Current Affairs 13th July 2017

Current Affairs 13th July 2017

NATIONAL

• The new name for urban development & housing ministry is Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
• National Green Tribunal banned the use of ‘Chinese’ kite strings, made of nylon
• AICTE has made it mandatory for engineering students to participate in one of five extracurricular activities
• Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao to launch massive plantation drive
• Punjab government teachers can seek leave online soon
• President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates ‘Ashiana Annexe’ in Dehradun, Uttarakhand
• Maharashtra, first state in the country to launch free injectable contraceptive for women
• Tamil Nadu has reported its first case of Zika virus
• Karnataka Government constituted a 9-member committee to study the possibility of designing a separate state flag

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Axis Bank has entered into collaboration with Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) to facilitate trade with Latin America and the Caribbean.

AGREEMENT

• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed an MoU for the financial year 2017-18 with the Ministry of Defence

APPOINTMENT

• U.S. treasury veteran Randal Quarles has been nominated by Donald Trump to oversee banking system
• Leslie Thng is the new CEO of Vistara

SPORT

• Ravi Shastri has been appointed as the new head coach of Indian cricket team

OBITUARY

• India’s noted cartoonist Mangesh Tendulkar passed away