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Current Affairs January 2017 pdf | Daily Current Affairs

Welcome to current Affairs portal for 2017 Here we have daily current affairs for SSC IBPS and UPSC Exams 2017. All the aspirants preparing for government jobs 2017 are suggested to visit the same page on daily basis for latest current affairs. Current Affairs for January 2017 is given below : 




In a ruling that could boost central revenue by Rs 50,000 crore, the Supreme Court has rendered infructuous all applications for allocation of major mineral mining leases pending with the Centre before auction was made the sole mode of allotment.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched UPI based mobile payment application called BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) at the Digi Dhan Mela held in Talkatora stadium, New Delhi.


The Union Ministry for Petroleum & Natural Gas has met the 1.5-crore target for LPG connections that were to be added under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in the 2016-17 financial year.


Salman Khan is definitely not an easy actor, it has big money and big films riding on him. Salman will soon start shooting for the sequel to his mega successful 2012 film 'Ek Tha Tiger' called 'Tiger Zinda Hai'. He will be teaming up with the 'Sultan' hit maker Ali Abbas Zafar for the same.


From 1st January BSP MLA Uma Shankar Singh will ensure that his constituency Rasra, in Ballia district has 40 Wi-Fi hotspots for the public to use. 


• This city hosted the International Conference on Yoga for Diabetes – New Delhi

• This Pakistani cricketer has become the first batsman to score test hundreds in 11 countries – Younis Khan

• The helpline number 14444 launched by the Government to promote – Digital Payments

• This multilateral organisation released the statistical estimates on Migrants Workers Report – International Labour Ogranisation

• 105-year-old man Robert Marchand made history by cycling more than 14 miles in an hour. He belongs to – France

• As per a directive of the Ministry of External Affairs, NRIs can deposit old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes till – 30 June 2017

• As per the advance estimates released by the CSO, the GDP in 2016-17 is set to grow at – 7.1%


• The RBI agreed to provide Rs 100 crore

The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has decided to set up a six-member committee to look into the Hajj subsidy issue.


Union Textiles Minister Zubin Irani on 12 January 2017 announced that Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 8835 crore were signed in textile sector. The MoUs were signed during 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017 in Gandhinagar. 


Former Union minister Manish Tewari has been appointed as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council, a leading US think-tank on policy matters. 


According to scientists, a new plate boundary may be forming on the floor of the Indian Ocean in Wharton Basin as a result of the 2012 earthquake that shook the Andaman-Sumatra region.


The discovery was based on the study of seismic data recorded before, during and after the 2012 quakes and sea floor depth analysis by venturing into the ocean aboard a research vessel.


The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare will roll out measles-rubella (MR) vaccine in the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in February 2017. 


Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first international exchange India INX at the International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) of GIFT (Gujarat International Financial Tech) City Gandhinagar, Gujarat.


Gujarat government launched India’s first student startup and innovation policy with an aims to provide Rs 200 crore in the form of grants to ideas developed by students.


Researchers from Midwestern University have identified the function of the human appendix, often viewed as a vestigial organ with little-known use.



The Child Sex ratio at birth (SRB) in the State of Haryana crossed the 900-mark in the year 2016 for the first time in almost two decades. In December 2016, the SRB in the state was 914.




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