Current Affairs 15th April 2017

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