Current Affairs 17th January 2017

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