Current Affairs 9th February 2017
NATIONAL:
- Jaisalmer Desert Festival starts in Sam Sand Dunes
- ‘e-Cabinet’ paperless system implemented in Arunachal Pradesh
- Bill to pay wages via cheque passed in Lok Sabha
- Pay of employees to be cut if they don’t care for parents : Assam govt
INTERNATIONAL:
- Law on decriminalising domestic violence in Russia got signed by Putin
- RAISE Act Bill on reducing legal immigration by half, introduced in US senate
BANKING NEWS:
- Policy rate kept unchanged in 6th bi-monthly meet : RBI
- RBI increased Cash withdraw limit to Rs.50,000 a week from Feb. 20
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- On support to Indian team’s moon mission Ratan Tata introduce ‘Moonshot Wheels’ bus
- Apple patents for convertible “dual mode” headphones
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Indian film ‘Sexy Durga’ the 1st to win Rotterdam fest jury award
APPOINTMENTS:
- Jovenel Moise becomes as the new President of Haiti
- Abhishek and Sandeep senior-level executives of Snapdeal quits
SPORTS NEWS:
- 2,000m women’s world record broken by Genzebe Dibaba
- Mohit Ahlawat the 1st crickter to score 300 in T20s at any level
- Sourabh Verma won Men’s Singles title at National Badminton Championship
