Current Affairs 2nd August 2017
NATIONAL
- CBDT entered into nine Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (UAPAs) with Indian taxpayers in the month of July 2017
- Central Government launched the ‘Swachh Survekshan-2018’ to rank all the 4,041 cities and towns of the country
- Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved 7 projects worth Rs 425 crore
- “Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2” has been launched by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Mumbai
- ‘Rajaswa Gyansangam’ scheduled to be held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi
- 5 lakh children to be given Measles-Rubella vaccine in Andhra Pradesh
INTERNATIONAL
- Newly opened Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge in Switzerland is the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge
- Typhoon Haitang strikes China, two lakh people evacuated
BANKING & ECONOMY
- RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs. 3 crore on state-owned Union Bank of India for KYC “non-compliance”
- India’s GDP growth is to be higher at 6.6% in the June quarter: Nomura
- SBI cuts saving account rate by 0.5% on balance up to Rs 1 crore
- Chaudhary Birender Singh said that first time India has become a net export country in Steel
AWARDS & HONORS
- Trump Awarded First Medal of Honor to Vietnam Army Medic
AGREEMENT
- Amazon Prime Video has signed deal with Bollywood star Salman Khan
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Scientists from the IISER have developed a hydrophobic sorbent that can suck up oil and congeal it
- Scientists have developed a super strong, flexible bio-glue for wound healing without causing toxicity
SPORT
- Sebastian Vettel wins Hungarian Grand Prix Formula 1 title
- Paris to host 2024 summer Olympics, Los Angeles to host 2028 summer Olympics
- Indian shuttler the men’s singles and men’s doubles title at Lagos International challenge in Nigeria
- India has bagged total 24 medals at the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament
OBITUARY
- Dhrupad maestro Ustad Sayeeduddin Dagar dies
