· UN declared 2017 as
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
· Mr. Antonio Guterres
(Portugal) officially took over charge as the new Secretary General of UNO from
Jan 01, 2017
· Leap Second was added
to the Indian clock at 5:29:59 hours on Jan 01, 2017 to synchronise with the
Earth’s rotational clock.
· France Government has
raised a ‘terror tax’ on property insurance policies after a series of terror
attacks in 2015 and 2016.
· Karnataka Government to
celebrate 2017 as “Year of the Wild”
· North Korea leader
Mr. Kim Jong – un said that the country is to launch ICBM (Inter-Continental
Ballistic Missile) soon
· Indian tennis player
Somdev Kishore Devvarman popularly known as Somdev announced his retirement
from professional tennis
· India successfully conducted
the test firing of the nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile, Agni IV
from the Abdul Kalam Island, Balasore, off the Odisha coast
· President Mr. Pranab
Mukherjee has appointed Prof. David R. Syiemlieh, to perform the duties of the
post of Chairman of Union Public Service Commission.
· Goa – based
herpetologist and wildlife photographer, Nirmal Kulkarni, has launched “Living
with Pythons”, a nationwide initiative beginning this year to create awareness
and instill appreciation about the country’s three Python species
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