Current Affairs 10th February 2017
NATIONAL:
- PMGDSA mission got approval from Cabinet to improve rural digital literacy
- Elahiganj the first village in West Bengal’s to ban alcohol
- AIR to give Highway Advisory Services to 13 states
- IIM Bill, 2017 got introduced at Lok Sabha
- Assam govt got permission on usage of drones for vigilance from Centre
- Committee formed by centre to accelerate Namami Gange programme
- 553 poll booths in Uttarakhand to be installed with VVPAT machines
- Delhi to observe Dry Day in till Saturday for UP election
- Andhra Pradesh’s Sgarmala Project expedite by appointing 33-members committee
INTERNATIONAL:
- 2.5 crore Africans to be trained free by IBM
- Free WiFi zone to be set up at Everest base camp
- Shawna Pandya of Indian-origin to be 3rd woman to travel space
- Brexit bill passed in UK House of Commons
BANKING NEWS:
- 3 fully automated branches launched by Bank of America
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- India remains at bottom in Intellectual Property index
APPOINTMENTS:
- Vodafone-Idea entity to be headed by Kumar Mangalam Birla : Report
- Jeff Sessions selected as next US Attorney General by US Senate
SPORTS NEWS:
- Wildcard entry offered for Maria Sharapova in Madrid Open
- NBA-FIBA BWB selects Aashay Verma & Priyanka of India
