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New Year
2018
the year 2017 was full of events
The TOP events of my choice are listed on the next pages.
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World in 2017
- New President of USA
- Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
- ransomware
- Computers around the world are hit by a large-scale ransomware cyberattack, which goes on to affect at least 150 countries
- A new species of orangutan
- "Tapanuli" becoming the third known species of orangutan as well as the first great ape to be described for almost a century
- Robert Mugabe
- He resigns , after 37 years of rule
- Salvator Mundi
- A Leonardo da Vinci painting, Salvator Mundi, sells for US$450 million at Christie's in New York, a new record price for any work of art
- Rohingya refugees
- Myanmar Government, claims the Rohingya people are illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh
- A gift from the sky
- record-breaking nine-hour rainbow appears in Taiwan.
India in 2017
- Agni-IV
- Nuclear-Capable Agni-IV Missile Tested Successfully.
- PSLV-C37 rocket
- ISRO launched PSLV-C37 rocket which put into orbit a record 104 satellites from seven countries.
- Goods and Services Tax (India)
- . The India's biggest tax reform in 70 years of independence, was launched at midnight of 30 June 2017.
- 2017 Indian presidential election
- 25 July, 2017 ; Shri.Ram Nath Kovind
took oath as 14th President of India. - Supreme Court bans instant triple talaq
- calling it unconstitutional. Instructed central government to pass law in parliament for triple talaq.
- Tragedy of the Year
- 290 children have died at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur due to lack of oxygen
- Cyclone Ockhi
- Cyclone Ockhi hits Tamil Nadu and Kerala causing many deaths.
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Sports in 2017
- Sereena Williams
- becomes player with most wins in major tournaments (39) in open era
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- wins his 5th FIFA Ballon d'Or to equal Lionel Messi's record
- cricket's Ashes
- Australia regains cricket's Ashes against England, winning by an innings to take 3 game lead at the Wacca in Perth
- Footballer Neymar
- signs 5-year deal with club Paris Saint-Germain in a $263 million world-record transfer from Barcelona
- Usain Bolt
- races his last race, coming third in the 100m at IAAF World Championships in London
- Virat Kohli
- Virat Kohli hits record sixth Test double century, second in a row Virat Kohli became the only captain to score six double hundreds, overtaking West Indian great Brian Lara.
- PV Sindhu
- became the No.2 ranked woman badminton player in the world on the back of some fine performances in the recent past