Daily Current Affairs of 29 December 2017

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Here is the Current Affairs of 29th December 2017. Current Affairs is the very important section to score high in the mains exams of the various government exams like BANK, SSC, INSURANCE, RAILWAY, UPSC, GPSC and many more. So read daily current affairs and score high in the examination and increase your chance to be selected.


 



  1. Ekuverin, Indo-Maldives joint military exercise, held at Belagavi, Karnataka.
  2. Prince Harry, president of African Conservation Group.
  3. India has successfully test-fired it’s indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) supersonic interceptor missile.
  4. 25th National Children’s Science Congress 2017 is being held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
  5. By March 2019, all homes in the country will be provided uninterrupted 24-hour power supply throughout the year, Power Minister R K Singh said.
  6. President Ramnath Kovind inaugurated the 100th Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association at Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur of Andhra Pradesh.
  7. Triple Talaq Illegal. The Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriages) Bill 2017 making instant triple talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband. The bill was passed by the Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad.
  8. Bank of Baroda has said it will purchase its joint venture partner UniCredit's entire 51 per cent stake in Baroda Pioneer Asset Management Company (AMC) and Baroda Pioneer Trustee Company Private Ltd (Trustee).
  9. 'Pluto Exchange', Cryptocurrency dealer, announced the launch of India’s first mobile application for transacting in virtual currencies.
  10. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of 5,45,090 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs. 31,003 cr with central assistance of Rs. 8,107 cr.
  11. Union government has allocated over Rs. 33,700 crore under the ' Swachh Bharat Mission ', the Lok Sabha was informed.
  12. Bank of Baroda has entered into MoU with POORTI Agri Services Pvt. Ltd to enable the farmers to purchase agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, seeds etc. provided by POORTI. POORTI is a Platform for Online Ordering & Rural Transformation of India.
  13. USD 40 Million from World Bank for “U.P. Pro-Poor Tourism Development Project” was signed between India and the World Bank.
  14. Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess Player won the World Rapid Chess tournament title in Saudi Arabia by beating Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev 2-0 in a two-game tie-break.
  15. The government slashed interest rates on small savings schemes, including National Savings Certificate (NSC) and Public Provident Fund (PPF), by 0.2 percentage point for the January-March.

S. No.
Instrument
Annual Rate of Interest
(in %)
1.
National Savings Certificate (NSC)
7.6
2.
Sukanya Samriddhi Account
8.1
3.
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP)
7.3
4.
Public Provident Fund (PPF)
7.6
5.
Senior Citizens Savings Scheme
8.3
6.
Savings Deposit
4
7.
5 Years Recurring Deposit
6.9

 

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