Current Affairs 17th April 2016
Daily Current affairs Latest News Updates about the National, International and Miscellaneous events were listed here for the candidates preparing for various competitive exams.
National News:
- Sushma Swaraj on 4-day visit to Iran, Moscow from today
- Union Government notified SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Rules, 2016
- Jharkhand Government launched Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana for widows
- Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences inks MoU with Centre’s PSU
- Maritime summit sees investments worth 82.9k crore
- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) allocates 500 crore to upgrade labs
- One in 7 biz women in India from Tamil Nadu
- PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for India’s biggest power plant
- Urban India’s fertility rate lower than France’s
- Government suspends Mallya’s passport on Enforcement Directorate’s (ED)’s request
- Panagarh airbase renamed after former IAF chief Arjan Singh
International News:
- Trump’s firm to build office tower in Gurgaon
- Russian jets simulate attack passes in Baltic
- India’s growth may not be felt past South Asia: IMF
- G20 seeks crackdown on tax havens, shell firms
- Death toll in earthquake in southern Japanese city of Kumamoto rises to 20
- European Parliament cleared joint system for sharing air passenger data to fight terror
New Appointments:
- Ukraine’s parliament has appointed Volodymyr Groysman as the country’s new prime Minister.
- PP Pandey handed over additional charge of Gujarat DGP
Banking & Business:
- Air Pegasus investing Rs 100 crore to expand operations
- No service tax on payments for spectrum purchased before April 1
- BRICS moves to establish bank institute, rating agency
- Apple partners WWF to launch ‘Apps for Earth’
Awards & Honours:
- Indian government ranks Ministers on their Twitter performance
- Three Indian businessmen have been named in the Forbes inaugural list of Global Game Changers.
- Delhi among top 50 future-ready cities of world
Science & Technology:
- In a first, researchers in Austria have synthesized Carbyne, a material 40 times stronger than diamond and twice as strong as the strongest known material ‘graphene’.
- Micromax opens manufacturing facility in Hyderabad
- Amazon’s most expensive Kindle, Oasis, launches in India
- Google launches free WiFi at 9 railway stations
- HTC to soon launch 4G smartphone HTC 10 in India
Sports:
- India thrash Malaysia 6-1 in Sultan Azlan Shah
- Pune IPL team opts for Vizag as alternate venue
- Delhi Daredevils beat Kings XI Punjab by 8 wkts
- World Anti-Doping Agency revoked accreditation of Moscow Antidoping Center
Obituaries:
- Punjab lokpal Justice J.S. Sekhon passes away
- Malian photographer Malick Sidibe dies aged 80
