World this week provided by Jagranjosh.com is prepared with an intention help the aspirants and students of various competitive exams. The segment provides most important events 26 December 2016 to 1 January 2017. It will help you to revise and recollect the important news and events just before the exam.
26 December 2016
• Study: Birds with larger brains more likely to survive climate change
• First biological pacemaker developed from human stem cells
• World’s most heat resistant materials identified by scientists
27 December 2016
• Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake passes away
• Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe seeks reconciliation with US at Pearl Harbour
• Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher passes away
• Virat Kohli chosen Cricket Australia’s ODI Captain of Year
28 December 2016
• Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic announces retirement
• Nawaz Sharif inaugurated Chashma-III nuclear power plant
• Hollywood actress Debbie Reynolds passes away
• China launches remote sensing satellites SuperView-1 01 and 02
29 December 2016
• Beipanjiang Bridge, 'world's highest bridge' standing 1850ft above a gorge opens
• British cyclist Bradley Wiggins announces retirement
30 December 2016
• Sorin Grindeanu appointed as Prime Minister of Romania
• China operationalises world's longest bullet train line
• Third protocol for amending DTAA signed between India and Singapore
31 December 2016
• Documentary claims Titanic sunk due to uncontrollable fire
• IFFHS names Lionel Messi as World's Best Playmaker for 2016
• UN Security Council approves Russian-drafted resolution on Syria ceasefire
• NASA captures image of ISS crossing Sun
1 January 2017
• Shakespeare’s Hamlet was dated wrongly
• British-Indian knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
• Antonio Guterres takes charge as UN Secretary General
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