Current Affairs 25th August 2017
NATIONAL:
- The government has hiked the ceiling for the OBC creamy layer from Rs. 6 lakh per annum to Rs. 8 lakh per annum for central government jobs
- Supreme Court Declares Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the renaming of the new Central Sector Scheme- SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) as “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)” for the period of 2016-20 coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission cycle.
- Sushma Swaraj to Inaugurate First Videsh Bhavan in Mumbai
- Andhra Pradesh First to Implement Bharat QR Digital Payments
INTERNATIONAL:
- 8 MOUs signed between India and Nepal
- A two-day Meeting of Heads of Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States begun at Choplon Ata in Kyrgyz Republic.
BANKING NEWS:
- Of the 56 regional rural banks (RRBs), Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank and Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank recorded net profit of more than Rs 150 crore during 2016-17.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Alibaba’s Jack Ma is Asia’s Richest Man: Forbes
- TRAI Signs Deal with Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission
- Microsoft Launches ‘Project Brainwave’ for Real-Time AI
APPOINTMENTS:
- Government Announces Rajiv Bansal as New Air India CMD
- Ajay Vipin Nanavati is New Syndicate Bank Chairman
SPORTS:
- Wayne Rooney, England’s Record Goalscorer, Retires
