DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 12TH MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
BISHU PARV OR SENDRA OBSERVED IN DALMA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
i.
The 2017 hunting festival “BishuParv” was observed in Jharkhand. The Dalma
Wildlife Sanctuary is located 10 km from the city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.
ii.
The Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for holding many elephants and other
animals, which come downhill during the monsoons and winter and enter nearby
villages and towns of Jharkhand and West Bengal.
2.
YOGI ADITYANATH GOVT. TO MERGE LOCAL BODIES OF MATHURA-VRINDAVAN,
AYODHYA-FAIZABAD
i.
The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government decided to merge the local
bodies of two temple towns of
Ayodhya-Faizabad and Mathura-Vrindavan.
ii.
Its main aim is to generate more revenue by providing better facilities to the
tourists.
iii.
To strengthen the infrastructure and to purify the Yamuna and to facilitate
local residents and pilgrims, it has been decided to make Mathura and Vrindavan
together to form a municipal corporation.
3.
I-T DEPT LAUNCHES E-FACILITY TO LINK PERSON’S AADHAAR WITH PAN
i.
The Income Tax department has launched a new e-facility to link a person’s
Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number. It is a mandatory procedure for
filing I-T returns.
ii.
The department’s e-filing website – https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in – has
created a new link on its homepage making it “easy” to link the two unique
identities of an individual.
iii.
There is no need to login or be registered on e-filing website. This facility
can be used by anyone to link their Aadhaar with PAN.
iv.
The government under the Finance has made it mandatory for taxpayers to quote
Aadhaar or enrolment ID of Aadhaar application form for filing of income tax
returns (ITR).
4.
ICICI BANK CHIEF CHANDA KOCHHAR RECEIVES ‘WOODROW WILSON AWARD’ FOR GLOBAL
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
i.
Chanda Kochhar, the MD and Chief Executive of ICICI Bank became the 1st Indian
woman to be conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Global
Corporate Citizenship.
ii.
The award was conferred by Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington DC, US. Ms.
Kochhar received this award for demonstrating a commitment to the common good
beyond the bottom line.
iii.
2017 Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service has been conferred on United
States Senator, Mitch McConnell.