Current Affairs 11th January 2017

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