Current Affairs 11th January 2017
NATIONAL:
- Himachal Pradesh govt releases Rs 25 cr for restoration of roads, electricity & water supply in snow bound areas
- Assam govt comes up with e-Wallet
- DigiDhanMela organises in Chandigarh
- Sex ratio in Haryana touches 900-mark for first time in 20 years
- Mumbai WiFi becomes India’s largest public WiFi service
- Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017: PM holds delegation-level talks with Rwandan President
- World’s Largest LED Street Light Replacement Project Launched
- PM Modi to inaugurate 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit at Gandhinagar
INTERNATIONAL:
- Italy to reopen its embassy in Tripoli
BANKING NEWS:
- SBI waives MDR charges for small merchants for one year
- Axis Bank becomes third lender to offer block chain service
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Air India ranked third-worst performing airline in the world
APPOINTMENTS:
- Flipkart replaces Binny Bansal with Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO
- SBI Pension Funds appoints Kumar Sharadindu new MD & CEO
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- Big B awarded by US embassy for spreading awareness on TB
- Claudio Ranieri wins Best FIFA Men’s Coach of the Year
- IIT-Kharagpur alumnus garners prestigious ‘Technical Oscar’
- Cristiano Ronaldo wins Fifa best player award
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- Humanoid robot Ira to be deployed at HDFC Bank branch
- ISRO, CNES ink pact on satellite launch
SPORTS NEWS:
- Kane Williamson climbs to fourth in ICC T-20 rankings