Current Affairs 4th February 2017
NATIONAL:
- A video in support of UNICEF campaign shared by Priyanka Chopra
- The ninth edition of the four-day India Art Fair began at the NSIC grounds in Okhla, New Delhi
- A note ban bill introduced by Arun Jaitley
- India recorded the highest growth of 23.3% in domestic air travel demand worldwide for the second year in a row in 2016
- National Rail Museum celebrates 40th anniversary
- CBDT: Rs.4 lakh crore suspicious cash deposited post note ban
- By Vanguard, Ola’s valuation slashed 40% to $3 billion
- Government: 15% of the country prone to landslide
- In Punjab Restaurant opens in retired Air India plane
- Child development raised by 25% according to Budget allocation to women
- To popularise digital payments Rs.94 crore spent on post note ban
- In an hour Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos loses Rs.19,000 crore
- Govt asks taxpayers to e-verify deposits made post note ban
- All new railway coaches & stations to be made friendly to differently abled persons
INTERNATIONAL:
- UAE foreign minister: Trump’s travel ban not Islamophobic
- In October New story by George RR Martin to be published
BANKING NEWS:
- ICICI Bank recommences transactions via Flipkart’s PhonePe
- Smriti Irani: 11,86,000 bank accounts opened & activated for textile workers
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- In India Apple to start its manufacturing
- In immigration ban Microsoft’s open letter seeks exceptions
- Sports car under new sub-brand ‘Tamo’ launched by Tata Motors
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- In atmosphere of Jupiter-like exo-planet, water detected
APPOINTMENTS:
- Tata Group official and Ex-BSE CEO Madhu Kannan joins Uber
- Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quits advisory council of Trump
SPORTS NEWS:
- In latest BWF rankings Saina rises to ninth, Sindhu sixth
- 15-year-old jr shuttler from Dehradun ranked world number 1
- 29th national title won by Cueist Pankaj Advani
- Lakshya Sen – World No.1 Junior Badminton player
- India rise to second on ICC ranking,s Virat Kohli remains top T20 batsman