Current Affairs 14th July 2017
NATIONAL
- Union Minister Kiren Rijiju to lead Central team to flood-hit States
- India will host 8th edition of Theatre Olympics in 2018
- The Telecom department has made GPS mandatory for all phones from January 1 2018
- The government has started a story-telling contest named ‘Aadhaar Hai To Aasaani Hai’ to create awareness about Aadhaar number
- Ornamental fish hatchery to be set up in Jhajjar district of Haryana soon
- Rajasthan becomes the first state in the country to fix minimum educational qualification for contesting cooperative body polls
- Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma launches LIFE program at Songsak
INTERNATIONAL
- A Model United Nations (MUN) Regional Conference is being held at Kathmandu
- The United States has deployed anti-aircraft missiles for the first time in the Baltics
BANKING & ECONOMY
- SBI waives charge on IMPS fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000
- YES BANK Launches ‘YES GST’ Program to Assist MSMEs
- 5 Indian States and a Union Territory have formally adopted the centre’s GeM
APPOINTMENT
- Iran appoints female CEO named Farzaneh Sharafbani to lead airline for the first time since 1940
- Subhash Garg takes charge as Economic Affairs Secretary
- Debi Prasad Dash has been appointed as the new director-general of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DG-DRI)
SPORT
- Mithali Raj became the first women’s player to reach 6000 ODI runs
- Sri Lankan Cricket captain Angelo Mathews resigned
