Current Affairs 31st December 2016

Current Affairs 31st December 2016

NATIONAL:

• Shri Thawarchand Gehlot Launches ‘Mobile App and Facebook Page’ of ‘National Trust’ on its Foundation Day’
• PM launches ‘BHIM’ app to make digital payments easier
• 4-Day World Bhojpuri Conference begins in Varanasi
• Demonetisation: Deadline to deposit old notes in banks ends
• Meghalaya remembers freedom fighter U Kiang Nangbah on his martyrdom day
• BHEL commissions 600 mw unit in Telangana
• Railway Minister lays foundation of Nadikudi-Srikalahasti project in Andhra Pradesh
• Mori village in Andhra gets Smart Digital village tag

BANKING NEWS:

• BoB signs MoU with HFL to provide dairy loans to farmers

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

• Ambuja Cements inks pact with ICICI Bank to drive cashless transactions: Report
• FIPB clears 6 FDI proposals worth Rs 1,200 crore
• Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme- 2016 extended up to 31st January, 2017

APPOINTMENTS / RESIGNATIONS:

• India’s first transgender Manabi Bandopadhyay college principal resigns

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• Playback singer AnuradhaPaudwal to be conferred with honorary D Litt degree
• ‘Dangal’ voted 2016’s Best Film by Indian film critics’ poll

SPORTS NEWS:

• Nigel Mansell: Briton voted greatest one-time F1 champion by BBC Sport readers
• British cyclist Bradley Wiggins announces retirement