A2Z Current Affairs PDF for RBI Assistant 2017 www.aspirantszone.com A2Z Current Affairs PDF for RBI Assistant Mains 2017 www.aspirantszone.com υ www.aspirantszone.com |Banking/ SSC/ Related Exams Preparation Platform A2Z Current Affairs PDF for RBI Assistant 2017 www.aspirantszone.com Contents Topic Page Number MOU/Agreement Countries 3 MOU Industry/States/Others 3-4 Appointments and Resignations 4-9 Awards and Recognitions 9-13 Conference and Summits 13-18 International News 18-21 National News 21-28 State News 28-35 Finance and Banking News 35-39 Business News 39-41 Economy News 41-43 Science & Technology 44-45 Defence News 45-47 Sports News 47-53 Committees 53-54 Rankings of Countries 55-56 Rankings (Persons and Organisations) 56-57 Loans from Banks 57-58 Deadlines 58-59 Books and Authors 59-60 Obituaries 60-62 Nobel Prize Winners 62-63 Important Days (Dec-Jan) 63-64 Union Budget 64-65 Important Government Schemes 66-67 Demonitisation in India 68 φ www.aspirantszone.com |Banking/ SSC/ Related Exams Preparation Platform A2Z Current Affairs PDF for RBI Assistant 2017 www.aspirantszone.com MOU/Agreement Countries India Japan To start a postal service called cool box service, which will help Japanese people living in India to order food from Japan. India Belarus Both countries released a postage stamp to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties between the two sides. India Russia To build the Roppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, the first initiative under a Indo-Russia deal to undertake atomic energy projects in third countries. India Switzerland On technical cooperation in the rail sector, including development of tilting trains that tilt on approaching a bend. India Myanmar On upgradation of the Womens Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar. India Sweden A Sweden-India Startup Sambandh initiative has been launched by Invest India and Founders Alliance in Sweden for higher cooperation among start-ups. India Mozambique To expedite development of the giant Rovuma gas discovery, which is planned to be converted into LNG for exports. Myanmar Bangladesh For the return of over six lakh Rohingya Muslims who had fled to Bangladesh to escape a violent crackdown by the Myanmar military. MOU Industry/States/Others NITI Aayog International Road They have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to Federation, Geneva (IRF cooperate in the field of Intelligent Transportation Geneva) Systems (ITS). Punjab National Bank BSNL They have teamed up to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay across 10 states in the country. PNBs Speedway wallet will operate like any other mobile wallet for paying bills, recharging phone besides its users will be able to deposit and withdraw money from authorised retail outlets. Yes Bank IIM-Lucknow They have signed a charter to help spread Climate Literacy, aiming to achieve sustainable development through shared learning. Paytm Payments Bank National Payments to launch a RuPay-powered digital debit card. Corporation of India (NPCI) HSBC Sa-Dhan To develop digital ecosystem for Indias unbanked segment. Sa-Dhan is microfinance industry association. Amazon Web Services Microsoft To launch an open-source and deep learning interface (AWS) Gluon that will help developers to deploy machine learning models across several platforms. Indian Railways German Railways To make countrys existing rail corridors semi high speed. The semi high speed trains will run at 200 km per hour. Punjab National Bank Engineering Export To provide access to finance for the small and medium Promotion Council (EEPC) enterprises and merchant exporters of the council χ www.aspirantszone.com |Banking/ SSC/ Related Exams Preparation Platform A2Z Current Affairs PDF for RBI Assistant 2017 www.aspirantszone.com of India Andhra Pradesh Govt Visa For Digital Dhan Sankalp project. It is an initiative to develop Visakhapatnam into Indias first less cash city. Vijaya Bank Hindustan Petroleum For enabling all HPCL retail outlets with BHIM/UPI Corporation Ltd (HPCL) merchant solutions. IndusInd Bank MobiKwik To launch a co-branded wallet IndusInd Mobikwik Kotak Mahindra Bank Fintech firm Zeta Launch of Paymint, a multi-wallet digital prepaid solution for salaried employees. AU Small Finance Bank Small Industries To launch a Rs. 200-crore fund for providing loans to Development Bank of India MSMEs. (SIDBI) Yes Bank Abu Dhabi Global Market To further foster cross-border exchange between the (ADGM), the International fintech ecosystems of the United Arab Emirates and Financial Centre in Abu India. Dhabi, Punjab National Bank Action Construction For augmenting tractors/agricultural implements Equipment Ltd (ACE) financing to the farmers across the country through PNBs branch network Yes Bank Innovation Centre Denmark To bring fintech innovations and startups from India (ICDK India) Denmark to India, and facilitate entry of