Current Affairs - July 7, 2017 Current Affairs

India's Manpreet Kaur won the Gold medal in the women's Shot Put on the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Siemens has opened its first digital factory in India.It is also the third globally after one each in Germany and China. It aims to provide a comprehensive portfolio of hard ware and software products which enable comprehensive integration of data from development, production, and suppliers.ss

India is placed at the 96th position in the ranking of Federation International of Football Association (FIFA). This is the country's second best ranking - its previous best was the 94th position in February 1996. India, which had been ranked 100th in the previous list released on June 1,has won two matches.

The Odisha government has signed an Expression of Intent (EOI) with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to establish a High Performance Academy in Bhubaneswar on July 6, 2017. The EOI was signed by Sports Secretary Vishal Kumar Dev and AFI president Adille Sumariwala and IAAF president Lord Sebastian Coe in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) issued directions on 'Customer Protection - Limiting Liability of Customers in unauthorized Electronic Banking Transactions'. If the customers report to the banks regarding the loss they suffer through online banking transactions within three days, then the amount involved will be credited to their accounts within a time period of 10 days.

According to BMI Research, a Fitch group company, India is expected to register a growth of 6.9% in this financial year. The report has observed that the Real GDP growth has slowed to 6.1 % year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2016-17. BMI Research was founded in 1984 by Business Monitor International and later in 2014, it was acquired by Fitch Group

India's Ambassador to Peru Sandeep Chakravorty has been appointed as the head of the Indian consulate in New York. He will replace Riva Ganguly Das as Consul General in one of the busiest Indian diplomatic missions overseas.

Kewal Handa was appointed as non-executive chairman of Union Bank of India. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Handas appointment as non-official director/non-executive chairman of the bank, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Sanjiv Goenka was appointer as the Chairman of the Board of Governors at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. He served as a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade & Industry, and also on several academic institutions as member and chair of its Governing bodies.

India ranked a high 23rd out of 165 Nations in a Global Index that measures the commitment of nations across the world to cyber security. The top 5 most committed countries to cyber security are Singapore, The United States, Malaysia, Oman, Estonia.s

Domestic android-based mobile operating system Indus OS on Wednesday announced a partnership with Yes Bank to launch an OS-integrated UPI payment platform. Indian consumers will be able to use this platform through SMS, dialler interface and third party apps.

China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) board approved 329 million loans to build access roads to 4,000 villages in Gujarat. The project will also better integrate rural population, tribal villages, business, and industries with the national and state economy through better transport connectivity.

The European Parliament approved a first-ever cooperation deal between the European Union and Cuba. The French city of Strasbourg approved the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement which was signed in December 2016.