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TNPSC Current Affairs - December 2017 by TNPSC Guru

1.India admits into Wassenaar arrangement 
India has been admitted in 42nd member of Wassenaar arrangement, which aim to bring transparency or to regulate exports of conventional arms and use of dual use Goods and technologies.


2.“Mission Seven Summits” team to explore Mount Vinson. 
Indian Air Force Mountaineers After scaling Mount Everest in 2015 launched “Mission Seven Summits” to fly Indian national Flag on highest peak of every continent.

For that till now IAF Mountaineers have scaled highest mountains of 6 continents includes
1.Mt Everest (Nepal) of Asia,
2.Mt McKinley(Alaska) North America.
3.Mt.Aconcagua (Argentina) South America.
4.Mt.Elbrus (Russia) Europe.
5.Mt Kilimanjaro (South Africa) Africa.
6.Mt Carstenz Pyramid (Indonesia) Australia (there was a controversy whether this mountain is belongs to Australia or Asia).

 Now they started expediting the highest mountain in Antarctica named Mount Vinson (4897M). This Team is led by Captain RC Tripathi.
  
3.India now free of ‘infective Trachoma’. 
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda declared that India is now free of Infective Trachoma . As per the latest survery report indicate that trachoma has been eliminated among the children less than 10 years old in all the surveyed districts with overall prevalence of 0.7% , which is lower than the WHO’s criteria of prevalence less than 5%.


3.ASI unearthed mudhumakkal thazhi, pots pallavaram. 
Archaeological survey of India has unearthed 2000 years old large burial urn called Mudhumakkal Thazhi and pots in pallavaram, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

5.French president Emmanuel Macron wins Charlemagne prize. 
French President Emmanuel Macron Wins prestigious Charlemagne Prize in recognition of re-establishment of the European project.

6.Christiano Ronaldo wins Ballon d’Or trophies. 

Christiano Ronaldo wins 2017  Ballon d’Or Trophy beating leonal messi and Neymar.

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