Thursday, 19 January 2017

Current Affairs 2017 | 20th Jan 2017 GK

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According to recently released annual by Jones Lang LaSalle’s City Momentum Index (CMI), Bengaluru (capital of Karnatak) has emerged as the most dynamic city in the world. 

The index tracks the speed of change of a city’s economy and commercial real estate market. It covers 134 major established and emerging business hubs and ranks them on parameters like technology, connectivity, population, education and real estate investments. 

The Union Government launched a dedicated web portal ShaGun (http://ssashagun.nic.in) for monitoring the progress of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). 

The second edition of Ministry of External Affairs’ annual Raisina Dialogue was held in New Delhi with the theme “The New Normal: Multilateralism in a multipolar world”. 

Corporation Bank has bagged the SKOCH silver award for attaining the position of number1 channel partner of LIC of India for the past three financial years.
Platinum Award was won by Office of the Registrar General, India.

The Health and Family Welfare and Directorate of Marketing & Inspection won the Gold Award.
The Silver award was bagged by the Rajya Sabha and National Crime Records Bureau.

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal launched ‘Coal Mitra’, a Web portal for flexibility in Utilization of Domestic Coal.
§  The Coal Mitra Web Portal has been designed to bring about flexibility in Utilization of Domestic Coal.
§  It will transfer the reserves to more cost efficient State/Centre owned or Private sector generating stations, leading to lower generation costs and ultimately lesser cost of electricity for the consumers.

Chinese online giant Alibaba today became the worldwide Olympic partner through 2028 after signing the first long-term partnership with International Olympic Committee (IOC).

FIFA has appointed All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel as a member of its Finance Committee for the period of 2017-2021. 

Delhi Police Commissioner and Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma was appointed as new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. He will have tenure of two years.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for amendment in the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) for electronics manufacturing.




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