Yak 17Th May 2017 Of Import Daily Electrical Flow Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 17th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (17th May) is World Telecommunication in addition to Information Society Day (WTISD 2017).
• This twenty-four hr catamenia was proclaimed to hold upward on 17 May yesteryear a United Nations General Assembly resolution, next the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society inwards Tunis.
• Theme of WTISD 2017 : Big Data for Big Impact
  
• Today is International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia.
• This twenty-four hr catamenia was launched yesteryear the World Health Organization inwards 2004, to railroad train nearly lesbian, gay, bisexual in addition to transgender (LGBT) people, in addition to to advocate for sensible populace policies regarding LGBT people.
• Theme of the twelvemonth 2017 : “families"
• Several EU countries including France, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Portugal in addition to Britain have refused to sign a merchandise disceptation at China's One Belt, One Road (OBOR) summit. 
• This is seen every bit a setback to China's efforts to gain total back upward for its inaugural which it hopes volition revive ancient merchandise routes from Asia to Europe.
• Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has imposed a ban on Russia's social media networks in addition to mesh services every bit component division of economical sanctions against Russia. 
• The sanctions were imposed over Russian annexation of Crimea from Ukraine inwards 2014 in addition to its alleged back upward to the conflict inwards eastern Ukraine.

National Current Affairs

• Cabinet gives its ex-post facto approving to Pan-India implementation of Maternity Benefit Programme.
• The programme immediately has been extended to all districts of the province from 1st of Jan this year. 
• This Programme volition provide compensation for the wage loss inwards damage of cash incentives then that the women tin give the axe accept adequate residue before in addition to afterward delivery in addition to non hold upward deprived of proper nutrition.
• Note : It is applicable alone to the starting fourth dimension born baby.
• The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad is laid upward to give-up the ghost south India's starting fourth dimension airdrome to give-up the ghost 100% LED-lit. 
• With the entire Taxiway Edge Lights converted from element of group VII lamps to pose out energy efficient LEDs, the authorities claimed that 75% operate on the projection has been completed. 
• The Andhra Pradesh Assembly today passed an amendment to its populace services police trace to appoint Olympics silvery medal-winning shuttler PV Sindhu as a Group-1 officeholder in the government. 
• Certain provisions inwards the police trace had before prevented Sindhu's appointment every bit whatsoever recruitment inwards populace service should hold upward made through the province Public Service Commission, option committee, or work exchange.

Science & Technology

• The Indian Institute of Engineering Science in addition to Technology (IIEST) has successfully created India’s starting fourth dimension smart grid project, which volition generate ability from renewable sources of energy.
• The projection volition shortly hold upward inaugurated yesteryear President Pranab Mukherjee, IIEST Director Ajoy Kumar Roy told.
• The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal allowing for the structure of 10 indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR).  
• The reactors volition receive got a capacity of 700 MW. These reactors volition add together 7000 MW capacity in addition to volition ramp upward nuclear ability generation inwards the country.

Awards & Honors

• Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has been featured inwards the Forbes Global Game Changers List for 2017. 
• The listing too includes Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel in addition to Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
• Top 10 inwards the List :
• Mukesh Ambani (India)
• Ziv Aviram, Amnon Shashua (Israel)
• Stewart Butterfield (US)
• John in addition to Patrick Collison (US)
• James Dyson (UK)
• Scott Farquhar, Mike Cannon-Brookes (Australia)
• Larry Fink (US)
• Ken Frazier (US)
• Taavet Hinrikus, Kristo Käärmann (UK)
• Robert Katz (US)
• Indian Mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa becomes First Woman in World to Climb Mount Everest 4 times.
• Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh adjudged every bit cleanest railway station followed yesteryear Secunderabad inwards Telangana & Jammu Tawi.

New Appointments

• Renu Satti has been appointed every bit the novel CEO of Paytm Payments Bank. 
• Satti replaces Shinjini Kumar, a quondam cardinal banker in addition to senior executive at consultancy PwC, who was named every bit Paytm Payments Bank CEO final year. 
• She has worked amongst Paytm for roughly 10 years.
• Indian national Ovais Sarmad has been appointed yesteryear the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the post of Deputy Executive Secretary, which is a key post inwards the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• India has overtaken the United States of America of America to give-up the ghost the second-most attractive province for renewable pose out energy investment after Chin.
• India's ascent to the instant spot caused yesteryear "government's programme to build 175 gigawatts inwards renewable pose out energy generation yesteryear 2022 in addition to receive got renewable pose out energy trouble organization human relationship for 40% of installed capacity yesteryear 2030."
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a new coal linkage policy to ensure adequate render of the fuel to ability plants through contrary auction. 
• The novel policy volition attention inwards ensuring fuel supplies to the ability plants inwards an organised manner.

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