Current Affairs 8th March 2017

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