Current Affairs 8th December 2016

Current Affairs 8th December 2016

NATIONAL

• IISF-2016 to begin in New Delhi from today
• Govt asks banks to install additional 10 lakh POS to promote digital transactions
• Ambedkar’s birth anniversary to be observed as ‘Water Day’
• UGC asks universities, colleges to create awareness about cashless transactions
• Bengal forms anti-child trafficking panel
• KVIC launched e-commerce platform to promote khadi: Govt
• Chandrababu launches AP Purse mobile app to promote digital transactions
• Odisha to appoint 1000 Banking correspondents in unbanked gram panchyats
• Haryana CM approves implementation of  Rs. 50-crore National Hydrology Project

INTERNATIONAL

• Singapore tops global education rankings
• India to establish Center of Excellence in IT at Egypt
• India to train Vietnam’s Sukhoi fighter pilots

BANKING NEWS

• RBI Authorize RXIL for 1st trade receivables exchange platform
• Vijaya Bank bags SME award

BUSINESS NEWS

• HDFC Life launched two micro insurance products, JeevanSuraksha and Credit Suraksha
• Vijayawada Parliamentary constituency becomes first to have health insurance for all

AGREEMENTS & MoUs

• NATO Foreign Ministers agrees; NATO & EU to boost their defense cooperation

AWARDS

• Hindi language in the top 10 most powerful languages
• Shah Rukh Khan named Kids’ Ikon of the Year

NEW APPOINTMENTS

• Justice JS Khehar to be next Chief Justice of India

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The Lifeline Express to get two more coaches for cancer treatment
• ISRO launches PSLV-C36 carrying remote sensing satellite
• India, Russia to hold joint naval drills
• British and Indian Navy Exercise ‘KONKAN-2016’ begin at Mumbai

OBITUARY

• Noted journalist Cho Ramaswamy passes away