Current Affairs 14th May 2017

Current Affairs 14th May 2017

NATIONAL:

• Nitin Gadkari launches NHAI’s first Masala Bond in UK
• Gujarat govt launches implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojna
• Tejas Successfully Test Fires Air-to-Air Beyond Visual Range Missile
• Aadhaar not mandatory for PAN, ITR in J&K, Assam & Meghalaya: Govt
• GM crop regulator approves commercial use of GM mustard
• UPSC to share Online Scores of Candidates to boost Hiring
• No bag day to be observed today in UP govt schools
• India, Singapore to carry out Mega Naval Exercise next week
• Adiyogi bust declared world’s largest by Guinness Records
• Indian Exclusion Report (IXR): Historically Disadvantaged Groups remain Worst Off
• External Affairs Ministry to hold 1st outreach programme Videsh Sampark in Hyderabad
• India test-fires surface-to-air missile ‘Spyder’

INTERNATIONAL

• US prepares to ban laptops on flights from Europe
• US imposes sanctions on Hafiz Saeed’s JuD group

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

• New IIP, WPI Series Introduced

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• Two Researchers from IIT Madras generated white light from turmeric and pomegranate

APPOINTMENTS:

• Amitabh Bachchan appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region
• UN chief names Britain’s Mark Lowcock as humanitarian chief

SPORTS NEWS:

• Anil, Jyoti bag bronze for India in Asian Wrestling