- Indian-American computer engineer Parag Havaldar bags technical Oscar for the development of expression-based facial performance-capture technology at Sony Pictures Imageworks.The award will be presented on February 11th 2017 at Beverly Hills.
- China is setting up the World's highest altitude gravitational wave telescopes in a Tibet prefecture close to the Line of Actual Control(LAC) with India.It is expected to be operational by 2021.
- David Meltzer,an American poet and musician of the beat generation and San Francisco Renaissance passes away at the age of 79.
- Aurobindo Pharma(APL) is all set to acquire Portugal based Generis Farmaceutica SA and its subsidiaries for 135 million Euros(about 970 crore INR).
- Demonetisation hits loan disbursal by Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency(MUDRA) in the third quarter of the current financial year.MUDRA disbursed loans worth 80,000 crore INR from April 1st to December 31st,2016.
- The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) said that India's foreign exchange reserves went up marginally to 360.29 billion US dollars as on December 30th,2016.
- The Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC) decides to open 'Khadi Lounges' at Delhi,Jaipur and Lucknow to promote khadi products.
- The Ministry of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME) said that the centre would soon unveil an exclusive scheme for women entrepreneurs.
- Australia clean sweeps 3 match test series against Paksitan as the visitors suffer 12th straight defeat in Australia.Steve Smith named man of the series.
- Apple cuts its CEO Tim Cook's salary by a whopping 15 percent as iPhone sales fall.
Saturday 7 January 2017
current affairs of January 8th 2017 for IBPS exams
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