21st August 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (21st August 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 21st August 2017

International Current Affairs

• The "Big Ben" bell in UK Parliament's iconic clock tower will be silenced from today for next four years for renovation works. 
• China is relaunching the Fastest bullet trains in the world, which run at 350 kilometres per hour.
• Ukraine has removed all 1,320 statues of the communist revolutionary Lenin as part of a government drive to rid the country of Soviet-era symbols.
  

National Current Affairs

• Union home minister Rajnath Singh today launched a Digital policing portal, making it possible to electronically apply and seek verifications for tenants, domestic helps and even passports.
• The initiative is a follow up of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems Project (CCTNS) or the crime and criminal tracking network system.
• The Defence Ministry has granted additional administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to speed-up the construction of roads along the Indo-China border. 
• The BRO DG's financial powers have been enhanced from ₹10.5 crore to ₹100 crore. 

Deaths

• American comedian-filmmaker Jerry Lewis (91), known for movies like 'The Nutty Professor' and 'The Bellboy' among others, passed away today.
• Lewis had collaborated with singer Dean Martin for comic acts and the duo starred in films like 'The Stooge' and 'Scared Stiff'.
• Bulgarian weightlifter Velichko Cholakov (35), an Olympic and world medallist, passed away.
• Cholakov took +105 kg bronze at the Athens 2004 Olympics and silver in the same division in the previous year's world championships. 

Science & Technology

• China is going to launch the World's first nuclear power plant, the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station, that is immune to meltdown. 
• The US and China jointly invested over ₹38,000 crore for building the reactor used in the plant. 
• US-Norwegian company Kolos is set to build World's largest data centre in Arctic Norway, powered by 100% sustainable energy.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• The State Bank of India (SBI) accounts for over 27% of the total amount owed to public sector banks by wilful defaulters, with 1,762 such defaulters owing as much as ₹25,104 crore to it as on March 31. 
• Punjab National Bank (PNB) was next on the list with 1,120 wilful defaulters owing ₹12,278 crore. 
• India has imposed anti-dumping duty on Chinese tempered glass, used for protecting mobile phone screens. 
• The duty, aims at protecting the domestic industry from cheaper imports.

New Appointments

• O Panneerselvam today took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, hours after the merger of rival AIADMK factions was announced. 
• Mr. Selvam was also allotted the Finance Ministry, a portfolio which was held by D Jeyakumar until now. 
• Panneerselvam's close aide K Pandiarajan was sworn-in as Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture.

Sports Current Affairs

• Shapath Bharadwaj, a 15-year-old from Meerut, won a Bronze medal in the double trap event at the ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup in Italy. 
• Qatar is going to build a stadium shaped like an Arabian cap for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
• The FIFA Under-17 World Cup official winner's trophy was recently displayed at the India Gate. 
• The event will be India's first official FIFA tournament. 
• Note : The tournament's winner will lift the trophy on October 28.
• World Badminton Championships, also known as 2017 BWF World Championships, began today.
• This tournament will be held from today (21st August 2017) to 27th August 2017 at Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.

Careers

• The JEE Advanced exam will be conducted completely online from 2018 to make logistics and evaluations easier. 
• To facilitate a smooth transition, students will be given training for three days where they can take online mock tests and operate the system.

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