Current Affairs 10th 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:

U.N. to observe Ambedkar’s birth anniversary
Union HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani Launches ISBN Portal
Uma Bharti inaugurates Water Films Festival
Gujarat Governor gives assent to six Bills
Rajasthan becomes the first state in India to clear land title Bill
NRDC signs License Agreement with M/S Nagarjuna Agro Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. for Soil Moisture Indicator of ICAR
Government inaugurates ‘Namma Toilet’ in Delhi under Swachh Bharat Mission
Shani Shingnapur temple allows women inside inner sanctum
Himachal passes bill increasing salary of MLAs
Haryana sets up legal panel to probe Jat violence

International News:

Armenia and Azerbaijan declare ceasefire
Shakespeare’s First Folio discovered on Scottish island
Saudi Arabia, Egypt to build bridge across Red Sea
North Korea says it has successfully tested long-range rocket engine
China offers Sri Lanka 500 million Yuan
John Kerry visits Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi

New Appointments:

Sharad Agarwal appointed as head of Lamborghini India Pvt Ltd
Austrian bank’s CEO quits after Panama Papers reports
Hashim Thaci sworn in as Kosovo’s new president
Vasu will be appointed as the new director of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) Academy for a period of two years
BS Yeddyurappa to be BJP Karnataka state President
Government signs up Tendulkar to endorse Skill India

Banking & Business:

SIDBI signs MoU with LIC for Fund-of-Fund operations
World Bank initiated “Climate Action Plan”
Federal Bank–Phillip Capital tie-up announced at Singapore
App-only bank with no branches to launch in UK
Credit Suisse’s “Emerging Consumers scorecard 2016” topped by India
ITC Limited renewed 40-year partnership with Starwood Hotels
Kansai Nerolac ties up with Gujarat Lions for IPL Season 9
Airtel buys 4G spectrum from Aircel for 3.5k crore
World’s first 3D-printed drug unveiled

Awards & Honours:

Vishwanathan Anand to be honoured with Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award
Fallout 4 wins Game of the Year award at Baftas
CSIR Features in the Thomson Reuters Top 50 Indian Innovator Companies
Mother Teresa conferred with Founder’s Award

Sports:

Rio de Janeiro to host 1st Video Game Olympics
Kento Momota and Ratchanok Intanon won 2016 Yonex Sunrise India Open badminton titles
Sunil Narine’s action cleared ahead of IPL
FIFA released Coca-Cola World Rankings 2016