Current Affairs 22nd March 2017

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NATIONAL:

  • MakeMyTrip launches MMT ASSURED HOTELS with 24×7 Hotline
  • Appropriation Bill, 2017 passed by members of Lok Sabha
  • Numerous relaxations brought on rules of  GP Fund
  • Digidhan Mela inaugurated by Union Minister VK Singh at Jalandhar
  • Forbes lists 101 billionaires of Indian residence, Mukesh Ambani tops list
  • Haryana Govt notifies AYUSH Medicine Procurement Policy 2016
  • Uttarakhand HC accords human status to Ganga, Yamuna
  • India slips to 122nd rank among world’s happiest nations as Norway tops

INTERNATIONAL:

  • Second round of Indus Water Commission meet held between India and Pakistan
  • UN official honoured by Palestine for anti-Israel report
  • Forbes’ 2017 named Bill Gates world’s richest man
  • Haiti Peacekeeping Mission Proposed To Shut Down by UNSG Antonio Guterres

BANKING NEWS:

  • 47% of associate banks’ offices to be shut down by SBI to post merger
  • Branches of SBI Associate Bank to become SBI Branches From April 1st
  • Merger of BMB with SBI announced by central govt

AGREEMENTS:

  • MoU signed on execution of USD 20 million social housing project between India and Mauritius

APPOINTMENTS:

  • Ex-Air Asia CFO Ankur Khanna becomes CFO of ICC
  • Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh take oath as Chief Justice of Kerala HC

SPORTS NEWS:

  • Tamil Nadu wins final of Vijay Hazare Trophy for 5th time
  • 12 Olympians designated as National Observers to assist govt, SAI, NSFs by Centre
  • Women’s World Snooker : silver medal won by India’s Vidya Pillai