Current Affairs 5th July 2017

Current Affairs 5th July 2017

NATIONAL

• TERI ranked among world’s top think tanks
• PM releases photo book titled “President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman”
• Kambala (the traditional slush-track buffalo race) Bill gets presidential assent

INTERNATIONAL

• PM Modi leaves for Tel Aviv on historic visit to Israel

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

• R-Cap arm invests 7 cr rupees in start-up Billionloans
• Nandan Nilekani, Helion’s Sanjeev Aggarwal launch $100-million fund Fundamentum
• Centre and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 220 million dollar loan

DEFENCE

• DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) missile successfully test-fired

APPOINTMENT

• Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran has been appointed as Tata Global Beverages Ltd. (TGBL) chairman.