Current Affairs 27th January 2017

Current Affairs 27th January 2017

NATIONAL:

• Madhya Pradesh CM announces total ban on polythene bags
• Gujarat govt pardons 439 prisoners on Republic Day eve
• World’s largest laddu of nearly 30,000 kg was made in India
• TN traders not to sell Coca-Cola, Pepsi from March 1

INTERNATIONAL:

• China is planning world’s brightest light source facility
• Netherlands sets up abortion fund to counter Trump’s cuts
• Burj Khalifa lit in tricolour before Republic Day
• World’s longest moving line of bicycles sets Guinness record

BANKING NEWS:

• EC asks RBI to raise withdrawal limit for candidates to Rs2L
• Israel defies UN resolution, approves 2,500 West Bank homes

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:

• Toyota planning to launch India-specific hybrid car in 5 yrs.
• LG Electronics reports first quarterly loss in six years
• Tata Motors launches hybrid, electric buses at Rs2 crore

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• Public to choose Jupiter picture sites for NASA’s Juno probe

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

• Havildar Hangpan Dada gets highest peacetime military award
• Jawans who took part in surgical strike get gallantry awards
• Man voluntarily fighting fires for 40 years gets Padma Shri
• Man who has planted 1 crore trees gets Padma Shri
• Sharad Pawar, Murli Manohar Joshi to get Padma Vibhushan
• Two foreigners among Padma 2017 awardees
• Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar to be awarded Padma Shri

APPOINTMENTS:

• Indian-American Nikki Haley sworn in as US Ambassador to UN
• Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra joins Facebook to lead its VR efforts

SPORTS NEWS:

• Japan gets its first sumo wrestling grand champion in 18 yrs
• Usain Bolt stripped of 2008 Olympic relay gold medal

OBITUARY:

• Russian envoy to India passes away due to heart failure