Current Affairs One Liners of the day: 1 December 2017

1 December 2017: The one liner of 1 December covers important current happenings that are relevant to competitive exams. The day’s one liners cover important happenings like freedom fighter Saraswati Tripathy, International Storytellers Festival and exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ among others.

• This freedom fighter passed away at the age of 89 - Saraswati Tripathy

• The Union cabinet has approved investment cooperation and facilitation treaty between India and this nation - Brazil

• The 7th edition of three-day ‘Kathakar - International Storytellers Festival’ was inaugurated in this city - New Delhi

• The combined military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ began in Bikaner, Rajasthan between India and this nation - UK

• Union Cabinet has approved MoU for cooperation in Agriculture and Phytosanitary issues between India and this country - Italy

• The Indian Sports Honour for ‘Sportsman of the Year’award in team sports category went to this player - Ravichandran Ashwin

• This Union Minister launched the Paytm Payment Bank recently - Arun Jaitley

• First Indian in over two decades to win gold at the IWF World Weightlifting Championship - Mirabai Chanu

• Indian actress appointed as UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India recently - Dia Mirza

• India’s first crypto-currency exchange 'Coinome' was launched by - Billdesk

• Day observed on 1 December every year - World AIDS Day

• This organisation launched the guidelines regarding child sex abuse - World Health Organization