CURRENT AFFAIRS DATE:-17/12/2016 IN GUJARATI BY EDUSAFAR.

CURRENT AFFAIRS DATE:-17/12/2016 IN GUJARATI BY EDUSAFAR.

• This Brazilian city was accorded the UNESCO world heritage site status – Rio de Janerio

• The city which hosted the 5th Indian-Arab partnership conference – Muscat

• e-Tourist Visa facility was extended to citizens of this many countries – 161

•  Person appointed as Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs- Sunil Arora

•  India’s position in the vacation deprived country ranking as per 2016 Expedia vacation deprivation report- 4th

•  Person named as the 2016 Foreign Policy Global Thinker for Twitter diplomacy- Sushma Swaraj

•  Rank fetched by India in the defence spending, according to 2016 IHS Jane’s Defense Budgets Report- 4th

•  The person appointed as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations is - Amina Mohammed

•  The person awarded with the ICFA’s Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016 is - Ratan Tata

•  The seventh edition of Exercise EKUVERIN commenced recently. The exercise is between - India and Maldives

•  The country that recently inaugurated its first organ transplant centre is - Pakistan

•  India’s largest indoor sports arena will come up in - West Bengal

•  This state’s government has passed a law proposing tougher action against illegal liquor sale and purchase- Gujarat

•  This island district in Assam will now become India’s first ever Carbon neutral district by 2020- Majuli