Current Affairs 14th April 2017

Current Affairs 14th April 2017

NATIONAL:

• First Quli Qutb Shah Memorial Lecture of VP Hamid Ansari to be deliverd in  Hyderabad
• Padma awards presented by President Pranab Mukherjee to eminent personalities
• Quota for Muslims, STs to be increased by Telangana Government
• UP CM Yogi reshuffles major administrate
• Gujarat Self Financed School (Regulation of Fees) Bill – 2017 got approval Gujarat governor Kohli
• 11 CPSEs got approval from Cabinet on stock exchanges
• ‘Areo’ app launched by Google India for food delivery, home services
• Haryana implements anti-Romeo squads in state
• Union Cabinet apprised of MoU between India and Russia for cooperation in Science & Technology
• Framework of Understanding for hydrocarbon cooperation with Bangladesh got approval from Union Cabinet
• Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy at Visakhapatnam

INTERNATIONAL:

• Bipartisan delegation to be headed by US House Speaker Ryan
• Achim Steiner named as new administrator of UNDP by UN chief

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS :

• eNAM transacts record Rs.15,000 Cr business in 1 year
• Aditya Birla Nuvo to be merged with Grasim Industries

APPOINTMENTS:

• Ravi Venkatesan appoints as Co-chairman of Infosys
• Karnataka Bank appoints Mahabaleshwara MS as it’s new MD and CEO

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

• Malala honoured by Canada with honorary Canadian citizenship
• Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik receives Padma Shri awards

SPORTS NEWS:

• India-Australia starts partnership to increase cooperation in sports

OBITUARY:

• Renowned Malayalam actor Munshi Venu passed away aged 63