Indian startups to the region. Reliance General YES Bank A comprehensive bancassurance-corporate agency Insurance agreement has been signed between the two. Paytm ICICI Bank To jointly launch Paytm-ICICI Bank Postpaid, the most seamless way to access interest-free short-term digital credit. Karnataka Bank Boston Consulting Group MoU for transformation initiatives of banks. Project - (India) Pvt Ltd KBL Vikaas – was launched for same. Appointments and Resignations Cabinet Reshuffle: Newly-appointed Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is only the second woman after late Indira Gandhi to become the Defence Minister of India, and the first one to take independent charge. She is the first full-time woman defence minister of the country after late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had twice held charge of defence portfolio. Sitharaman previously served as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs and the Minister for Commerce and Industry with independent charge, and now succeeds Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to take charge of the defence ministry. Now the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), has two women ministers - Nirmala Sitharaman and Sushma Swaraj. Piyush Goyal elected as new Railway Minister after Suresh Prabhu quit the post. Earlier he was Minister of State for Power. Nitin Gadkari gets additional charge of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development Ganga Rejuvenation from Uma Bharti. ψ www.aspirantszone.com |Banking/ SSC/ Related Exams Preparation Platform A2Z Current Affairs PDF for RBI Assistant 2017 www.aspirantszone.com Suresh Prabhu is new Minister of Commerce and Industry. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is new Minister of Minority Affairs. Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore replaced Vijay Goel as the new Sports Minister. He is the first sportsperson to take charge of Sports Ministry. Alphons Kannanthanam is new Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism. President Kovind appoints five new Governors for states and Lieutenant Governor for Andaman B. D. Mishra (Retd.) as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. Took over from Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya. Banwarilal Purohit as the Governor of Tamil Nadu. Took over from C. Vidyasagar Rao. Satya Pal Malik as the Governor of Bihar. Took over from Keshari Nath Tripathi. Professor Jagdish Mukhi as the Governor of Assam. Took over from Banwarilal Purohit. Ganga Prasad as the Governor of Meghalaya. Took over from Banwarilal Purohit. Devendra Kumar Joshi as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Took over from Jagdish Mukhi. Name Post Institution and other Info Nirmala Sitharaman Defence Minister India Rajiv Mehrishi Comptroller and He is Former Union Home Secretary AuditorGeneral of India Uma Shankar Executive Director Reserve Bank of India Dr. A. Surya Prakash Chairman Prasar Bharati Board BJPs Sanyukta Bhatia will be the first woman to hold the Lucknow Municipal Corporation Mayors post in 100 years after the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act came into being in 1916 The Union Agriculture Ministry has roped in actor Akshay Kumar for television advertisements to promote the governments flagship agriculture schemes like soil health card and crop insurance. Besides soil health card scheme, the actor will promote Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana and others. Salil S. Parekh Chief Executive Officer and Infosys Managing Director Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar Vice Chief Naval Staff, India Preeti Sudan Union Health Secretary Gautam H. Bambawale Indian ambassador to China He will replace Vijay Gokhale Dineshwar Sharma Interlocutor in Jammu and The Centre has decided to start a sustained dialogue Kashmir in Jammu and Kashmir and added that former Intelligence Bureau (IB) director Dineshwar Sharma will be the representative from the Government of India. Dr. Arvind Subramanian Chief Economic Advisor Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India Dr. Arvind Subramanian has been given a one year extension, post the completion of his current-three year tenure. Ajay Bhushan Pandey Chairman Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). He is Aadhaar authority UIDAI Chief Executive. Viveck Goenka Chairman Press Trust of India ω www.aspirantszone.com |Banking/ SSC/ Related Exams Preparation Platform A2Z Current Affairs PDF for RBI Assistant 2017 www.aspirantszone.com Rajnish Kumar Chairman State Bank of India Suresh Sethi MD and CEO India Post Payments Bank Ashish Srivastava MD and CEO PNB MetLife Jayant Rikhye CEO Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) India Ajay Vipin Nanavati Chairman Syndicate Bank Sankara Narayanan Managing Director (MD) and Vijaya Bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) P R Seshadri MD and