Current Affairs 1st July 2017

NATIONAL

• Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced a new oil and gas block licensing policy
• Jitendra Singh launched a new training programme called ‘COMMIT’ for State Government officials

INTERNATIONAL

• British PM Theresa May wins confidence vote in parliament

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Bank Board Bureau interviews four SBI MDs for chairman’s post

APPOINTMENTS

• Rajiv Kumar was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
• Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale appointed economic relations secretary in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)

AWARD

• Uttarakhand was conferred with the award of excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit
• USIBC Global Leadership Awards has been given to Adi Godrej and Andrew Liveries

SPORTS

• Wayne van Niekerk sets a new 300m World record