Current Affairs 8th March 2017
NATIONAL:
- Bicycles on rental to be offered by Noida Metro
- IISc Bangalore becomes 1st Indian university to listed in world’s top 10 universities
- Special row reserved by SpiceJet for solo women passengers
- GMR Hyderabad airport ranks 1st in world in service quality
- First smart tribal village ‘Hubbi’ of Jammu and Kashmir set opened
- Special Commemorative Postage Stamp released by PM Modi marking of 100 years of Yogoda Satsang Math
- ‘Surya Kiran-XI’ Indo-Nepal joint Military exercise starts today at Uttarakhand
- National Conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan held at New Delhi
- 3-day international conference on e-governance starts at New Delhi
- Air Conditioned jacket made of cotton fabric launched by Union Minister Giriraj Singh : Bihar
- International Yoga Day fest to start in New Delhi
INTERNATIONAL:
- New order on travel ban signed by Donald Trump
BANKING NEWS:
- Aadhaar pay infrastructure launched by IDFC Bank
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- New Trade Mark Rules 2017 came into effect
- Fitch reports Indian economy growth to be 7.1% this fiscal
APPOINTMENTS:
- Odisha Govt appoints Dr K Srinath Reddy as states new adviser
SPORTS NEWS:
- Team India sponsorship bagged by OPPO for 5 years
OBITUARY:
- Kalikaprasad Bengali folk singer dies in road accident
- Former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray passes away at age 91
