Current Affairs 10th January 2017
NATIONAL:
- Kerala Ranks 8 in ’12 Destinations to Watch’ in 2017 by ABTA
- Vijayawada to host 1st Digi Dhan Mela in Andhra Pradesh
- 3-day National Conference for e-Governance to begin in Visakhapatnam
- Ministry of Road Transport & Highways organises 28th Road Safety Week
- Maharashtra govt comes up with amendment in Land Revenue Code
- Prime Minister to inaugurate country’s 1st International Exchange being set up by Bombay Stock Exchange in Gandhinagar
INTERNATIONAL:
- Qantas named world’s safest airline 4th year running
- Russia removes LinkedIn from local App stores
BANKING NEWS:
- Bank of India to reduce its interest rates
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- EPFO makes Aadhaar mandatory for pensioners, members
- General Anti-Avoidance Tax Rule to kick in from April 2017
- Odisha government plans to issue 11.40 lakh RuPay cards to farmers
APPOINTMENTS:
- Olympic champion David Rudisha to be Mumbai Marathon Ambassador
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- Barai, Shivangi received Pravasi Bharatiya Samaan Award
- Indian teenagers win prestigious Travel Photographer Of The Year award 2016
- Agra and Sikkim have bagged positions in New York Times’ top travel destinations list
- Veteran Hollywood actress Meryl Streep slams Trump at Golden Globe Awards
- La La Land sweeps Golden Globes with seven wins
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- China to set up world’s highest altitude Gravitational Wave telescopes in Tibet
SPORTS NEWS:
- Velavan Senthilkumar wins British Junior Open Under-19 Squash title
- Chennai Open: Bopanna & Nedunchezhiyan bag men’s doubles title
OBITUARY:
- Iran’s ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dead