Current Affairs 17th August 2017
NATIONAL
- India to Host Next Steering Committee Meeting of TAPI Gas Pipeline
- Narendra Modi has launched a website to honour all the gallantry award winners
- Odisha Government will soon launch “Durgama Anchalare Malaria Nirakaran” (DAMON)
- India’s first museum on Partition of the Indian subcontinent will open in Amritsar Punjab
INTERNATIONAL
- Australian state government has approved the world’s biggest single tower solar thermal power plant
- Norway has the fastest mobile Internet in the world, report by broadband testing Ookla
- China halts iron, iron ore and seafood imports from North Korea
- Melbourne (in Australia) has been named world’s most liveable city
- Earth’s Largest Volcanic Region Discovered in Antarctica
BANKING & ECONOMY
- ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched a new website ‘PlanYourGoal.com’
APPOINTMENT
- Santosh Sharma has Appointed as CMD of Hindustan Copper Limited
- Sankara Rao has been appointed as MD & CEO of IFCI
AWARD
- Preethi Srinivasan receives Kalpana Chawla award
SPORT
- Alexander Zverev Beats Roger Federer to Win Rogers Cup
- Indian cricket team celebrates nation’s 71st Independence Day at Pallekele, Sri Lanka
