Current Affairs 6th May 2017

Current Affairs 6th May 2017

NATIONAL:

• South Asia Satellite set to be launched
• Chattisgarh auctions India’s most expensive limestone block
• Draft Rules for No Fly List for Banning Unruly Passengers Unveiled
• MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan inaugurates world level weapon production unit inBhind district
• West Bengal only state to not take part in Swachh Survekshan
• Police public schools will be set up in Haryana

INTERNATIONAL

• US: House of Representatives passes bill to repeal Obamacare
• UNHRC reviews India’s Human Rights record

BANKING NEWS

• Banking Regulation Act: President gives assent to ordinance

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

• IBBI constitutes Technical Committee to lay down Technical Standards forperformance of core services
• ADB predicts 7.4 percent growth for Indian economy this fiscal

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• ISRO develops solar hybrid car using in-house resources

APPOINTMENTS:

• Braj Bihari Kumar to succeed economist S K Thorat as ICSSR Chairman
• Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah appointed as Chairman of Tea Board of India

SPORTS NEWS:

• India placed at 100th spot in FIFA Rankings after 21 years