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