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Indian Grandmaster Viswananthan Anand (48 year) has won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2017 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He remained unbeaten throughout the tournament and bags the top position on a tie-break after three-way tie with Vladimir Fedoseev.Note: World Rapid Chess Championship is a tournament to determine the World Champion in Chess played under rapid time controls.

Government establishes NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) to replace Planning Commission. It will emerge as a "think-tank" that will provide Governments at the central and state levels with relevant strategic and technical advice across the spectrum of key elements of policy.

The World Braille Day is observed across the world every year on 4th January to mark the birth anniversary of Louise Braille. He was the inventor of Braille code. Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired.