Current Affairs 7th February 2017
NATIONAL:
- Ministry of Railways planning to install first train route on Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Dalhousie Road in Central Delhi got renamed as Dara Shikoh Road
- ONGC replaces ‘Rajiv Gandhi’ name with ‘Pandit Deendayal’ for its building
- Cash transaction above Rs.3 lakh will get 100% Penalty
- Owing to personal reasons Panneerselvam resigns as Tamilnadu CM
- To conduct exams for higher, secondary education HRD ministry plans to set up NTA
- Joint exercise to be held between Indian Coast Guard and UAE counter parts
- PCRA Cyclothon to be organised by PCRA to adopt fuel-free Transportation
- Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu released annual book ‘Bharat-2017’ and ‘India-2017’
- Nagaland cabinet to submit memorandum on exempt it Part IX A of Constitution to PM
- 17th BIMSTEC senior officials’ meeting to be held at Kathmandu
- CMSGUY scheme on village development launched by Assam CM at Guwahati
- Sport persons of Jharkhand to get 2% reservation in govt jobs
INTERNATIONAL:
- World’s longest non-stop commercial flight journey completed in New Zealand
- Ban on American wrestling team lifted by Iran
- Indian Ship ‘Samudra Pavak’ is on 4-day good will visit to Dubai
BANKING NEWS:
- Assocham recommends RBI to reduce interest rate by 75 bps
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- IndiGo’s security training centre licence suspended by BCAS
APPOINTMENTS:
- SoftBank’s COO Jonathan Bullock resigns boards of Ola, Snapdeal and Housing
SPORTS NEWS:
- India Squash team wins gold at Asian Junior Squash Championships
- FIBA Women’s Asia Cup basketball tournament to be hosted by India
- Alastair Cook steps down as England’s Test team captain
