28 February 2017 Current Affairs Today for UPSC, SSC IBPS

Today 28 February 2017 Current Affairs – National Current Affairs

Haryana Government Launched Antyodaya Anna Yojana for Poor People

• Haryana Government will launch a new scheme Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) to provide food to the poor labourers at low cost. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that this scheme will provide breakfast at Rs.5 and lunch and dinner at Rs.10 per person right at their work place

Centre frames infrastructure policy to check challenges of urbanisation

• The Centre has formulated the infrastructure policy to promote living close to mass public transport corridors like metro, monorail and bus rapid transit (BRT) on February 26, 2017

Rajasthan Inaugurates Medical Project RAHAT for Prompt Treatment of Heart Disease

• Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje  inaugurated a medical project Rajasthan Heart Attack Treatment programme (RAHAT) on February 25, 2017 at the Eternal Heart Care Center Hospital in Jaipur.
• Raje also flagged off an ambulance fitted with equipment and trained paramedical staff required for treatment of heart disease.
• RAHAT programme aims to provide people in remote and rural areas with timely treatment during heart attacks. It has been launched by the private hospitals in the state.

28 February 2017 Today Current Affairs – International

28 February 2017 Current Affairs Today

New Zealand approves Sign Language as Official Language

• The Official Language of New Zealand is the Sign Language and New Zealand also approves to do so.

Mumbai Named Richest Indian City with Total Wealth of $820 bn According to New World Wealth Report

• According to the New World Wealth report released on February 21, 2017, Mumbai, the financial capital of India has been named as the Richest Indian city with a total wealth of $ 820 billion.
• The South Africa-based market research group, New World Wealth has reported that Mumbai is home to 46,000 millionaires and 28 billionaires

28 February 2017 Current Affairs Today – Banking and Finance

NCAER Lowers India’s GDP Growth Forecast to 6.9 per cent for FY17

• An economic think-tank, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has lowered India’s GDP growth to 6.9 percent for the fiscal 2016-17 compared to previous estimation of 7.6 percent.
• The decline in the growth forecast is based on the demonetization effect.

National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

• National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is a non-profit think tank of economics.
• It was established in 1956 with financial support from the Ford Foundation, Finance Ministry and Tata Sons. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of NCAER campus on October 31, 1959.

India To Remain Fastest Growing Economy Among G-20 Nations Despite Demonetization: Moody’s

• Moody’s Investors Service report released on February 23, 2017 states that despite the currency demonetisation drive by Government of India, the country will continue to be the fastest growing economy among G-20 countries in 2017.As per the report titled

28 February 2017 Current Affairs Today

DIPP Reports FDI Inflow Grows by 18% to USD 46 billion in 2016

• According to the data by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India grew 18 percent during 2016 to attract $46 billion as compared to $39.32 billion in 2015.
• The main sectors which attracted the maximum foreign inflows include services, telecom, trading, computer hardware and software and automobile.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

• A foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country.

Foxconn and SoftBank Forms $1.2B Joint Venture

• Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp (SBG) on February 24, 2017 entered into a definitive agreement with Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn) of Taiwan to establish a joint venture through Softbank Group Capital Apac Pte Ltd at an estimated cost of $1.2 billion.
• Softbank Group Capital Apac Pte Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of SBG. The deal is expected to take effect on March 1.

SoftBank Group Corp

• SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational telecommunications and Internet corporation with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-ommerce, Internet, technology services, finance, media and marketing, semiconductor design, and other businesses

Today 28 February 2017 Current Affairs Updates – Entertainment

Ladakh celebrates Liker and Leh Dosmochey Festival

• Dosmochey is celebrated in Leh (Leh Palace), Liker (Lower Ladakh) and Deskit (Nubra valley) monasteries in February. This is a two days celebration in the courtyards of the Leh palace. The festival takes place in the end and starting of the Tibetan New Year and monks from different monasteries perform the Chams every year turn by turn.

28 February 2017 Today Current Affairs Insight – BUSINESS

Gorb Partners with Ola Cab to Offer Food at Discounted Rates to Riders

• Food technology start-up Gorb has partnered with online cab aggregator Ola on February 24, 2017 to offer food to consumers at discounted rates in Mumbai.Under the deal, with every booking of Ola cab, the rider will receive a code via SMS and mail which can be availed on the
• Under the deal, with every booking of Ola cab, the rider will receive a code via SMS and mail which can be availed on the Gorb app or website to order food at discounted rate.The offer will be valid

TCS Ranked Among Top Three IT Services Brands Globally by Brand Finance

• India’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been rated as one of the top three most-valuable brands in the information technology (IT) service sector by Brand Finance, the leading global brand valuation firm.
• However, the overall global position of the company dropped down by one spot to 25th from 2016 when it was 24.TCS was also rated as Tata Sons highest brand strength of AA+ and generates 69 percent of the total revenue of the parent company.

28 February 2017 Current Affairs Today – Sports

Saina Nehwal to Represent IOC Athletes’ Commission in BWF

• Indian Badminton ace Saina Nehwal has been named to represent the panel of International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission (AC) in the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
• She would join the BWF Athletes’ Commission as a representative of the IOC AC.

28 February 2017 Current Affairs Today

R Ashwin Breaks Kapil Dev’s Record to Become Highest Test Wicket Taker in Home Season

• Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed India’s former legendary allrounder Kapil Dev to become the highest wicket-taker in a home Test season
• Ashwin has scored 67 wickets from 10 Tests in 2016-17 season played in India. Former Indian captain Kapil Dev took 63 wickets from 13 matches in the 1979-80 season.

Gopi & Athare Wins Men’s and Women’s Full Marathon in New Delhi

• Rio Olympian Thanackal Gopi won the Men’s Full Marathon title in the second edition of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon on February 26, 2017. He finished the marathon in 2:15:37.
• Bahadur Singh Dhoni clocked 2:16:09 to finish second while T H Sanjith was third by covering the 42.195 km distance in 2:17:20.

Bronze Medal is won by Pooja Ghatkar in ISSF World Cup

• Pooja Ghatkar of India won the Bronze Medal in the women’s 10-metre air rifle on the opening day of the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges. 24 shots are final and elimination starts from 12 shots.

28 February 2017 Current Affairs Today – Technology

Facebook stopped working for Two Days for many users

• Face book has stopped working for many users for 02 days Friday and Saturday all of sudden.  When users scroll down they see a message, ‘You’ll have more stories in News Feed if you add more friends.’ Many users were not able to use their Face book account. Face book denied of any Security Threat and assured this error was due to some technical reasons.