Daily Current Affairs One Liners - 4th December 2017

Current Affairs One Liners - 4th December 2017

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You can easily write down all the important Current Affairs from Current Affairs One-liners - 4th December 2017. These Current Affairs One-Liners include all the important news updates related to Sports, Achievements, Recent Government Schemes which are very important for IBPS exams.

• World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1st. Theme: 'Right to health'. 
• Sunil Kumar Chourasia, IOFS, has been appointed as the new Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board.

• Sibi George was appointed the next Ambassador of India to the Holy See. He is presently Ambassador of India to Switzerland.
• Former Miss Asia Pacific, actor, producer, entrepreneur and environmentalist, Dia Mirza, was appointed as UN Environment’s Goodwill Ambassador for India.
• Former Miss Asia Pacific, actor, producer, entrepreneur and environmentalist, Dia Mirza, was appointed as UN Environment’s Goodwill Ambassador for India.
• India was re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization under Category B at an assembly of the body at its headquarters in London.
• Government fixes Sovereign Gold bond rate at Rs 2,952/gram.
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into 2 Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs).
• Raj Shah, Principal Deputy Press Secretary in White House, becomes first Indian-American to gaggle with reporters on board presidential chopper Air Force One.
• The word 'populism' has been announced as Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2017.
• Indian Railways decided to upgrade Premium Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains under Project 'Swarna'. 
• Technology Giant Google announced the launch Datally App that will help users understand, control and save on their mobile data.
• India signed a technical cooperation agreement with Spain to implement a Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) under which the trains run at a speed of 180Kmph.
• India and Singapore have signed Bilateral Agreement for Navy Cooperation that will allow Indian Navy ships logistical support, including refueling at Singapore’s Changi Naval Base located near disputed South China Sea (SCS).
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit at Sochi in Russia.
• The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Suresh Prabhu was the chief guest for the Shared Value Summit 2017 held in New Delhi.  Theme: “Equity and Empowerment”.
• President Ram Nath Kovind, also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, will be on a two-day visit to Visakhapatnam on December 7-8 to participate in the golden jubilee celebrations of the Navy’s Submarine Arm.
• The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Suresh Prabhu, will be the chief guest for the Shared Value Summit 2017 to be held on the theme “Equity and Empowerment”.
• 7th edition Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival was held at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. It was inaugurated by Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju.
• The 24-year-old model and Miss Korea Jenny Kim has bagged the title of Miss Supranational 2017 at the gala event, which was held in Poland’s Spa Resort of Krynica- Zdroj.
• Manushi Chhillar awarded Indian of the year special achievement award.
• Indian archers produced an impressive performance, grabbed three gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Championships in Dhaka.
• Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani secures IBSF World Snooker Championship Title at the Al-Arabi Sports Club.
• India’s veteran Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan won a gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships at Altenberg, Germany.
• The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is a yearly event on December 2. 
• International day of persons with disabilities is being observed on December 3 to promote the rights and welfare of disabled individuals around the globe. Theme: "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all".
• Former journalist and author A. Surya Prakash has been appointed as the chairman of the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati for a second term.
• Infosys appoints Salil S. Parekh as CEO and Managing Director.
• Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was re-elected as the president of the Jammu and Kashmir.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's former Chairman, D K Sarraf, as the new Chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.
• Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in for a second and final five-year term.
• World's largest propeller plane Antonov AN-22 with a wingspan of over 200 feet touches down at Manchester Airport.
• US space agency NASA has said a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft, the only human-made object in interstellar space, have been successfully fired up after 37 years without use.
• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has signed 2 Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with The Netherlands pertaining Electronics and Technology during the month of November’17.
• India Awarded Certificate of Commendation for Its Effort to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade.
• India's veteran Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan won a gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships at Altenberg, Germany.

Note Down Points

These note down points are related to today's Current Affairs. The General Awareness questions that can arise from today's current affairs for SSC, IBPS exams, are mentioned in note down points.

• AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes is a statutory authority that functions under the “Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963”.
• Sushil Chandra is the Chairman of CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes).
• Piyush Goyal is the Railway Minister of India.
• Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google.
• IBSF stands for International Billiards & Snooker Federation.
• IBSF was founded in 1971.
• Mubarak Al-Khayarin is the President of IBSF.
• The head quarter of IBSF is situated in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Haryana Girl Manushi Chillar is crowned as the Miss World 2017. 
• NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• It was founded in 1958 by Dwight D. Eisenhower in USA. 
• The head quarter of NASA is situated in Washington D.C.