Current Affairs 2017

Country that declared end to Zika emergency recently

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• Tejas Successfully Test Fires Air-to-Air Beyond Visual Range Missile
• Indian Exclusion Report (IXR): Historically Disadvantaged Groups remain Worst Off
• Amitabh Bachchan appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region

Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat & Divya Kakran have bagged silver medals at the Asian Wrestling Championship held at the KD Jadhav Stadium in New Delhi.

Tejas, the Light Combat Aircraft has successfully test fired Derby Air-to-Air Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile in RADAR guided mode. The test was performed on a Manoeuvrable Aerial Target at the Interim Test Range (ITR), Chandipur.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has decided to share online scores of candidates taking competitive exams in order to boost hiring by the private sector.

World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed Amitabh Bachchan as its Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region.

According to the 2016 Indian Exclusion Report (IXR) released by the Centre for Equity Studies (CES), in terms of exclusion from access to public goods, Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims continue to remain the worst-hit communities.

China has set up a 160-square-meter (1,720-square-foot) laboratory — dubbed as “Yuegong-1”, or “Lunar Palace” for simulating a lunar-like environment.

Scientists have detected “a strong water signature” in the atmosphere of a distant Neptune-sized planet called HAT-P-26b.

The Science Express is 16 coach AC mobile train science exhibition of Department of Science & Technology (DST).

Name the state that in recent past decided to merge the local bodies of twin-temple towns.