Current Affairs 28th March 2017

Current Affairs 28th March 2017

NATIONAL:

• Surat Airport to upgraded as international airport
• Haryana to release vultures with satellite transmitters
• Gangadevipalli a village in Telangana claims 100% literacy, liquor prohibition
• IIIT (Amendment) Bill, 2017 introduced in Lok Sabha
• Railways to set up Wi-Fi kiosks at 500 railway stations
• Finance Bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha
• India becomes the third largest aviation market in domestic traffic
• ESIC launches Mobile Clinic Services in AP, Telangana
• Gauri Singhvi from Udaipur 1st to swim from Sea Link to Gateway of India

INTERNATIONAL:

• UN conference to negotiate binding treaty to ban nuclear weapons begins

BANKING NEWS:

• GIC may be first PSU general insurer to launch IPO
• International finance branch to be opened by Axis Bank at GIFT City Gandhinagar
• General insurance premium set to go up from April 1

APPOINTMENTS:

• Randeep Guleria appointed as Director of AIIMS, New Delhi
• Freshdesk’s Global COO Nishant Rao quits

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

• HDFC Bank’s Aditya Puri named in world’s 30 Best CEOs list
• Anupam Kher receives Kala Ratan Award from Vice President

SPORTS NEWS:

• India wins archery team gold at Asia Cup
• India wins 73 medals at 2017 Special Olympics
• West Bengal win Santosh Trophy for 32nd time
• Shuttlers Purva Barve, Varun Kapur bag international titles at Li Ning-Israel Open
• Kashmiris in UAE organise IPL-like Kashmir Super League