Current Affairs 11th May 2017

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