Current Affairs 11th February 2017

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Current Affairs 11th February 2017

NATIONAL:

  • Aadhaar mandatory to avail subsidy under food security law
  • Centre cites security concerns over inflight WiFi
  • Govt decides to open 56 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras
  • Centre would pass Women’s Empowerment Bill very soon: M Venkaiah Naidu

INTERNATIONAL:

  • Explosion at nuclear plant in France, no radiation leak
  • UK Foreign secretary renounces US citizenship
  • China starts fingerprinting all foreign visitors
  • Eiffel Tower to get bulletproof walls amid terrorism fears

BANKING NEWS:

  • RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent
  • SEBI to form new Fintech committee

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

  • Uber launches UberHIRE in 9 cities
  • Tata Steel signs agreement with Liberty House
  • Flipkart re-hires two executives to launch grocery business

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

  • Indian-origin neurosurgeon shortlisted for NASA 2018 space mission

SPORTS:

  • New Delhi: Sports Minister Vijay Goel today launches Mission-Eleven-Million programme

OBITUARY:

  • MRI pioneer and Nobel laureate Sir Peter Mansfield passes away at 83