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CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2016 PDF CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2016 PDF BY D2G AWARDS AND HONOURS NAME OF THE AWARD AWARD WINNER KEY POINTS TO NOTE ICCR distinguished ideologist Prof. Yu Long Yu For the contribution of foreign scholars award to the development of Indology Top in Global Education Singapore Primary 4 and Secondary 2 Rankings students topped both subjects in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Best cities award Kolkata Kolkata is the only Indian city to receive the prestigious award. It received the award during the C40 Mayors Summit held in Mexico City. Athlete of the Year Usain Bolt Bolt will retire next year, following the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London. world’s 22nd most connected Delhi Airport Topped by Chicago Airport airport International Children’s Peace Kehkashan Basu Prize Miss Supranational 2016 Srinidhi Shetty She also won the title of Miss Asia- Oceania. Highest French civilian Award John Kerry First Indian to medal at IqbalSayed The Mr Olympia amateur event held MrOlympia in Hong Kong. NaturePhotographer of the La La Land 'Best Picture' at Critics' Choice Awards Year Contest Best Footballer in the World Cristiano Ronaldo He has been voted the best player in the world for a fourth time. Brazil player of the year Chapecoense goalkeeper He killed in the Colombian air crash last Danilo month ITF World Champion Britain’s Andy Murray and Germany’s Angelique Kerber Most Improved Player of the PV Sindhu The Award conferred by Badminton Year award World Federation (BWF) SASTRA Ramanujan award Kaisa Matomaki, Maksym The award for Excellence of Radziwill Mathematics AIBA's Legends Award MC Mary Kom She is also RajyaSabha MP AIBA Pro boxing Best Boxer Vikas Krishnan _ trophy Favourite fanatics of 2016 Nandan Nilekani He is a prominent figure in Indian business and politics 2 www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2016 PDF BY D2G Sahitya Academy Award Asaram Lomte For his story collection 'Alok' SKOCH silver award Corporation Bank For attaining the position of number1 channel partner of LIC of India Most Innovative Citizen Coimbatore City Municipal It has been selected for Digital India Engagement Corporation Award 2016 Jnanpith Award Bengali poet ShankhaGhosh He is the 52nd recipient of Jnanpith Award. SIES-Sri Maharashtra CM Devendra ChandrasekarendraSaraswati Fadnavis, National Eminence Award. ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar , UK-based scholar John _ Ralston Marr and Hari Katha exponent Kamala Murthy FIFA Ballon d’Or Award Real Madrid forward Cristiano He won world’s best football player for Ronaldo fourth time. 2016 prestigious International UAE based Indian _ Children’s Peace Prize. environmental activist KehkashanBasu PETA’s Person of the Year Sunny Leone For her dedication to promoting the rescue of homeless dogs and cats, AIFF Player of the Year 2016 JejeLalpekhlua 2016 AIFF Woman Footballer Sasmita Malik Sasmita Malik is an Indian women of the Year footballer 2016 AIFF Emerging Player of Rowllin Borges Rowllin Borges is an Indian footballer the Year who currently plays for East Bengal 2016 AIFF Emerging Woman SanjuPradhan SanjuPradhan is an Indian footballer who Footballer of the Year plays as a winger for East Bengal in the I- League 2016 AIFF Award for Best Punjab Football Association Grassroots Development Programme 2016 AIFF Award for long- Nike Nike, Inc. is an American multinational time contribution to Indian corporation Football 3 www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2016 PDF BY D2G 2016 AIFF Award for Best Pranjal Banerjee Bengal referee Referee 2016 AIFF Award for Best Joseph Tony _ Assistant Referee Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle She is hailing from Puerto Rico National title in 6-Red Pankaj Advani Snooker 2016 Forbes India Celebrity Salman Khan _ 100 List Jnanpith Award2016 ShankhaGhosh He is Bengali poet and literary critic World's Best Playmaker of Lionel Messi The Award conferred by the 2016 International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) Knighthood from British Shankar Balasubramanian He is an Indian-origin British professor of Queen chemistry BharatiyaJananpith 2016 Shraddha and Ghyansham 'Hawa Mein PhadphadatiChitthi' and on Kumar Devansh Devansh for his poem 'Akash Mein Deh' BihariPuraskar 2016 Satya Narayan For his Hindi book titled, "YehEkDunia" Andy Murray Knighthood in the New Year’s honours list in Britain ViratKohli India's Sportsperson of 2016 In India Today poll APPOINMENTS NAME DEPT/FIELD Crown Prince MahaVajiralongkorn Thailand King ShavkatMirziyoyev Uzbekistan President Alexander Van der Bellen Austrian President O. Panneerselvam Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana President AdwaitaGadanayak Head National Gallery of Modern Art Rajendra Kumar New CBDT member Paolo Gentiloni Italian Prime Minister Bill English New Zealand PM Antonio Guterres UN Secretary General PulkitTrivedi India’s new Industry Director Lt Gen NaveedMukhtar Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). SainaNehwal Integrity Ambassador of Badminton