6th December 2017 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

Daily Current Affairs of 6th December 2017

International Current Affairs

The India-headquartered International Solar Alliance (ISA) will become a treaty-based international intergovernmental organisation today.
- The ISA, headquartered in India, has its Secretariat in the campus of the National Institute of Solar Energy, Gwalpahari, Gurgaon, Haryana.
- As of date, 46 countries have signed and 19 countries have ratified the framework agreement of ISA.
The Foreign Ministers of China (Wang Yi) and Russia (Sergey Lavrov) will visit India for a trilateral meeting.
- Note : This will be the first high-level visit from China to India after the Doklam standoff.
- This meeting will review global and regional issues of mutual interests and discuss trilateral exchanges and activities.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman is on a visit to North Korea.
- This is the first time in over six years that a high-ranking UN official is visiting the reclusive nation.

National Current Affairs

The Babri Masjid was demolished on this day (6th December) in the year 1992, after a political rally organised by the VHP and BJP turned violent.
- The rally was aimed at gathering support for building a temple dedicated to Lord Ram at Ram Janmabhoomi.
Karnataka is going to provide 4% reservation for differently-abled people in the A and B categories of government jobs.
- Currently, the disabled have 3% reservation in those categories and 5% in C and D categories.
- Note : Karnataka is also going to give a monthly allowance of ₹400 to four lakh people with disabilities.
The 22nd conference of Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) was recently held New Delhi.
- It was inaugurated by Minister of State (MoS) Health & Family Welfare Anupriya Patel.

Awards & Honors

American biologist Joanne Chory has been awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize, which includes a $3 million cash award, for "deciphering how plants optimise their growth...to transform sunlight into chemical energy."
The Aamir Khan starrer 'Dangal' was named the Best Asian Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) 2017.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has named the Indonesian monkey who sparked a copyright case after snapping a grinning selfie from a British wildlife photographer's camera in 2011 as its 'Person of the Year'.
PM Narendra Modi has topped the 2017 list of Most Followed Indians on Twitter, with 37.5 million followers.
- Bollywood Actor Amitabh Bachchan stood at 2nd spo with more than 31.6 million followers.
- Deepika Padukone is the only woman in the top 10.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has won a readers' poll for TIME's 'Person of the Year 2017' award, scoring 24% of the votes.
- The #MeToo movement against sexual harassment claimed the second place in the poll with 6% of the votes.
- Important Note : Last year, Indian PM Narendra Modi won the poll while US President Donald Trump won the title.

Science & Technology

Surface-to-air missile Akash was successfully test fired with an indigenous radio frequency seeker.
- The missile was successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

The 6 member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the Rpo Rate, the rate at which banks borrow from RBI, unchanged at 6% for the second time in a row during its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy review today.
- This comes after retail inflation in October rose to a 7-month high of 3.58%.
- The RBI last cut the rate by 25 basis points in August.
- The next meeting of the the 6 member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is scheduled on 6 and 7 February, 2018.
Social media giant Facebook has topped the List of best tech companies to work for in 2018 in the US, according to Glassdoor.

Deaths

Romania's former KingMichael I (96), who was forced to abdicate from throne after Soviets abolished the monarchy, passed away today.
- He first acceded to the throne in the 1920s when he was six years old, and then again in the 1940s.

Sports Current Affairs

MS Dhoni, who represented Pune in the last two IPLs, has been cleared to play for Chennai Super Kings next year, following the franchise's return.
The International Olympic Committee has banned Russia from competing at next year's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, over state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Afghanistan's Mujeeb Zadran has become the first male cricketer born in the 21st century to play international cricket.
- Zadran, who was born on March 28, 2001, achieved the feat after taking the field in an ODI against Ireland today.

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