Current Affairs 15th April 2017
NATIONAL:
- PM Modi to launch several crucial initiatives to further digital payments revolution in country
- Railways had highest corruption complaints in 2016: CVC
- Guj Guv clears bill proposing life term for cow slaughter
- SC pulls up Tamil Nadu govt over farmers’ suicides
- Odisha celebrates Pana Sankranti today
- Bhopal to have India’s first privately-run railway station
- Telangana to extend financial assistance to farmers for fertilisers
INTERNATIONAL
- US drops biggest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan: Pentagon
- India, Russia strategic partnership important for international security, stability: Putin
- Russia vetoes UN probe of Syria gas attack
- New Zealanders evacuated from parts of coast as storm hits
- US drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on ISIS Caves in Afghanistan
- Mahmoud Abbas seeks ‘unprecedented’ steps to end Palestinian split
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Industrial output slips to 4-month low
- India’s exports grow by 27.6% in March, compared to same period last year
- Cabinet approves listing of 11 CPSEs on stock exchanges
- India’s foreign exchange surges to 369.95 billion US dollars
- 10 Indian states have GDP equal to that of a country
- eNAM transacts record Rs.15,000 Cr business in one year
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- NASA reveals new insights on ‘Ocean Worlds’ in Solar System
SPORTS NEWS:
- 7th Junior National Hockey Championship begins in Bhopal
- Singapore Open: PV Sindhu, K Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and mixed doubles pair to play their quarter-final