09-01-2017

09-01-2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS

	News headline	Detalis of the news	Trick
1	3-day National Conference for e-Governance to begin in Visakhapatnam	The conference has been organized by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) and the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India in partnership with Information Technology, Electronics and Communication (ITE&C) Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Internet of Things and e-Governance’ and will be covering newly evolving areas of e-Governance across five plenary sessions.	NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR E-GOVENANCE- VISAKHAPATNAM
2	Former Iranian President Rafsanjani dies at 82	Rafsanjani, who served two terms as Iran's president from 1989 to 1997, continued to be an influential figure in Iranian politics.	RAFSANJANI - IRANIAN PRESIDENT
3	Blind Challenge Car Rally held in Bhopal	to raise awareness about the issues concerning the visually-impaired. As part of the rally, drivers are navigated by blind persons tasked with reading the route given to them in Braille.	BLIND CHALLENGE - BHOPAL
4	Odisha govt plans to issue 11.40 lakh RuPay cards to farmers	The new cards that now come fitted with a microchip enabling it to store detailed information about the card holder. The necessary steps have been initiated to provide Point of Sale (POS) machines in all 708 Samitis of the State through which the farmers can withdraw money by using their RuPay card.The State government also plan to convert all these Kisan cards to RuPay cards by June this year.	ODISHA - 11.40 RUPAY CARDS
5	SBI Pension Funds appoints Kumar Sharadindu as MD & CEO	He has held several crucial assignments in his banking career spanning more than 30 years in the areas of credit, treasury, risk and large corporate lending.SBI Pension Funds had assets under management (AUM) of Rs. 46,019 crore.	SBI PENSION FUNDS - KUMAR SHARADINDU
6	Golden Globe Awards ceremony WINNERS	The Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony (74th ) has been organized at Beverly Hills, California, United States (US).
7	First student startup fund has Rs 200 crore	Gujarat government has come up with India's first student startup and innovation policy, which aims to provide Rs 200 crore in the form of grants to ideas developed by them. The policy aims to support over 1,000 innovation per year and create pre-incubation support in all universities of the state.	GUJARAT - FIRST STUDENT STARTUP FUND
8	Piyush Goyal unveiled world's largest street light replacement programme in SDMC	Mr. Goyal will also launch a mobile app called Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) Complaint App for SDMC, wherein users can now lodge complaints about faulty street lights.	PIYUSH GOYAL - STREET LIGHT REPLACEMENT
9	Vijayawada to host 1st Digi Dhan Mela in Andhra Pradesh	Digi Dhan Melas are being organized across the country to promote cashless transactions. Union Minister for Urban Development and Information Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu along with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will launch the Mela at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium, Vijayawada.	1ST DIGI DHAN MELA - VIJAYAWADA IN AP
10	Chennai Open: Bopanna & Nedunchezhiyan bag men's doubles title	Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan were crowned the champions in the doubles category in Chennai Open tennis 2017.	CHENNAI OPEN BOPANNA & NEDUNCHEZHIYAN WON