Daily current affairs for 11th August 2017 (English )
1. PM
Modi had announced that India and US are going to co-host
the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hyderabad, Telangana from 28th
to 30th November 2017. American delegation will be led by US President Donald
Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump.
2. The Lok
Sabha has passed the State Banks (Repeal and Amendment) Bill, 2017. The
bill seeks to repeal the two Acts namely State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks)
Act, 1959, and State Bank of Hyderabad Act, 1956. It also seeks to amend the
State Bank of India (SBI) Act, 1955 to remove references to subsidiary banks
and powers of SBI to act as an agent of the RBI for subsidiary banks.
3. Veteran
Poet Vijay Nambisan ( 54) who is famous for his poem “ Madras
Central “ published in 1988 was passed away.
4. The National
Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved ten projects in
the 5th meeting of the Executive Committee of NMCG . The
states which is covered in this projects are in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
and West Bengal to the tune of about Rs. 2,033 crore. Eight of the ten
projects pertain to sewage infrastructure and treatment, one each to ghat
development and Ganga Knowledge Centre. In Bihar, three major sewage
infrastructure projects were approved in Barh, Kankarbagh and Digha. In West
Bengal, three projects were approved. Out of these two pertain to sewage
infrastructure while the third one is for ghat development. In Uttar
Pradesh, sewage infrastructure work in Chunar ,Mirzapur district .
5. Parliament
has passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 with the
Rajya Sabha approving it. The bill will replace the Banking Regulation
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 promulgated by President in May 2017. The Lok Sabha
has already passed it. Thekey features of the bill are i) Initiating
insolvency proceedings ii) Issuing directions on stressed assets iii) Committee
to Advise banks
iv) Applicability to State Bank of India (SBI).
6. Shri
Venkaiah Naidu sworn in as 13th vice
president of India.
7. The Supreme
Court of India has issued a list of directions in an attempt to curb
pollution that includes no renewal of vehicle insurance unless
the owners produce pollution under control certificates.
8. Venezuela’s
new constituent assembly declares itself superior to all other government bodies.
In addition it prohibits the opposition –held National Assembly and other
government bodies from taking any action that would interfere with the
constituent assembly laws.
9. The
two-day meet of the 15th edition of Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
ministerial meeting was held in Kathmandu. The main agenda of this edition
of the meeting is to finalise a free trade agreement among the BIMSTEC member
countries. It will also include negotiations on market access for professionals
and reducing the duty on trading goods.
10. Real
Madrid defeated Manchester United to grab UEFA Super Cup played
at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia. Real Madrid’s Isco was
declared the Man of the Match.
11. The Delhi
Assembly passed two amended bills – Minimum wages Delhi
Amendment Bill 2017 and Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Bill (NIST) 2017
12. NASA’s
curiosity Rover in July 2017 has captured stunning shots of Mars ,
this time it captured the images of Martian clouds over the southern
horizon. The clouds resembles Earth’s cirrus clouds which are typically
made up of ice water.
13. Najam
Sethi was recently elected as the Chairman of Pakistan Cricket
Board.
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