DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
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1. WORLD’S LARGEST BIRD
FESTIVAL IN AGRA
i. UP Eco-tourism
has organized a three-day international festival on birds at the National
Chambal Sanctuary in the Bah tehsil, Agra.
ii The main of the
event is to promote eco-tourism in Uttar Pradesh and to declare it as an
international bird watching destination.
2. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OBSERVED-3RD DECEMBER
i. The theme for the day is ‘Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want’.
ii. IDPD is an international observance promoted by the
United Nations since 1992.
iii. Earlier it was called the International Day of Disabled
Persons.
3. NICO
ROSBERG ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
i. Formula One Player Nico Rosberg announced his
retirement after he grabbed his first-ever F1 World Champion title in the
season’s final race at Abu Dhabi.
ii. He belong to
Britain.
4. INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S
PEACE PRIZE
i. Kehkashan Basu,
a 16-year-old UAE-based Indian teenager won the International Children’s Peace
Prize for her work towards climate justice and combating environmental
degradation.
ii. The International
Children’s Peace Prize is an annual award, which is conferred to those children
who fight courageously for children’s rights.
iii. Kehkashan Basu
founded Green Hope at the age of
twelve.