Current Affairs 12th August 2017
NATIONAL
- Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched online dictionaries in Tamil and Gujarati
- National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Google India launched Android Skill Development Programme
- Supreme Court ordered No renewal of Insurance for vehicles without pollution under control (PUC) certificate
- NCERT launches web portal to supply Textbooks online
- Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao Initiates Rs. 2,000-cr Sriram Sagar Modernization Project
- Gujarat First State to Implement Coal Utilisation Between Power Units
- Uttar Pradesh Government has launched a new awareness drive called Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launches mobile therapy van for elderly
INTERNATIONAL
- India and the United States will co-host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hyderabad
- Facebook Launches ‘Watch’ Competition to Youtube
BANKING & ECONOMY
- BitBay launches trading platform for digital currency
- SEBI Allows Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) to launch Gold Options
- Flipkart gets $2.5 billion from SoftBank
- Markets regulator SEBI has introduced an online registration mechanism for custodians of securities
SPORT
- Davinder Singh Kang, First Indian to Qualify for Javelin Throw Finals
AWARD
- Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam win the prize for ‘In Search of Dariya Sagar’ The Hindu Playwright Award 2017
