Current Affairs 30th December 2016

Current Affairs 30th December 2016

NATIONAL:

• 1.5 crore LPG connections issued to BPL households under PM Ujjwala Yojana
• Maharashtra to create new ministry for welfare of VJNT OBCs and SBCs
• Assam govt to set up separate dept for Act East policy
• Karnataka State RTC launches bio-diesel buses
• Govt launches Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative
• Haryana Government to set up country’s first Caterpillar Train
• Ratan P Watal Committee on Digital Payments submitted report to Government
• Centre releases Rs 250 cr for Lucknow Metro Rail project

INTERNATIONAL:

• China operationalises world’s longest bullet train line
• Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe seeks reconciliation with US at Pearl Harbour
• Syrian war ‘cancer on a global scale’: New UN chief

BANKING NEWS:

• Au Financiers gets final nod to start small finance bank operations
• South Indian Bank unveils mobile banking app for NRIs
• Twitter partners with ICICI Bank for advanced customer care

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

• MobiKwik gets RBI nod to accept payments for utility, convenience bills
• RBI extends loan repayment window to 90 days

APPOINTMENTS:

• SP Vaid appointed as new J&K police chief
• Anil Baijal to be appointed 21st Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
• AIADMK appoints Sasikala as party’s General Secretary

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• Rajasthani litterateur Satya Narayan to be awarded Bihari Puraskar 2016 for his book ‘Yeh Ek Dunia’

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• China launches 2 high resolution remote sensing satellites

SPORTS NEWS:

• Ana Ivanovic announces retirement from Tennis