Banking & SSC 17th February National Current Affairs
- President visits Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu; Inaugurates Jampore Sea Front Road and Ayushman Bharat Wellness Centre in Daman
- Election Commission awarded ‘Silver’ award for Excellence in government Process re-Engineering for digital Transformation from DARPG (Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances)
- CEC Sunil Arora Names EC Sushil Chandra as his nominee for the proposed Delimitation Commission for J&K
- Bird ringing station to come up in Bihar for Observation, monitoring and research on migratory birds
- Haryana government announces Rs 6 crore to those Winning gold medals at Olympics
- Pakistan issues visas to Hindu pilgrims to visit Shree Katas Raj Temples in Punjab province’s Chakwal district
- Delhi Police, Uber Launch Himmat Plus app for protection of people travelling in cabs
- SC Orders government to provide everlasting Fee and Command postings to women Army Officials
Banking & SSC 17th February International Current Affairs
- “3rd High Level Global Conference on Road Safety for Achieving Global Goals 2030” being Held in Stockholm on February 19-20; Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari Representing India
- Storm Dennis wreaks havoc across UK, elements of France
- UAE issues reactor licence for Barakah Nuclear power plant, the first in Arab World
Banking & SSC 17th February Economy & Business Current Affairs
- 4th National Conference on Review of Implementation of PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana) held in Udaipur on February 17-18
- RBI receives Rs 1.94 lakh cr bids for maiden Rs 25,000 crore LTROs (long-time period opposite repo Operation)
- World Bank to give $450 Million mortgage for Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY) – National Groundwater Management Improvement Programme
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on February 17, 2020 reviewed the overall performance of four Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) engaged in shipbuilding – Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), Mumbai-primarily based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Visakhapatnam-primarily based Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL)
- Fifteenth Finance Commission units Sets up High-Level Expert Group on Agriculture Exports with Sanjiv Puri (Chairman and Managing Director, ITC) as its Chairman
- CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) begins taking pictures district-wise data or starting orgin of export goods
- IRFC (Indian Railway Finance Corporation) lists USD 1 bn medium-term notes on BSE-Owned India International Exchange (India INX)
- Moody’s Investors Service cuts India’s Increase forecast to five.4% for 2020 from 6.6% in advance in its replace on Global Macro Outlook
- India’s economy become 5th biggest within the World in 2019 with a GDP of $ 2.94 trillion: World Population Review (US)
- Suzuki Motorcycle India Launches BS-VI compliant 125cc Burgman Street scooter priced at Rs 77,900
Banking & SSC 17th February Sports Current Affairs
- India’s Koneru Humpy wins Cairns Cup chess Tournament in US
- “United by Emotion” unveiled as the motto of 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Northern Ireland’s Henry Gregg, Best Goalkeeper at FIFA World Cup in Sweden in 1958, Dies aged 87
- South African rugby Legend Bryan Habana Inducted into Laureus World Sports Academy