Current Affairs for IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) Grade-II 2017:
Venkaiah Naidu Is New Vice President of India
i. Venkaiah Naidu is the new Vice President of India after Hamid Ansari. Naidu’s victory was a foregone conclusion, the NDA candidate having the support of a majority of MPs who ally with the BJP.
Akshay Kumar Roped in as Brand Ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission in Uttar Pradesh
i. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the appointment of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar as the brand ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in the state.
Important:-
- The capital of Uttar Pradesh is Lucknow.
Mughalsarai to be Renamed as Deen Dayal Upadhyay Railway Station
i. The Centre recently approved the Adityanath-led UP government’s proposal to rename the Mughalsarai railway station after the Jan Sangh leader as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) station.
ii. This comes as the part of the state government’s attempt to revive the legacy of Upadhyaya who died in 1968. The UP government in its proposal pointed to the mysterious death of Upadhyaya at the Mughalsarai station as one of the primary reasons to rename the station.
Important :-
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is Yogi Adityanath.
- The Mughalsarai station was established near Varanasi in 1862 when the East India Company linked Howrah to Delhi by rail.
China opens its first overseas Military base in Djibouti
i. China formally opened its first overseas military base with a flag raising ceremony in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, the same day as the People's Liberation Army marks its 90th birthday.
ii. Djibouti's position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean has fueled worry in India that it would become another of China's "string of pearls" military alliances and assets ringing India, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
Important :-
- Djiboutian franc is the currency of Djibouti.
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