Current Affairs 27th December 2016

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Current Affairs 27th December 2016

NATIONAL:

  • Pune smart city mission project gets three awards
  • External Affairs Ministry launches ‘Twitter Seva’ platform
  • CM Fadnavis to launch Transform Maharashtra initiative today
  • Kuchipudi performers dance their way into Guinness Records
  • BunkarMitra–Handloom Helpline Centre to be set up by Ministry of Textiles
  • Centre releases Rs 1,982 crore for Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram project

INTERNATIONAL:

  • US President Obama signs $618 billion defence bill

BANKING NEWS:

  • SBI adpots Shirki village in Pen for Aadhaar-based payments
  • IDFC Bank launches aadhaar-linked cashless merchant solution
  • KVGB launches ‘Bank Sakhi’ scheme

APPOINTMENTS:

  • Indian-American elected Pradeep Gupta Mayor of Californian city

AWARDS AND HONORS:

  • SASTRA Ramanujan prize for Radziwill, Matomaki

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

  • India successfully test-fires nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-5

OBITUARY:  

  • British singer George Michael dies at 53