Current Affairs 8th February 2017

Current Affairs 8th February 2017

• I&B Ministry earned Rs.15 lakh by selling old junk material
• Delhi Govt approves proposal to build 6,178 flats for poor
• Boy from Himachal Pradesh awarded Rs.1 lakh for saving schoolmates
• First all-women mosque in Lucknow to be powered with 100% solar energy
• ‘Optiemus Infracom’ a Delhi-based firm to manufacture BlackBerry smartphones
• India to host Meeting of Global Initiatives to combat nuclear terrorism in New Delhi
• 17th session of BIMSTEC senior officials’ meeting starts in Kathmandu
• India Education Fair for Sri Lankan students starts in Colombo
• First Smart Police Station inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh
• Govt of Arunachal Pradesh announced ‘Arunachal Civil Service Awards’

• China overcomes Germany to be the world’s largest producer of solar power
• Law passed by Israel Govt legalising 4000 homes in occupied West Bank

• IDBI Bank lowers its MCLR by 30-35 bps

• Ginni Rometty CEO of  IBM receives record bonus of Rs.33.3 crore in 2016
• New App build to design personalised dress for users by Google, H&M

• Ingestible battery that runs on stomach acid developed by MIT researchers
• New 2-in-1 laptop with curved display patented by Intel

• Amend on bilateral taxation treaty, agreed by India & Austria

• Anish Kapoor Indian-origin sculptor won $1 mn Israeli’s Genesis prize

• Rajiv Singh sworn in as acting CEO of Prasar Bharati
• Cyrus Mistry removed from Tata Sons’s board
• Gaurav Kapur appointed as IndusInd Bank’s chief economist

• Rituparna Das wins Women’s Singles title in 81st Senior National Badminton Championships tournament

• Nizamuddin driver  of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose dies at age 116