Current Affairs 27th January 2018

Current Affairs 27th January 2018

NATIONAL

• CM Edappady received the Unesco Award of Merit awarded to the iconic Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangam
• India ranks 177 out of 180 in EPI
• The honorable President of India, Ram Nath Kovind felicitated 112 woman achievers and titled them as “First Ladies” of the country.

• Goa deploys aerial surveillance system

APPOINTMENTS

• Senior ISRO scientist Dr V Narayanan has assumed charge as Director of the space agency’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The new upgraded version of SARAS, the indigenous transport aircraft developed by National Aeronautics Laboratory, “successfully” made its maiden flight in Bengaluru.

OBITUARIES

• Trade unionist Yashwant Chavan dead
• Actor Krishna Kumari passes away[do_widget id=text-41]