Current Affairs help in testing whether the aspirants are aware of the day-to-day happenings around them or not. The aspirants preparing for the forthcoming competitive examinations need to have sound knowledge of the recent events & happenings that created news & grabbed attention of the people around the world as the same is an integral part of almost all the competitive and recruitment examinations. Competition in Focus Current Affairs Half Yearly 2017 provides complete coverage of current events that took place in last six months – January to July. Apart from the coverage of news and events from across the globe, the current issue contains focused features like 500 Current Affairs MCQs covering a wide range of subjects and issues. The solutions along with their explanations have been given for the MCQs which will prove to be of high value to the aspirants of upcoming competitive and recruitment examinations. This issue of Competition in Focus Current Affairs Half Yearly 2017has been divided into following categories: • National Updates • International Events • India and World • Economy & Banking • State Scene • Science & Technology • Space Technology • Defence & Security • Health & Nutrition • Agriculture & Bio-diversity • Sports Panorama Ample number of One-Liners Current Affairs have been provided in the magazine.This issue also covers various appointments and resignations made on the national and international level. Covering the events and news from last six months, this magazine will be highly useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as State PSCs, SBI & IBPS POClerk, NDACDS, SSC CGL & 102, Railways and various other competitive exams. We at Arihant put our best efforts in developing authentic, highly knowledgeable and exam ready content for the readers.