Current Affairs

Current Affairs
1. Virat Kohli has been named India's limited overs captain.
2. IIM Calcutta will be conducting its international business summit Intaglio 2017 from January 6 to 8, 2017. Theme of the Summit 2017 : 'India towards Epitome of Excellence'
3. Veteran actor Om Puri (66) passed away after suffering a heart attack.
4. Noted Manipur based historian, litterateur and scholar Gangmumei Kamei (77) passed away .
5. US First Lady Michelle Obama has selected Swetha Prabakaran, a 16 year old Indian-American to serve in the inaugural Student Advisory Board of the 'Better Make Room' education campaign.
6. The 16th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in New Delhi. This meeting was chaired by Arun Jaitley (Union Finance Minister).
7. Maharashtra government has launched a new Shivgramin Taxi Scheme. The new taxis will be orange and white in colour and will ply outside municipal limits.
8. India and Kazakhstan have signed a Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) between the two countries.
9. China launched its longest bullet train 'Shangrila of the World' from Kunming, in Yunnan Province, to Beijing.
10. Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu today announced that Japan has decided to be associated with the development of Chennai, Ahmedabad and Varanasi as smart cities in the country.
11. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared the year 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.
12. 6th January is World Day for War Orphans.