Current Affairs 17th August 2017

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