Current Affairs 12th April 2016

Current Affairs 12th 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:

• Supreme Court allows common entrance test for all medical courses
• Meteorological Department to start India’s first heat index
• Five lakh ponds to be created under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana: Agriculture Minister
• India, Maldives sign six agreements in different sectors
• Prime Minister pays tributes to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
• Centre to Issue Universal ID-Cards for Differently-Abled People
• Union Minister Piyush Goyal Lays Foundation Stone for IPDS Work
• ‘Green UP – Clean UP’ Programme: Five crore trees to be planted in UP
• All UP homes will get power by 2019: PiyushGoyal
• Prime Minister visits Puttingal Devi Temple following fire mishap
• Government to involve private sector in cyber security

International News:

• Dubai to build tower taller than Burj Khalifa
• China, Sri Lanka to redefine Colombo Port City project
• Pakistan Navy successfully test-fires shore-based anti-ship missile
• Chinese researchers introduce Graphene based all-weather solar cell
• Prince William, Kate to attend Young Entrepreneurs Event in Mumbai
• Maldivian President to hold talks with PM Modi to boost bilateral co-operation
• World tiger count rises for 1st time in 100 yrs
• Ukraine PM to resign, blaming politicians failure to enact real changes

Awards & Honours:

• Indian-South African judge Navaneetham Pillay bags top French honour

Banking & Business:

• RBI holds 8 lakh crore of government bonds: Rajan
• Micromax partners Visa, Tran Serv for pushing m-commerce
• Food and Drug Administration approves world’s smallest pacemaker

Sports:

• Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 9 wickets
• Indian Women finish 6th at Hawke’s Bay Cup
• Mishra becomes 2nd highest wicket taker in IPL
• Bengal bowler picks up 6 wickets for zero runs
• India beat Malaysia 3-1 in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• Danny Willett, first Briton to win US Masters golf 2016
• Lee Chong Wei wins 11th Malaysia Open title

Science & Technology:

• BSNL testing WiFi-based network to connect about 1 lakh village panchayats
• Twitter acquires employee-manager feedback startup Peer
• Scientists find new Zika-linked brain disorder