Daily Current Affairs for 26th Dec 2017 ( English)
1.
Vijay Rupani (61) was
sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat. Besides him, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and 18 other
ministers (9 in cabinet rank and 10 MoS) also took oath. The 14th Gujarat
Legislative Assembly election 2017 was held in two phases on 9 December and 14
December 2017. The election was held to elect all 182 members of the Gujarat
Legislative Assembly. VVPAT-fitted EVMs were used for first time in entire
Gujarat state at 50,128 polling stations.
2.
Five-time BJP MLA Jai Ram Thakur
was named as the 14th CM of Himachal Pradesh along with being elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party
in the state.
3.
The DoNER Space and Public
Grievances & Pensions Minister, Jitendra Singh launched the electronic-
Human Resource Management System ( e-HRMS) in Delhi on 25th Dec 2017. The launch of e-HRMS is also a step towards the ease of
governance.
4.
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation
Mission ( AIM) , the Union government’s flagship program to promote innovation
and entrepreneurship nationwide in schools, universities and industry, has
selected additional 1500 schools for the establishment of Atal Tinkering Labs
(ATLs). The addition of these schools will give a
major boost to realize the vision of the mission to ‘’Cultivate One Million
Children in India as the innovators of tomorrow”
5.
Guatemala, a country in Central America announced its decision of moving
its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
6.
Jammu & Kashmir has
launched a high-speed broadband internet service as a part of its
initiatives under the Digital India Programme.
7.
Partha Mukhopadhyay (70) a veteran actor who had acted in many Bengali classics passed
away on 25th Dec 2017.
8.
The government of UK is laying the groundwork for building a new economic
partnership with India.
9.
Justice Swatanter Kumar
was resigned as a Chairperson of National Green Tribunal.
10.
Justice U D Salvi , the judicial member has been appointed as the acting
chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT) following justice Swatanter
Kumar’s superannuation.
11.
Joy Goswami was selected for Moorthidevi Award 2017.
12.
Goa recently celebrated
its 56th Liberation Day .
13.
The State govt of
Punjab has banned the production and use of Chinese Manjha.
14.
Julon Orlando Hernandez won the Presidential vote in Honduras election 2017.
15.
UNESCO partnered with SAMSUNG
company for videos on Indian Heritage sites.
16.
Sebastian Pinera won the Presidential election of Chile 2017
17.
Smitha Nagaraj was appointed as the Member of UPSC (Union Public Service
Commission )
18.
“ Flying High “ was chosen
as the official emblem of Beijing 2022 Paraolympic Winter Games.
19.
G.Satheesh reddy was conferred withNational Design Award 2017.
20.
Iraq overtook Saudi Arabia
as top oil supplier to India.
21.
The law makers of Uganda voted
to remove Presidential age limits , paving way
for their current President Yoweri
Museveni to serve sixth term in office.
22.The
Jokapatha village of Chhatisgarh received electricity for the first time
after 70 years of Independence.
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