Current Affairs 28th March 2017
NATIONAL:
- Surat Airport to upgraded as international airport
- Haryana to release vultures with satellite transmitters
- Gangadevipalli a village in Telangana claims 100% literacy, liquor prohibition
- IIIT (Amendment) Bill, 2017 introduced in Lok Sabha
- Railways to set up Wi-Fi kiosks at 500 railway stations
- Finance Bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha
- India becomes the third largest aviation market in domestic traffic
- ESIC launches Mobile Clinic Services in AP, Telangana
- Gauri Singhvi from Udaipur 1st to swim from Sea Link to Gateway of India
INTERNATIONAL:
- UN conference to negotiate binding treaty to ban nuclear weapons begins
BANKING NEWS:
- GIC may be first PSU general insurer to launch IPO
- International finance branch to be opened by Axis Bank at GIFT City Gandhinagar
- General insurance premium set to go up from April 1
APPOINTMENTS:
- Randeep Guleria appointed as Director of AIIMS, New Delhi
- Freshdesk’s Global COO Nishant Rao quits
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
- HDFC Bank’s Aditya Puri named in world’s 30 Best CEOs list
- Anupam Kher receives Kala Ratan Award from Vice President
SPORTS NEWS:
- India wins archery team gold at Asia Cup
- India wins 73 medals at 2017 Special Olympics
- West Bengal win Santosh Trophy for 32nd time
- Shuttlers Purva Barve, Varun Kapur bag international titles at Li Ning-Israel Open
- Kashmiris in UAE organise IPL-like Kashmir Super League
