Current Affairs 13th April 2017
NATIONAL:
- Chhattisgarh imposes liquor ban for villages with population upto 3000
- From May 1 Petrol, diesel prices to be revised on daily basis in 5 cities
- Lok Sabha passes HIV AIDS Prevention and Control Bill
- EC orders re-polls at 38 polling stations in Srinagar
- Organic vegetables are grown in Kerala Police stations
- Polythene bags to be banned from May-1 in Madhya Pradesh
- Villages of UP to get 18-hour power supply : UP govt
- ‘Ammaku Vandanam’ a mother worship programme to be introduced in all govt schools of Andhra
- Teaching Malayalam made mandatory in all Kerala schools
- 2 day NDMP review workshop inaugurates in Delhi
- Himachal Pradesh govt achieves 108% target under MGNREGS
- Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant 2017 of Indo-Mongolia kicks-off
INTERNATIONAL:
- 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram Celebrated in London
- Nepal govt presents new Constitution amendment bill to address concerns of Madhesi parties
BANKING NEWS:
- Nabard to raise Rs.7,000 crore to help fund rural housing
AGREEMENTS:
- Indian Railways tie-up with BHEL for Rooftop SPV Systems
- Joint Statement on Free Trade Agreement signed between India and Georgia
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
- 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners announced
SPORTS NEWS:
- Asian School Hockey Championship won by India School team
- ICC announces 8 ambassadors for Champions Trophy which features India’s Harbhajan
OBITUARY:
- Akhilesh Das Gupta Former Union Minister passed away
