Current Affairs 12th January 2017
NATIONAL:
- Karan Johar invited to World Economic Forum annual meeting
- Delhi plans underpasses at BRT intersections
- Centre plans to set up independent railway regulator
- Govt panel calls for making DD, AIR corporate entities
- India now world’s 6th largest manufacturing nation: Modi
- Maharashtra govt announces Rs.316 cr for ‘ailing’ cotton mills
- All MP schools to hold mass Surya Namaskar session on Jan 12
- Mobile app launched to help locate public toilets in Mumbai
- Manohar Parrikar inaugurates International Conference & Exhibition on Re-enforced Plastics
- Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa arrives in Goa on 2 day state visit
- Assam: Digi Dhan mela being held in Guwahati
INTERNATIONAL:
- Trump drops announcer who presented last 11 presidents
- Europe’s first underwater museum opens in Lanzarote
BANKING NEWS:
- Banks admit depositing Rs.1 to reduce zero-balance Jan Dhans
- World Bank : ‘Effects of demonetisation will disappear in medium term’
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Flipkart’s Binny Bansal invests in 3D printing startup
- Reliance Jio beats Airtel to become fastest 4G operator
- Reliance invested Rs.2.4 lakh crore in Gujarat: Ambani
- IBM becomes first company to get 8,000 US patents in a year
- BIS revises Indian Standard on gold hallmarking
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- New material 10 times stronger, 20 times lighter than steel
- WeChat launches apps that work without downloading
AGREEMENTS:
- Virat Kohli removed as Adidas brand ambassador
- India, Kenya sign agreements in area of agriculture
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- ‘La La Land’ gets 11 nominations at BAFTA Awards 2017
APPOINTMENTS:
- Flipkart’s logistics arm Ekart’s head quits
- Jimmy Adams appointed new West Indies director
SPORTS NEWS:
- UK becomes first country to recognise parkour as a sport
- 13-time gymnastics world champion retires aged 19
- 8-year-old Manipur boy breaks limbo skating world record
- Pankaj Advani wins Kolkata Open National Snooker C’ship
- In pictures: Snowboarding big air World Cup in Moscow
- World Cup: FIFA to expand competition to 48 teams
OBITUARY:
- Former German president Roman Herzog passes away aged 82
- Journalist who first reported outbreak of WWII dies aged 105
