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
