Current Affairs 13th April 2017

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