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Bill English elected as New Zealand’s prime minister !

His ascension from deputy prime minister follows the surprise resignation last week of John Key after eight years as prime minister.

The UN cultural body UNESCO has accorded world heritage status to Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro (nicknamed as Marvelous City). It has been registered as “Carioca Landscapes between Mountain and Sea” on the UNESCO world heritage list.

Read more at: http://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/rio-de-janeiro-accorded-unesco-world-heritage-status-12201637959.html

Which countries named Indian cyclones?

- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, SriLanka &Thailand

Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder”.
Dipa Karmakar's biography to be co-authored by her coach....
Bishweshwar Nandi, coach of Dipa Karmakar who made India proud at the Rio Olympics with her performance in the field of gymnastics will co-author her memoir titled: “Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder”.

Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) is commemorated every 16 December in India,[1] as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, in alliance with Bangladesh Mukti Bahini. The end of the war also resulted in the unilateral and unconditional surrender of the Pakistan Army and subsequent secession of East Pakistan into Bangladesh.

India offers tsunami warning system to SCS countries
India has offered tsunami early warning-system to South China Sea (SCS) countries like Vietnam, Malaysia and Philippines as part of soft-diplomacy. India already provides earthquake and tsunami-warning alerts to several countries in the Indian Ocean neighbourhood, as do Japan and Australia.

President Pranab Mukherjee flagged off the ‘100 Million for 100 Million’ Campaign today at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

ISRO successfully launches earth observation satellite Resourcesat-2A
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched earth observation satellite Resourcesat-2A from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) or Sriharikota High Altitude Range (SHAR) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

English most powerful language in the world: WEF
English has been ranked first in the top 10 most powerful languages in the world according to the 2016 World Power Language Index (PLI).
Top 10 Languages in 2016 PLI: English (1st), Mandarin (2nd), French (3rd), Spanish (4th), Arabic (5th), Russian (6th), German (7th), Japanese (8th), Portuguese (9th) and Hindi (10th).

UAE-based Indian girl Kehkashan Basu wins International Children's Peace Prize

Environmental activist Kehkashan Basu, 16, receives the International Children's Peace Prize 2016, from Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, at the Ridderzaal (Knight's Hall) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on December 2, 2016

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been celebrated with varying degrees of success around the planet.