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Current Affairs 2017 | 20th Jan 2017 GK
According to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects
(WESP) 2017 report, India’s economy is projected to grow by 7.7% in fiscal 2017
and 7.6% in 2018
India has positioned itself as the most dynamic emerging economy among
the largest countries and is expected to remain the fastest growing.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Canon law and decrees of divorce given by ecclesiastical tribunals or ‘Church Courts’ cannot veto the statutory law of divorce.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was officially launched at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos after it received $460-million to develop vaccines against 3 emerging highly-contagious and fatal diseases.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Canon law and decrees of divorce given by ecclesiastical tribunals or ‘Church Courts’ cannot veto the statutory law of divorce.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was officially launched at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos after it received $460-million to develop vaccines against 3 emerging highly-contagious and fatal diseases.
The Union Cabinet has excluded States and Union Territories except Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Delhi (UT) and Madhya Pradesh from National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) investments with effect from 1 April 2016
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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