Saturday, 9 December 2017

CURRENT AFFAIRS COMPRESSED... 8TH DECEMBER 2017

1. Cristiano Ronaldo Wins Ballon d'Or, Equals Lionel Messi's Record.
Cristiano Ronaldo (from Portugal) won the Ballon d'Or for a fifth time to move level with rival Lionel Messi.


2. First International Conference on Sports Medicine & Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 Inaugurated in Delhi.
The First International Conference on Sports Medicine and Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 was inaugurated in New Delhi by the Minister of State (I/C) Youth Affairs and Sports Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore.

3.  Marine issues to get high priority in next decade 2021-2030 designated as Decade of Ocean Science.
The oceans consist of 70% of the earth. But unfortunately, most of us are little aware of ocean politics, coastal security. Next decade may bring a change to the scenario as it has been dedicated to Ocean Science.

4. Kerala's Alappuzha in Top 5 UN Clean City List.

5. UNESCO Inscribes Kumbh Mela on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

6. Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) decided to admit India as its new member.  India's entry into the export control regime would enhance its credentials in the field of non-proliferation despite not being a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The decision was taken at the two-day plenary meeting of the grouping in Vienna.  

7. India joins elite multilateral export control regime.

8. Nagpur’s Kanchanmala becomes first Indian to win gold at World Para-Swimming Championship.

9. Kohli grabs the second position in Test rankings.

10. As per the report, Facebook is the best place to work, Apple slips to 84th spot.

11. Samsung India to hire 1000 engineering graduates in 2018.

12. Polish finance chief Mateusz Morawiecki to be the new prime minister.

13. Australian Parliament allows same-sex marriages, first weddings expected in February.

14. Hindi now fourth most-spoken language in New Zealand.

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