Current Affairs 5th February 2017

Current Affairs 5th February 2017

NATIONAL: 

• 50 fraud platforms offering Aadhaar services to be shut by UIDAI
• Various telecom operators got penalty Rs.11 cr imposed by TRAI for poor services
• 10th Edition Sula Festival starts today in Maharashtra
• Assembly elections 2017 for Punjab, Goa started today
• To encourage women voters EC sets Pink polling booths in Goa
• Railway projects in Odisha got fund sanctioned Over Rs.5,100 crore
• Air India to start 3 flights a week non-stop from Delhi to Washington
• Annual ‘Udyanotsav’ of Rashtrapati Bhavan inaugurated by Pranab Mukherjee
• On promoting digital payment Digi Dhan Mela organized today at Bihar

INTERNATIONAL: 

• Trump’s immigration ban got nationwide block from Seattle court
• New sanctions on Iran imposed by Iran
• Negotiations for free trade agreement to be speed up Mexico, Turkey

BANKING NEWS:

• RBI asks banks to adopt proactive approach for reporting of financial frauds

APPOINTMENTS:

• Vikram Limaye becomes as new CEO of National Stock Exchange
• Ministry of Finance appoints Sanjeev Sanyal as Principal Economic Adviser
• Tamil Nadu government adviser Sheela Balakrishnan quits

OBITUARY: ·

• Joginder Singh the former CBI director passes away