Current Affairs 22nd March 2017

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