Current Affairs 26th May 2017

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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