Current Affairs 17th January 2017
NATIONAL:
- The Supreme Court has given permission to a woman in her 24th week of pregnancy to undergo termination of pregnancy after medical report finds foetus is without skull
- New Adoption Regulations come into force from 16 January 2017
- 2016 was India’s warmest year ever since the documenting of meteorological records began in 1901
- BSF launches operation ‘Sard Hawa’ at Rajasthan border
- Prasar Bharti hosts International Television Dance Festival in Hyderabad
- App named ‘SEZ India’ launched by Commerce Ministry
- Tamil Nadu Gov launched mobile app ‘pinakin’ for Tourism
- N Chandrasekaran, Chairman designate of Tata Sons, has inaugurated the Kohli Research Block at the International Institute of Information Technology here at Gachibowli
BANKING:
- RBI raises ATM withdrawal limit to Rs 10,000 per day from current Rs 4,500
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- India slips to 92nd rank on global talent competitiveness Index
- Breaking a 3-month declining trend, wholesale inflation rose to 3.39% in December 2016
- Sony Pictures enters Hindi film music space with Sony ROX HD
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
- Pentavalent Bio Sciences Pvt Ltd from Bengaluru has emerged the winner at the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 2016-17
