Monday 9 January 2017

current affairs of January 10th 2017 for IBPS CLERK,PO/MT,SO,SSC CGL,CHSL

  • The Supreme Court,apex court of the country hinted that it may order,at a "relevant time" the setting up of a Special Investigation Team(SIT) to look into the revelations made in the Panama Papers allegedly about nearly 500 high-profile Indians who have money parked in off-shore accounts.
  • Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation for the construction of the new campus of the National Disaster Response Force's 10th battalion at Vijayawada(Andhra Pradesh).On the occasion,the minister said that Pakistan should come forward for talks and put an end to violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Hyderabad to host a two-day "Indo-US knowledge Sharing Workshop on waste water,collection,treatment and management technologies" on January 10th and 11th.The Environment Protection Training and Research Institute(EPTRI) is the venue of the workshop.
  • A seven member delegation from Bhutan headed by Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk visited the Buddhavanam Project in Nagarjunasagar(Telangana State).
  • Khanderi,the second Scorpene submarine under Project-75 being built at the Mazgaon Docks Limited(MDL) in Mumbai is all set to be launched into water.The first submarine is Kalvari.
  • Waheeda Rehman and political and economic commentator S.Gurumurthy are on the 19-member panel to select the Padma award winners.The three Civilian awards include Padma Vibhushan,Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri(announced on the eve of Republic Day).
  • Portugal Prime Minister Dr. Antonio Costa honoured with Pravasi Samman Award on the concluding day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bengaluru.The three day event took place from January 7th-9th 2017.
  • The Election Commission(EC) deploys 200 expenditure observers in five poll bound states to keep a watch on abuse of money power to influence voters.
  • Air India to launch its 'Fly For Sure' scheme on Wednesday.
  • Kalyan Krishnamurthy appointed as Flipkart CEO(Chief Executive Officer)
  • Christiano Ronaldo of portugal named FIFA's best men's footballer of 2016.
  • Modern-day musical La La Land made its way into major Oscars contention by sweeping away 7 Golden Globe Awards.

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