Current Affairs 27th July 2017

NATIONAL

• Rajnath Singh chaired the first meeting of the newly constituted Islands Development Agency (IDA)
• Madras High Court directed that National Song Vande Mataram should be sung in all Tamil Nadu educational institutions
• FSSAI has banned the use of stapler pins in tea bags from January 2018

INTERNATIONAL

• BRICS Youth Forum 2017 opened in Beijing

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Aurionpro launches a Bank in a Box to reduce branch expansion cost for banks
• Standard Chartered Bank has launched a Multi-currency Forex Card for overseas travelers
• Bolivia has declared “total independence” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank

APPOINTMENT

• Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been appointed to the board of directors of Alphabet

DEFENCE

• Sweden is going to hold its ‘first and biggest’ military exercise in over 20 years