Current Affairs 7th August 2017

NATIONAL

• Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for the registration of death from 1^st of October
• The first meeting of the Japan-India Coordination Forum (JICF) for Development of North-Eastern Region was held in New Delhi
• Bihar Government announced Compulsory retirement for non-performing teachers and education officials above 50
• India’s First Heli-taxi service launched by MoS for Civil Aviation Jayanth Sinha in Bengaluru
• Maharashtra government dedicated 10 motorbike ambulances

INTERNATIONAL

• Qatar becomes first Arab country to offer permanent residency to non-citizens

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announces new ETF-Bharat-22, Sectoral cap set at 20%
• IndusInd Bank became the 6th Indian bank whose market capitalisation soared past the Rupee 1 lakh crore-mark

APPOINTMENT

• Venkaiah Naidu has been elected as the 13^th Vice President of India
• Rajiv Kumar will be the next Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
• Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in UP

SPORT

• Vijender Singh beats Zulpikar Maimaitiali to win WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title
• Neymar signs world record deal with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)

OBITUARY

• Robert Hardy, Harry Potter actor, dies at 91