CURRENT UPDATE : OSCAR AWARDS 2017

THE 89^th ACADEMY AWARDS – OSCAR 2017

CATEGORY	WINNER
BEST PICTURE	MOONLIGHT Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
ACTOR- in a Leading Role	CASEY AFFLECK  Manchester by the Sea
ACTRESS- in a Leading Role	EMMA STONE La La Land
ACTOR - in a Supporting Role	MAHERSHALA ALI Moonlight
ACTRESS - in a Supporting Role	VIOLA DAVIS Fences
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM	ZOOTOPIA Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer
CINEMATOGRAPHY	LA LA LAND Linus Sandgren
COSTUME DESIGN	FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Colleen Atwood
DIRECTING	LA LA LAND Damien Chazelle
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE	O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT	THE WHITE HELMETS Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
FILM EDITING	HACKSAW RIDGE John Gilbert
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM	THE SALESMAN Iran
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING	SUICIDE SQUAD Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson
MUSIC - Original Score	LA LA LAND Justin Hurwitz
MUSIC - Original Song	CITY OF STARS From La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
PRODUCTION DESIGN	LA LA LAND Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
SHORT FILM - Animated	PIPER Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer
SHORT FILM - Live Action	SING Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
SOUND EDITING	ARRIVAL Sylvain Bellemare
SOUND MIXING	HACKSAW RIDGE Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
VISUAL EFFECTS	THE JUNGLE BOOK Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
WRITING - Adapted Screenplay	MOONLIGHT Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
WRITING - Original Screenplay	MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Written by Kenneth Lonergan

ISRO CREATES HISTORY : LAUNCHES PSLV-C37 WITH 104 SATELLITES

CURRENT UPDATE : ISRO LAUNCHES RECORD 104 SATELLITES IN A SINGLE FLIGHT

PSLV-C37 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES 104 SATELLITES IN A SINGLE FLIGHT

In its thirty ninth flight (PSLV-C37), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched the 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 103 co-passenger satellites today morning (February 15, 2017) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. This is the thirty eighth consecutively successful mission of PSLV.  The total weight of all the 104 satellites carried on-board PSLV-C37 was 1378 kg.

PSLV-C37 lifted off at 0928 hrs (9:28 am) IST, as planned, from the First Launch Pad.  After a flight of  16 minutes 48 seconds, the satellites achieved a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of 506 km inclined at an angle of 97.46 degree to the equator (very close to the intended orbit) and in the succeeding 12 minutes, all the 104 satellites successfully separated from the PSLV fourth stage in a predetermined sequence beginning with Cartosat-2 series satellite, followed by INS-1 and INS-2.  The total number of Indian satellites launched by PSLV now stands at 46.

After separation, the two solar arrays of Cartosat-2 series satellite were deployed automatically and ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore took over the control of the satellite. In the coming days, the satellite will be brought to its final operational configuration following which it will begin to provide remote sensing services using its panchromatic (black and white) and multispectral (colour) cameras.

Of the 103 co-passenger satellites carried by PSLV-C37, two – ISRO Nano Satellite-1 (INS-1) weighing 8.4 kg and INS-2 weighing 9.7 kg – are technology demonstration satellites from India. 

The remaining 101 co-passenger satellites carried were international customer satellites from USA (96), The Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1), Israel (1), Kazakhstan (1) and UAE (1). 

With today’s successful launch, the total number of customer satellites from abroad launched by India’s workhorse launch vehicle PSLV has reached 180.

CURRENT UPDATE : BAFTA 2017 WINNERS

EE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS WINNERS IN 2017

A  Best Film - La La Land

A  Outstanding British Film - I, Daniel Blake

A  Director - Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

A  Leading Actress - Emma Stone (La La Land)

A  Leading Actor - Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea )

A  Supporting Actor - Dev Patel (Lion)

A  Supporting Actress - Viola Davis (Fences)

A  Adapted Screenplay - Lion

A  Original Screenplay - Manchester By The Sea

A  Outstanding Debut - Under The Shadow

A  Film Not in the English Language - Son of Saul

A  Documentary -13th

A  Animated Film - Kubo and the Two Strings

A  Cinematography - La La Land

A  Editing - Hacksaw Ridge

A  Make Up and Hair - Florence Foster Jenkins

A  Costume Design - Jackie

A  Production Design - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

A  Special Visual Effects - The Jungle Book

A  Original Music - La La Land

A  Sound - Arrival

A  British Short Film - Home

A  British Short Animation - A Love Story

A  EE Rising Star - Tom Holland

CURRENT UPDATE : RBI-SIXTH BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT 2016-2017

SIXTH BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT 2016-2017- RESOLUTION OF THE MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE (MPC), RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation at its meeting today (08-02-2017), the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to:

• ·         Keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.25 per cent.

Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF remains unchanged at 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.75 per cent.

The decision of the MPC is consistent with a neutral stance of monetary policy in consonance with the objective of achieving consumer price index (CPI) inflation at 5 per cent by Q4 of 2016-17 and the medium-term target of 4 per cent within a band of +/- 2 per cent, while supporting growth.

CURRENT RATES
POLICY RATES	BANK RATE	6.75 %
	REPO RATE	6.25 %
	REVERSE REPO RATE	5.75 %
	MARGINAL STANDING FACILITY RATE	6.75 %
RESERVE RATIO	CRR	4%
	SLR	20.50 %
LENDING RATE	BASE RATE	9.25% - 9.65%

The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled on April 5 and 6, 2017.

CURRENT UPDATE : UNION BUDGET 2017-2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents Union budget  2017 – 2018 in Lok Sabha today (01-02-2017).Merges Railways budget merged with for the first time in Indian History; Also does away with plan and non-plan expenditure; government to spend 21.47 lakh crore in 2017-18.

To know more about the Union Budget 2017-2018, click below links

1.  Budget Speech

2.  Key features of the Budget

3.   Budget at a glance

4.   Finance Bill

5.   Annual Financial Statement

6.   Receipt Budget

7.   Economic Survey 2016 - 17