20th May 2017 Current Affairs
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Current Affairs 20th May 2017 – Important Points
- NITI Aayog organizes the first Samavesh meeting.
- Railway station survey, the Andhra’s Visakhapatnam is the cleanest, Bihar’s Darbhanga dirtiest.
- Government’s decision to set up 10 atomic power plants to generate 33,400 jobs.
- CCEA approves the commission for the development of biopharmaceuticals
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad to go 100 per cent LED-lit.
- BSNL Signs MoU with Facebook, MobiKwik, and Disney Land India
- The Indian-American student has won the National Geographic Bee contest.
- WMO initiates “Year of Polar Prediction” project.
Important Current Affairs 20th May 2017 pdf – Today Current Updates
- Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave Passes Away
- Tata Group is India’s most valuable brand – Brand Finance.
- Anti-dumping duty imposed on Chinese chemical, aluminum foil.
- Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the Dan David Prize.
- Assam’s Purnima Barman & Karnataka’s Sanjay Gubbi has won the Prestigious ‘Green Oscars’ Award.
- Harsh Vardhan gets the Additional Charge Of Environment Ministry.
Latest Important 20th May 2017 Current Affairs News – National
NITI Aayog holds the first Samavesh meeting
The very first meeting of the National Steering Group and other knowledge partners was held in NITI Aayog. Amitabh Kant, the CEO of NITI Aayog and Ratan P Watal – Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog taken the complete responsibility to organize this event. The Knowledge partners comprised 32 premier educational and policy research institutions.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad to go 100 per cent LED-lit
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad will become the South India’s first airport to go 100% LED-lit. Out of the 26,000 conventional lamps, more than 19,500 were LED, saving 2.2 Million Units of electricity per annum.
Railway station survey: Andhra’s Visakhapatnam is the cleanest, Bihar’s Darbhanga dirtiest
As per the report of the Quality Council of India, Visakhapatnam railway station in Andhra Pradesh state is the cleanest. And Darbhanga railway station in Bihar state is the dirtiest among busiest stations in India. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has released this report earlier.
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Today Current Affairs Daily 20th March 2017 – International
Indian-American student has won the National Geographic Bee contest
Indian-American student, Pranay Varada, a 14-year young boy has won the prestigious National Geographic Bee competition. He gets $50,000 in scholarship and other prizes. Veda Bhattaram another Indian-American from New Jersey stood at the third position in the finals. Thomas Wright from Wisconsin is the runner up.
20th May 2017 Current Affairs – Business and Economic
BSNL Signs MoU with Facebook, MobiKwik, and Disney Land India
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has signed the Facebook, MobiKwik and Disney Land. This agreement aims to popularize the internet and its value added services among its customers. It also aims to offer premium online gaming services to its mobile customers.
Tata Group is India’s most valuable brand as per the Brand Finance
On the basis of the latest reports of the Brand Finance, the Tata Group is India’s most valuable brand, carrying an estimated brand value of $13.1 billion. Tata group has won the top position as India’s most valuable brand despite 4% reduction in its brand value as compared to 2016.
Anti-dumping duty imposed on Chinese chemical, aluminum foil
Recently, the Finance Ministry has imposed the definitive anti-dumping duty on ‘clear float glass’ imports from Iran.
The Revenue Department has imposed the definitive anti-dumping duty for five years.
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20th May 2017 Current Affairs – Today’s GK Updates
- Harsh Vardhan will take responsibility as the Additional Charge Of Environment Ministry.
- Assam’s Purnima Barman & Karnataka’s Sanjay Gubbi received the Prestigious ‘Green Oscars’ Award.
- Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the Dan David Prize.
- WMO initiates “Year of Polar Prediction” project.
- David Letterman has won the Mark Twain Prize 2017 for American humor.
- Proxima B likely to have Water and Support Alien Life.
- Veteran actress Reema Lagoo passed away recently.
- World Hypertension Day 2017 is observed on May 17, 2017.
- Harikrishna has won the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix
- Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave passed Away recently.
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