Current Affairs 7th April 2017

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