Daily Current affairs for 17th Aug 2017 ( English)
1. Tamil
Nadu Electricity Board has accepted to use “ AMMA ( Assured
Multi Model Access) Mobile App “ under “digital India programme
“ to pay electricity bill.
2. The Union
government has decided to encourage teaching of Sanskrit as
subject in schools. In order to implement this, The Union ministry of HRD
has advised the CBSE to give statistical data about the schools which are
already teaching Sanskrit and its study plan “
3. Karur
Vysya Bank became the first in the country to
facilitate to avail Aadhaar card by registering in the bank itself
. It is introduced in its Choolaimedu branch, Chennai. This facility is
implemented by UIDAI
4. RBI planned
to frame rules and regulations for using digital
wallet within two weeks
5. Puducherry
CM Narayanaswamy flagged off Air service between Puducherry
and Hyderbad . Spice Jet Q 400 will be the service
provider will serve the passengers daily.
6. Google
has introduced GPORT mobile software app . Using this, we can speak in tamil to
find anything in the google search engine instead of typing with
two fingers. This can be downloaded from Google play store
7. Students
of Archaelpogical society in TN have found out rare pillar carvings
made out of sea rocks , which belongs to the period of Vijayangar
empire in Thirupullani Adhijeganatha perumal temple,
Ramnathapuram
8. Central
Government accepted the emergency ruled out by TN
for NEET Exam.
9. The
Union Government signed a MoU between India and Sweden on Intellectual
Property rights.
10. The Energy
efficiency Services Limited has signed a MoU with three state owned
oil marketing companies(IOCL, HPCL, BPCL) for the distribution of LED
bulbs, fans, tube lights through petrol pumps across India
11. A
new museum on the partition of the Indian Subcontinent was inaugurated
after 70 years of blood stained tragedy that has split British India into India
and Pakistan in 1947. This museum is located in the red-brick town hall
building in the North Indian border city of Amristar. This museum
was built by Mallika Ahluwalia, CEO of Partition museum after
hearing her 83 yr old grandmother’s tales of the sub continent before it was
divided.
12. RBI makes Aadhaar
linkage mandatory for farmers to avail short term crop loans for
2017-18
13. The
31st edition of the tournament 2017 Spanish Super Cup was
won by Real Madrid ( Professional Foot Ball Club)by beating
Barcelona
14. The Union
Cabinet approved proposal to complete the balance works of North
Koel Reservoir Project in Bihar, stalled since 1993. It also revived
the project to address environmental concerns. North Koel River rises on Ranchi
plateau in Jharkhand.
15. The Union
Government has inked US $24.64 million Grant Agreement
from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the World
Bank for Ecosystem Service Im provement Project. The project’s duration is
of five years. The Project will be entirely financed by the World Bank out of
its GEF Trust Fund.
16. The United
States has named Pakistan based Kashmiri terrorist outfit
Hizbul Mujahideen as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO)”.
17. According to
the 2017 Global Liveability Report compiled by the Economist
Intelligence Unit (EIU), Australian city Melbourne is the most
liveable city. For the seventh consecutive year, Melbourne
has topped the list.No Indian city was ranked in the top ten or bottom ten.
10 most liveable cities’ list includes Vienna (2nd), Vancouver (3rd), Toronto
(4th), Calgary (5th), Adelaide (6th), Perth (7th), Auckland (8th), Helsi nki
(9th) and Hamburg (10th). The rankings of top five cities remain
unchanged as compare to previous year.
18. Researchers
from US-based Rice University have found new tectonic
mirco plate off Ecuador’s coast in the eastern Pacific Ocean
named Malpelo plate. Microplates are tectonic plates with an
area less than 1 million sq. km
19. According to the
census conducted by the Asian Nature Conservation
Foundation (ANCF) at the Indian Institute of Science
(Bengaluru), several NGOs and independent conservationists between
March and May 2017, the report was released by the Union Ministry of
Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) the population
estimation of Asian elephant in India is around 27,312. The population
estimation of Asian elephants in 2017 census is lower than from
the last census estimate in 2012 (between 29,391 and 30,711).
Karnataka has the highest number of elephants (6,049), followed by Assam
(5,719) and Kerala (3,054).
20.The Union
Cabinet has approved creation of a single
corpus fund non-lapsable known as Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK). Under
it, all proceeds of secondary and higher education cess will be credited and
utilised for the government’s schemes in education sector.
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