Monday, 4 December 2017

04 दिसम्बर डायरी : Online Current Affairs for December 2017

#4 December: Navy Day

The observance of the day commemorates the launch of 'Operation Trident' bombing of Karachi harbour by the Indian Navy against Pakistan on 4th December, 1971. 


#मेक्सिको में 65 मिलियन वर्ष पुराना कछुए का जीवाश्म पाया गया।


#The United States has pulled out of UN Global Compact on Migration. US under Trump administration has pulled out of several global commitments including UNESCO and 2015 Paris climate change agreement.

Genesis of UN Global Compact on Migration can be found in New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted in September 2016 by UN General Assembly.


#Venezuela has launched its own cryptocurrency called Petro to circumvent US-led financial sanctions.

OPEC member Venezuela which boasts world’s largest proven reserves of crude oil is struggling against plunge in oil prices.


#Crypto Currencies or Virtual Currencies are type of unregulated digital money that is neither issued by central bank/public authority, nor is necessarily attached to fiat currency, but is used and accepted among the members of specific virtual community. They are capable of being transferred, stored or traded electronically. Cryptocurrencies are founded as peer-to-peer (P2P) electronic payment system. They enable transfer of money between parties, without going through banking system. They can be transferred directly between peers and the transactions are confirmed in a public ledger, accessible to all the users. The process of maintaining this ledger and validating the transactions is known as mining and is carried out in a decentralised manner.


#South Korea and United States have launched Vigilant Ace, their largest-ever joint aerial drills.


#The isolated and impoverished North Korea has staged six increasingly powerful atomic tests since 2006 – most recently in September 2017.

North Korea tested Hwasong-15, its most advanced and powerful Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) as part of its weapons programme in november.


#Government has launched 'Noxeno,' a nasal foreign body removal device developed by start-up InnAccel Technologies. It was developed by fellow trained under Biodesign program. 



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