Current Affairs 13th August 2017

NATIONAL

• Government of India has decided to launch “Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)”
• National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved 10 projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh
• Vizag’s Rayichapalu declared one of the rarest fish in world

INTERNATIONAL

• Peru expels Venezuelan ambassador
• Turkey has started to construct a wall along the 500-km-long border with Iran

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Canara Bank unveiled two new digital services for online payments

APPOINTMENT

• Centre has appointed lyricist Prasoon Joshi as Chairman of the CBFC
• Athlete Milkha Singh has been appointed WHO Goodwill Ambassador
• Uhuru Kenyatta has been Re-elected as Kenyan President

OBITUARY

• Veteran Poet and Writer, Vijay Nambisan Passes Away
• Yisrael Kristal World’s Oldest Man Dies in Israel at 113
• Ruth Pfau Pakistan’s ‘Mother Teresa’ Passes Away