@2017 shortlisted events that ruled the year

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2017 was launched under the pressure of demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupee denominations of Indian currency notes all at a sudden without prior notice. People were forced to stand in Que in front of banks, ATM's without money, waste of time, work pressure for bank workers, people on leave in office and stuff.
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of USA on January 20.
Further North Korea fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan on February 11.
By May 12 computers around the world was affected by a ransom ware cyber attack.
Terrorist bombing at Manchester England at Ariana Grande killing 22 and injuringmorethan 500 was on May 22.
GST Law was implemented in India on June 1.
On June 17 we saw the Cochin Metro opened for public,thanks to Sridharan Nair and his team.
A series of cyber attacks using Petya malware begins in Ukraine by June 27.
On July 4 Russia and China urged North Korea to halt nuclear programs.
Treaty of Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was voted by 122 of 198 UN member states on July 7.
Iraqi Civil war: Mosul declared fully liberated from IS Iraq and Levant .
The Great American Eclipse :A total solar eclipse was visible from Pacific to Atlantic on August 21.
A military operation targeting Rohingya in Myanmar on August 25 and further that day Hurricane Harvey struck US.
North Korea conducts its 6th and most powerfull nuclier tests on september 3.
Hurricane Irma struck Caribbean on September 19.
Stephan Paddock opens fire on crowd in Los Angels by October 1.
On October 12 US withdraw from UNESCO and immediately followed by Israel.
October 17 Syrian Civil war: Raqqa declared liberated from IS.
Catalonia declares independence from Spain on October 27.
November 2 – A new species of orangutan is identified in Indonesia, becoming the third known species of orangutan as well as the first great ape to be described for almost a century.
November 3 – Syrian Civil War: both Deir ez-Zor in Syria and Al-Qa'im in Iraq are declared liberated from ISIL on the same day.
Okhi hurricane struck south India by first week of December
December 5 – Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee, following an investigation into state-sponsored doping
US officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israels capital on December 6.
December 14 – The Walt Disney Company announces that it will acquire most of 21st Century Fox, including the 20th Century Fox film studio, for $66 billion December 24 – Guatemala follows in the footsteps of the United States by announcing that they will also move their Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, followed by Honduras and Panama two days later.

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Thus ended 2017 and began 2018 with its glories.......................................................

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