Current Affairs 7th April 2017

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Current Affairs 7th April 2017

NATIONAL:

  • Rail Development Authority to be set up by Govt to fix train fares
  • Diploma course ‘Purohityam’ to be launched by Madhya Pradesh govt for priesthood
  • MoU with Aus for cooperation in healthcare got approval from govt
  • UP govt to set up 25 medical colleges, 6 AIIMS like institutes in next five years
  • 4320 elementary schools in Assam evaluated on 1st day of Gunotsav
  • KSRTC to start service of essential public utilities delivery
  • Union Cabinet approves Audio Visual Co-Production and five other agreements with Bangladesh

INTERNATIONAL:

  • Meeting held between Donald Trump, Xi Jinping in Florida
  • Cultural celebrations festival of India-UAE launched at Abu Dhabi

BANKING NEWS:

  • RBI releases first bi-monthly monetary policy of 2017-18

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS :

  • Paytm may buy FreeCharge at 50% discount for $200 mn

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

  • NASA spacewoman Peggy Whitson got 3 months extension in orbit

APPOINTMENTS:

  • Malvika Sinha appointed as new Executive Director of RBI
  • NASSCOM appoints Raman Roy as new Chairman of for 2017-18

SPORTS NEWS:

  • Virat Kohli named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016