Current Affairs of February 21st 2017 for SBI PO/MT,SSC MTS,CHSL,CGL,IBPS CLERK,PO/MT.SO EXAMS

• Apollo Hospitals Foundation collaborates with World Wildlife Fund(WWF) to provide primary healthcare facilities in the remotest forest areas of the country,through health camps.
• The Kacheguda(Hyderabad) railway station becomes the first to be completely Digital Payments(Digi-Pay) enabled station in the entire South Central Railways(SCR) zone.
• The Central Information Commission(CIC) has directed the National Archives of India(NAI) to place the index of records available to them on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on their official website.
• Indian agencies sought help of U.K.authorities in securing the custody of businessman Vijay Mallya under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty(MLAT) for his prosecution in a money laundering case against him.
• Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar asks the leadership of the Tamil National Alliance(TNA) in Sri Lanka to go easy on its demands and think in terms of alternatives.
• President Pranab Mukherjee has returned an amendment Bill cleared by the Delhi Assembly on the time-bound delivery of services by government departments.The Law proposed a cut in salaries of officials in case of delays.
• Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak promised an objective probe into the killing of the North Korean leader's half brother,Kim Jong-nam.Jong-nam was attacked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
• Centre starts Initial Public Offering(IPO) process for three rail Public Sector Undertakings(PSUs)-IRCTC,IRFC and IRCON to divest a portion of the paid-up equity share capital.
• The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC) has agreed to pay 8,392 crore INR to the Gujarat government,settling a long-pending dispute regarding royalty fee for crude production in the state.
• The board of Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) approved a buy-back of shares worth 16,000 crore INR to improve returns to its shareholders.Recently,Cognizant Technology okayed a $3.4-billion plan.
• M.K.Bhattacharya takes over as Indian Bank Executive Director(ED) with immediate effect.
• Pakistani all-rounder,Shahid Afridi(36),announces retirement from international cricket.Afridi represented Pakistan in 27 Tests,398 ODIs and 98 Twenty20 international matches respectively.
• Ben Stokes became the most expensive overseas player at an Indian Premier League(IPL) auction when he was signed for 14.5 crore INR by Rising Pune Supergiants(RPS).
• Kaci Kullmann Five(65),the chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee,which selects the Peace Prize laureates has passed away after a long illness.