Current Affairs 26th May 2017
NATIONAL
- PM asks all state govts to accord high priority to CCTNS to ensure better law and order
- Cabinet approves issuing bonds to raise Rs 2,360 crore for renewable energy schemes
- E-clinics service for farmers started in J&K to double farmers’income by 2022.
INTERNATIONAL
- Whirlpool Corporation’s Asia-Pacific president Arvind Uppal to step down
- NATO to join US-led anti-Islamic State coalition
APPOINTMENTS
- Ecuador’s new president “Lenin Moreno” takes office
- Tata Sons appointed Shuva Mandal as new general counsel
BANKING
- SBI to sell bad loans worth Rs1,471 crore to ARCs
- World Bank’s IFC to invest $40 million in Kedaara Capital’s new fund
- SBI launches national hackathon next month
- HSBC discovers consumers trust robots for surgery over savings
SPORTS
- India beat Nepal 90-44 in basketball tourney
- BAI president congratulates PV Sindhu for Athletes’ Commission inclusion
- ICC announces partnership with Hublot
- R. Ashwin is the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year award
- Shubman Gill CEAT young player of the year
- Muralitharan to mentor Tiruvallur team in TNPL
