Current Affairs 12th July 2017

Current Affairs 12th July 2017

NATIONAL

• The government of India will organize a global food fair in November 2017
• Mother Teresa’s Blue-Bordered Sari declared an Intellectual Property
• External Affairs Ministry is going to make its website available in Arabic
• Strictly implement ban on sale of tobacco in Punjab announced by CM Captain Amarinder Singh
• The Karnataka government has announced a 3-day global conference on social justice

BANKING & ECONOMY

• GMR Goa International Airports Ltd gets Rs. 1,330 cr loan from Axis Bank for developing Mopa airport
• The Reserve Bank of India has amends order on bankruptcy action on 12 large NPAs
• The next tranche of sovereign gold bond (SGB) scheme was launched by Finance Ministry
• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Launches ‘Aaykar Setu’ To Enhance E-Access Of Taxpayers
• Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela has offered a 9% stake in an oil field to ONGC Videsh

AGREEMENT

• MoU between Ministry of Health, Family Welfare and West Bengal Government to set up Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine at Kolkata

APPOINTMENT

• Martial Arts expert Khaltmaa Battulga elected as the new Mongolian president

AWARD

• Danfoss India has been conferred with the ‘Golden Peacock Award’ for Environment Management
• P V Sindhu received the ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ award

OBITUARY

• Former ambassador to U.S. Naresh Chandra dies