Current Affairs 11th May 2017
NATIONAL:
- PM Modi launches integrated case management system of Supreme Court in presence of CJI
- Assam govt decides to set up Act East Policy Affairs department in state
- PM Narendra Modi to visit Sri Lanka to attend International Vesak Day celebrations
- Railways to acquire EOTT system to run trains without guards
- Haryana to start door-to-door survey to collect data of every resident
- Oracle signs MoU with Jharkhand for cloud-based citizen services
- Supreme Court to become paperless,digital court
- Justice Karnan is the first High Court judge to be sentenced to jail by Supreme Court
- DIPP & WIPO to set up Technology and Innovation Support Centers
- India to replace its research station in Antarctica
- Edelweiss Tokio launches India’s first life insurance Product
- Government sets up a task force to compute reliable and timely employment data
INTERNATIONAL
- Moon Jae-in sworn in as South Korea’s 19th president
- ICJ Stays Kulbhusan Jadhav’s Hanging
- Jordan, US launch Eager Lion military exercise
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Techmagnate acquires BlogX, the largest blog conference in India
- Ola ties-up with Airtel to roll out integrated digital offerings to customers
AWARDS AND HONOURS :
- ‘Lion’ actor Sunny Pawar named Rising Star at Asian Awards
- Adil Hussain’s Mukti Bhawan wins the Best Film award at the New York Indian Film Festival
APPOINTMENTS:
- Taranjeet Singh becomes New Country Director of Twitter
- Venu Rajamony appointed India’s Ambassador to Netherlands
SPORTS NEWS:
- Asian Wrestling Championship begins in New Delhi;Sakshi Malik to lead Indian challenge
- Jhulan Goswami becomes highest wicket taker in Womens One Day Internationals
- Heena Sidhu wins bronze in Grand Prix of Liberation Plezn 2017 Shooting championship
OBITUARY:
- Pakistani sitarist Ustad Raees Khan passes away
