Current Affairs 11th February 2017

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