the nation, scheduled to be held in 2022.
 India successfully testfires nuclear capable cruise missile Nirbhay from Integrated Missile
Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha.
 India test launched its indigenously developed intercontinental surfacetosurface nuclear
capable ballistic missile Agni5 from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.
 India were crowned junior Hockey World champions after defeating Belgium 21 in the final
in Lucknow
 Indian allrounderRavichandranAshwin has been named the ICC Cricketer of the Year and
Test Cricketer of the Year during the yearend ICC awards.
 Indian boxer Vijender Singh retained his WBO Super Middleweight AsiaPacific title after
knocking out Tanzania's Francis Cheka in the title fight in Delhi
 Indian national anthem 'Jana GanaMana' was first sung on 27th December 1911, at the
Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.
 Indian Test skipper ViratKohli has featured on top of the Lord's Cricket Ground's Top 20
Players of 2016.
 Indians will not be eligible for visafree entry to Hong Kong beginning January 23, with the
Hong Kong Immigration Department implementing a 'Prearrival Registration for Indian
Nationals'.
 India's Shiva Keshavan won a Gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships in Japan.
 Iran's staterun airline IranAir announced that it had finalised a $16.6 billion (over ₹ 1.1 lakh
crore) deal with aircraft manufacturer Boeing to purchase 80 passenger planes.
 taly's cabinet has approved a bailout for the world's oldest and the country's thirdlargest
bank, Monte deiPaschi.
 Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the International Association of Athletics Federations'
award for male athlete of the year for a record sixth time .
 Japan has approved a record $43.6 billion (around ₹ 3 lakh crore) for its Defence budget out
of its $830 billion spending budget for fiscal 2017.
 Japan's lower parliamentary house passed a bill to legalise casinos and forwarded it to the
upper house for approval.
 Japan's space agency announced that it successfully launched a 26metrelong rocket named
Epsilon 2, which put a satellite that helps study radiation belts in orbit. Jodhpur has been
 listed among the top ten preferred destinations for travellers in 2017, according to
'TripAdvisorTravellers' Choice Awards for Destinations on the Rise'. Karnataka CM
Siddaramaiah has inaugurated an Online Geospatial Platform for tracking the property
 tax collection across Bengaluru. This will enable residents to know the property tax they
have paid over the years.
 Karnataka's Department of Women and Child Development is going to launch a pilot project
under which lactating mothers in the state will get a hot meal for 1,000 days after child
birth.
 Kerala Government has launched HarithaKeralam Mission, a comprehensive programme for
creating new sustainable development perspectives in the state.
 Less than a week after winning the world championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,
Mercedes driver NicoRosberg announced his retirement from Formula One with immediate
effect.
 Maharashtra CM DevendraFadnavis announced that the state government is set to bring its
own ewallet system, named 'MahaWallet', to promote a cashless economy.

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