Daily Current Affairs 5 July 2017

Hello Friends,

Here is the Daily Current Affairs of 5^th July 2017.

1. 19^th July: Save public sector banks’ day

2. Reserve Bank has raised the FPI investment limit in government securities by 4.7% to Rs 2.42 lakh crore for July-September quarter.

3. The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), an international body which focuses on climate policies has ranked second by the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG).

4. The Karnataka government has launched the ‘Elevate 100’ scheme to identify and nurture innovative start-ups.

5. New Israeli flower “Crysanthumun” named as “MODI”.

6. Sanjay Kumar, DGP of Himachal Pradesh appointed as the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

7. Rakesh Dubey, president of MFIN(Microfinance Institutions Network).

8. Dinesh Malkani, Cisco India and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation presidenthas resigned at the networking solutions giant to take on a leadership role at a start-up.

9. Madhukar Toradmal, Marathi actor-director passed away.

10. The Union Ministry of Power has announced that about 97% of the total outstanding debt of all state power distribution companies has been covered under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana.

11. Microsoft India has signed an agreement with National Independent Schools Alliance to offer Microsoft Aspire School Program (MASP) Pro Plus to over 55,000 member schools.

12. The Ministry of Revenue has announced a 5% concessional GST rate on the following assistive devices and rehabilitation aids for physically-challenged person.

13. Vidya Balan as brand ambassador of Realty firm Signature Global.

14. Xiaomi will also become a customer of Nokia’s network equipment.

15. Ivory Coast International badminton tournament at Abidjan, Ritika Thaker win the singles title.

16. The new 101.9-metre air traffic control tower at the Delhi airport — touted to be the country’s tallest — is likely to start operations by December.

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