30th December 2017 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

Daily Current Affairs of 30th December 2017

International Current Affairs

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that it is going to classify Gaming Disorder as a mental health condition in its forthcoming 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) which is to be published in the year 2018.
The United States has announced that it will deny a military aid amounting to $255 million (over ₹1,600 crore) to Pakistan as it expects it to take decisive action "against terrorists on its soil".
- This comes after Pakistan refused to hand over to the US an operative of the Haqqani Network arrested during the rescue operation of an American-Canadian family in October.

National Current Affairs

Under the BharatNet project, the government has approved ₹4,066 crore for providing Internet connectivity to people in all gram panchayats.
- The first phase of the project aims to connect 1 lakh panchayats with 100 Mbps speed.
- The government plans to connect all gram panchayats with high-speed broadband by March 2019.
To pave the way for tightening loopholes in existing code and to make resolution process more effective, the Lok Sabha today passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2017.
- This Bill amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, and replaces an Ordinance promulgated in November 2017.
The union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh has launched Livestock Disease Forewarning (LDF) Mobile Application in New Delhi.
- This app was developed by ICAR - National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (ICAR - NIVEDI), Bengaluru.

Science & Technology

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that it will launch 31 satellites, including India's Cartosat-2 series Earth observation satellite, in a single mission onboard its Polar rocket on 10th January 2018.
- The mission would consist of a combination of 28 nano satellites from foreign countries, and one micro and nano satellite from India along with the Cartosat satellite.
Hyderabad-based technology startup H-Bots Robotics has launched a beta version of its smart policing robot in the city.
- The 'Robo Cop' can take complaints, record audio and video clips, identify suspects, detect metals, and monitor temperature.

MOUs & Agreements

The Union Government has inked Loan agreement with World Bank for $40 Million IBRD Credit for “Uttar Pradesh Pro-Poor Tourism Development Project”.
- The project size is approximately $57.14 million, of which $40 million will be financed by World Bank, and remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

Bitcoin's rival cryptocurrency Ripple has surpassed Ethereum as the world's second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation.
The government has announced that the Indian economy slowed down in 2016-17, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declining drastically from 8% the previous year to 7.1%.

Deaths

Sue Grafton (77), the mystery writer who penned best-selling novels with alphabet-based titles, starting with "A Is for Alibi" and ending with "Y Is for Yesterday," passed away today.

New Appointments

1990 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre Sumita Misra was appointed Joint Secretary in Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC).
1993 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre Amardeep Singh Bhatia was appointed as new Director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO).

Sports Current Affairs

Indian marksman Jitu Rai today won the Men's 50m pistol national title with a new national finals record score of 233 at the 61st National Shooting Championship in Thiruvananthapuram.
- He also won the gold in the team event combining with Jai and Omprakash Mitherwal for a total of 1658, beating Team Air Force, who finished second.
Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar qualified for the 2018 Commonwealth Games after defeating Jitender Kumar in the 74kg weight category today.
Real Madrid C.F. star Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Globe Soccer's Best Player for 2nd year in a row and the 4th time overall.

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