Current Affairs 17th June 2017
NATIONAL
- To reduce child deaths due to diarrhea the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched IDCF
INTERNATIONAL
- India moved six places to rank 60 in innovation ranking
- India re-elected to UN’s principal organ on economic, social and environmental issues
- Neeru Chadha elected as first Indian woman Member of ITLOS
AWARDS
- David Grossman has won the Man Booker International prize 2017
- The Fifth Bhupen Hazarika National Award, 2017 has been conferred to Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi
BANKING & ECONOMY
- China-led AIIB has approved USD 150mn loan for India infrastructure fund
SPORTS
- Virat Kohli scores fastest 8000 ODI runs in just 175 Innings
OBITUARY
- P. N. Bhagwati Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) passes away
