Current Affairs 13th 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:
- CCRH has signed two MOUs with Canada and Armenia during two day International Convention on WHD
- Jammu & Kashmir government’s new scheme increases rice ration
- Government to launch Village Self Governance Campaign to improve rural livelihoods
- Prime Minister to inaugurate 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation
- Godavari islands, Konaseema to be tourist hubs
- Indian ports added highest ever capacity in FY16
- Government plans to make prescription of generic medicines mandatory
- Jharkhand Government announced to reserve 2 percent employment for meritorious sportspersons
International News:
- Obama to designate monument honouring Women’s equality
- Panama Papers: India to attend OECD meet in Paris
- Polio can be eradicated in 12 months: WHO
- Pakistan, China launch joint air force training exercise Shaheen 5
- China’s GDP to decline to 6.7% this year: World Bank
- Russia sent 1st part of air defense system: Iran
- Women of Chinese tribe mark annual hair festival
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ meet ends in Hiroshima
- Fitch expects India to be on top of global ladder by expanding 7.7% in current fiscal
New Appointments:
- Virat Kohli has joined the recently-announced Premier Futsal football league as its brand ambassador
- Ex-Chhattisgarh HC Judge N K Agarwal likely to be next Haryana’s new Lokayukta
- Hemant Kumar Ruia appointed CFO of Indus Towers
Awards & Honours:
- IIT- Kharagpur wins National IP Award
- Khadija Ismayilova selected for 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
- Priyanka Chopra to be conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2016
- Rajinikanth, Sania, Priyanka get Padma awards
- Varanasi Kathak dancer breaks world record
- President presents Padma awards to 56 eminent personalities
- United States tops Global Connectivity Index 2016
Banking & Business:
- Polaris Ties up with Snapdeal to sell All Terrain Vehicles
- Bharti Airtel get payments bank licence from RBI
- Unified payments interface launched
- Vijay Mallaya bought Barbados CPL side for $100
- Greybull Capital to buy Tata Steel’s UK plant
Science & Technology:
- Endangered bird spoon-billed sandpiper spotted in China
- European Space Agency releases 360° video of ISS
- 18-rotor helicopter takes its 1st manned flight
Sports:
- Tamil Nadu Premier League to be launched soon
- Poster of Sachin Tendulkar’s biopic released
- Gujarat Lions defeat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets
Obituaries:
- Veenu Paliwal, ‘dubbed’ as one of India’s top woman biker, passed away in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district
