Current Affairs 29th January 2017

Current Affairs 29th January 2017

NATIONAL:

• On Assembly polls women voters of Goa to be given pink teddy bears Weekly limit of Rs.24,000 is allowed to withdraw in single ATM transaction Report
• Annual entrepreneurship summit of  IIT Bombay starts today
• MoUs signed by Central Water Commission with IIT, IIS
• 29th Kerala Science Congress  begins
• Brahmaputra Literary festival to start in Guwahati

INTERNATIONAL:

• Visitors of 7 Muslim-majority nations got ban for  90-day by Trump

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• Cryogenic Upper Stage engine meant for rocket GSLV-Mark-III tested successfully by ISRO

APPOINTMENTS:

• Banwarilal Purohit  appointed as new Meghalaya Governor by President
• Abhinav Bindra appointed as head of new TOP committee to identify talent

SPORTS NEWS:

• Serena Williams won 2017 Australian Open women’s Final

OBITUARY:

• Hollywood actor John Hurt passes away at 77