Current Affairs 26th May 2017

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