World Federation (BWF) J Ravichandran Interim Chief of National Stock Exchange 4 www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2016 PDF BY D2G Lt Gen BipinRawat The New army chief Air Marshal BS Dhanoa Chief of the Indian Air Force Anil Dhasmana RAW chief Rajiv Jain IB chief Priyanka Chopra Brand ambassador for Assam tourism Justice J S Khehar Chief justice of India ViratKohli brand ambassador of American Tourister Deepak Agarwal Noida CEO Authority Rahil Ansari Audi India head SorinGrindeanu Romania’s president Navy Chief Sunil Lanba Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee Anil Baijal Lieutenant Governor of Delhi INDIAN AFFAIRS Telangana’s 2nd International Kite Festival – 12 to 17 Jan Telangana International Kite Festival (TIKF), is a family fun festival celebrating Sankranthi from 12th- 17th January 2017.Telangana Tourism and Incredible India are joining hands with Aga Khan Academy to profi¬le the longstanding regional tradition of kite-flying and the unique culture, crafts and cuisine of Telangana through an exciting festival program for schools, children, families and kite- flying enthusiasts of all ages. Arunachal CM PemaKhandu, 32 other PPA MLAs join BJP The BJP came to power in Arunachal Pradesh has without having to win an election as chief minister PemaKhandu switched loyalties twice in three months to give the saffron party its second government in the Northeast, after Assam. The country’s easternmost state plunged into a political crisis two days ago when the 37-year-old Khandu and six legislators were suspended by the ruling Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA), a regional outfit that he had joined from the Congress in September. India's 1st transgender school opens in Kerala India’s first transgender school opened in Kochi. The school, named Sahaj International, was inaugurated by transgender activist, writer and actor KalkiSubramaniam at Thrikkakara in Kerala’s Ernakulam district. This alternative learning centre works in collaboration with National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). The school, the first of its kind in the country, is expected to go a long way in ensuring equal opportunities for transgenders who have dropped out from school. The new learning centre will help them continue their education and appear for Class X and XII examinations. 5 www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2016 PDF BY D2G Safety record of Air Traffic Control comparable to best: AAI The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has defended the safety record of Air Traffic Control (ATC) at all airports in the country as being very good and comparable to the best in the world. At times, it may not be possible to eliminate human error, whether it is aviation or other industries, but continuous efforts are being made by the Airports Authority of India to offset such human errors through Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), recurrent training to the controllers and introducing technology. NRIs can exchange demonetised notes till June 30 President Pranab Mukherjee approved an ordinance allowing more time for non-resident Indians (NRIs) to deposit their old notes and imposing stiff fines on residents holding or trading in demonetized currency. According to the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016, NRIs have been given time till June 30 to deposit their old notes but any individual returning to India from abroad will have to make a declaration to customs authority at the airport about the number and denomination of the specified bank notes (SBNs) or junked currency he or she is carrying. President approves ordinance criminalising holding of old notes The government has made holding, transfer and receiving of the demonetised note a criminal offence, punishable with a minimum fine of Rs 10,000.This follows President Pranab Mukherjee approving promulgation of the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016, that provides for a fine of Rs 10,000 or five times the cash held, whichever is higher, on holding of more than 10 banned 1,000 and 500 rupee notes. MEA eases passport rules for orphans, single parents The government has announced a series of steps that would help single mothers, orphaned children, and sadhus obtain passports with ease.The new rules for online application require the applicant to provide the name of father or mother or legal guardian. “This would enable single parents to apply for passports for their children and facilitate issue of passports where the name of either the father or the mother is not required to be printed at the request of the applicant. MEA eases the process for passport applicants Applicants can submit: • PAN Card, birth certificate, voter identity card, Aadhaar, driving license • Students can submit transfer certificate/school leaving certificates 6 www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2016 PDF BY D2G * Online passport application form now requires the applicant to provide the name of any one among the father, mother or legal guardian. * No marriage certificates needed for married applicants. * No need to name the spouse in cases of applicants who are divorcees.