Friday, 27 January 2017

Daily Current Affairs Update --- 27th January, 2017

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• Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Theme of the year 2017 : “Educating for a Better Future: The Role of Historical Sites and Museums in Holocaust Education”


• India has been ranked 79th out of 176 countries in the recently released Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2016.
New Zealand and Denmark jointly got 1st place in the index.


• India and France have signed White Shipping agreement.
This agreement will information sharing on maritime traffic and maritime domain awareness in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).


• The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan launched the IT Project, e-Health Kerala which is named Jeevan Rekha , at Peroorkada Model Government Hospital.


• The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar inaugurated India’s first Post  Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) at Metagalli post office in Mysuru.


• Arunachal Pradesh launched ‘Dulari Kanya’, a special scheme to check infant mortality in the state.


• Telangana has been ranked at second spot in the `Cashless India Scorecard’ released on January 26, 2017 and prepared by Walnut app to measure the growth level in digital payments in the country post demonetization. The top three states in the scorecard were Gujarat, Telangana and Haryana respectively with the highest growth in going cashless.


• The Theatre Readiness Operational Exercise (TROPEX), an annual Indian Navy exercise kicked started off the Western Seaboard. The last edition of the exercise was conducted in January 2015.


• The State Bank of India has launched a new wealth management product named “SBI Exclusif” in Kochi, Kerala.


• Russia's ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin passed away in New Delhi after a brief illness.


• The Government of Andhra Pradesh announced a Rs 100 crore fund of funds to develop financial technology (Fin Tech) startup ecosystem in the State.


• Gullapalli N. Rao, a noted Indian eye doctor, has been selected to the 2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame instituted by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.


• Russia's ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin passed away in New Delhi after a brief illness.

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