Current Affairs 6th February 2017
NATIONAL:
- Budget will be helpful in socio-economic-educational empowerment of Minorities: Naqvi
- Govt proposes railway line in Arunachal at 9,000 feet
- Health Ministry launches Measles Rubella vaccination campaign
- Assembly elections: Goa registers record 83% voter turnout; 78.6% polling in Punjab
- Govt agencies make well coordinated effort to remove oil spill in Chennai: TN CM
- Sasikala to take over as Tamil Nadu CM on Feb. 9
INTERNATIONAL:
- Sweden pledges to cut all greenhouse gas emissions by 2045
- US revokes suspended visas, takes steps to implement court order
- Syria: 51 militants killed by Turkish forces
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- RBI should cut rates by 75 bps: Assocham
- India opens coal-mining market for first time in 40 years
- Global rating agencies are several steps behind from reality: Economic Affairs Secy
- Personal income tax base must be before corporate tax cut: Revenue Secretary
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- Alibaba-made app helps find 611 missing Chinese children
- New data transfer record created in Quantum computing
- Scientists design a tree which generates electricity
- NASA captures a star’s death in ‘rotten egg’ nebula
- World’s smallest pacemaker unveiled
SPORTS NEWS:
- Alastair Cook awarded Order of the British Empire
- T20 World Cup for Blind: India continues their winning streak; defeat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets
- Virat Kohli features in latest cover star of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack