Daily Current Affairs 26 and 27 July 2017

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Here is the Daily Current Affairs of 26-27 July 2017.

1. 26^th July is Kargil Vijay Diwas.

2. BRICS 2017 Youth Forum opened in Beijing, China.

Theme: 'Enhance BRICS Partnership, Promote Youth Development’.

3. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has started full-fledged merchant banking operations to benefit the expanding number of growth-oriented micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

4. Standard Chartered Bank has launched a Multi-currency Forex Card for overseas travelers.

5. ‘Apni Gaddi Apni Rozgar’ scheme launched by Punjab Government.

6. Aurionpro has announced Branch-in-a-Box product, a fully integrated self-service kiosk for automating 90% of banking transactions at branch level.

7. Axis Bank announced the acquisition of Snapdeal-owned mobile payments provider Freecharge in an all-cash deal worth Rs385 crore.

8. Britain is going to ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 in a bid to cut air pollution.

9. Centre has approved construction of 30,000 houses for urban poor on private land in Maharashtra’s Sholapur.

10. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has declared “total independence” from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

11. 'Shachi' and 'Shruti', Reliance Infrastructure subsidiary Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) announced the launch of its first two Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPVs) at their shipyard in Pipavav, Gujarat.

12. ‘Kaizala’ App launched by Microsoft. Kaizala a productivity app that has been designed to enhance the collaboration and communication experience for Indian enterprises.

13. Yatra Online Inc, online travel operator, has acquired corporate travel services provider Air Travel Bureau (ATB).

14. Supreme Court has revoked appointment of 1.78 lakh “Shiksha Mitras” in UP as full-time teachers for not having the pre-requisite qualifications laid down by Centre.

15. Arundhati Roy’s latest work of fiction, “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”, has made it to the longlist of this year’s Man Booker Prize.

16. Mamata Banerjee conferred this year’s ‘Mahanayak Samman 2017’ to veteran actress Shakuntala Barua.

17. Facebook has acquired Source3 to crack down on users who share pirated videos & other content without permission.

18. Bombay Stock Exchange has joined hands with Egyptian Exchange for cooperation in exchange of information across business areas.

19. Ajay Kanwal CEO of Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS).

20. Anand Sahai, chief commercial officer of GOAir.

21. International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced that India will host their first Men’s World Championship in 2021.

22. N. Dharam Singh, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.