Current Affairs 17th August 2016

National News:

• Bihar State Legislature ratified the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST) in a special one-day session
• Digital Maharashtra drive: Will connect 28,000 gram panchayats by 2017-18, says CM Fadnavis
• On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day, Maharashtra launched the country’s first comprehensive ‘Crime Criminal Tracking Network System’ (CCTNS) through 42 cyber labs inaugurated simultaneously
• Govt to build museum to glorify tribal freedom fighters
• Goa hosting BRICS in October this year
• Baloch leaders seek support from US, European countries against oppressive Pak regime

International News:

• India has provided One million US Dollars grant to Zimbabwe in the wake of El Nino induced drought disaster

Banking:

• RBI questions banks for lending Rs 5,262 crore to REI Agro
• Offline banking apps push inclusion

Business & Economy:

• BHEL bags Rs 169 cr order for solar photovoltaic power plant
• Maharashtra govt picks L&T to convert Nagpur into smart city
• Minda forms JV with Chinese firm for auto components
• Tata AutoComp to acquire engine cooling company TitanX

Awards & Honours:

• Central Leather Research Institute’s Principal Scientist P Shanmugam has bagged the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award for meritorious services in the Higher Education Department of Tamil Nadu

Science & Technology:

• ALMA Images the Planetesimal Belt around HR8799
• Hubble Discovers Two Dwarf Galaxies Moving into the Milky Way

Sports:

• ICC Test Ranking: Ajinkya Rahane enters top-10 in batsman’s list
• Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk underlined her absolute dominance of the women’s hammer by throwing a world record 82.29 metres to win the Rio Olympic gold by an incredible 554 centimetres
• Eleftherios Petrounias flexes his muscles to win rings gold
• Rio 2016: Shuttlers PV Sindhu & Kidambi Srikanth storm into Singles quarterfinals