Current Affairs 12th August 2017

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