Current Affairs 1st April 2017
NATIONAL:
- ‘100MB’ a new own app launched by Sachin Tendulkar
- Rs.10,000 crore to be spent by Railways on track renewal
- Hyderabad becomes 1st city in country with 1Gbps wired broadband service
- Interest rate on small savings deposits reduced by 0.1% : Govt
- Meeting held between Indian Army chief Rawat and Nepal PM Prachanda
- Residential facility for child cancer patients inaugurated today in Mumbai
- Proposal made by govt to open more Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojna Kendra in country
- ‘Namami Brahmaputra’ festival celebrated toady in Assam
- Animal Preservation Bill passed in Gujarat Assembly
- Uma Bharti leads special cleanliness drive in Uttarkashi
- 3 day annual meeting of New Development Bank begins in New Delhi
- Kanha Tiger Reserve turns into first in India get official mascot
INTERNATIONAL:
- Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrives in Chennai, begins six day India tour
BANKING NEWS:
- Bank of Maharashtra loses Rs.25 crore due to UPI bug
- Payment systems to remain closed on April 1: RBI
- RBI restricts banking ops of Kapol Co-operative bank
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- First recycled rocket launched by SpaceX, in historic leap
AGREEMENTS:
- Loan agreement signed between India and NDB for development of roads project in Madhya Pradesh
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
- Virat Kohli receives Padma Shri at Rashtrapati Bhavan
- Indian Hockey player SV Sunil receives Player of the Year in Asian Hockey Awards
SPORTS NEWS:
- BCCI to felicitate Indian cricket’s ‘Fab Five’ at IPL opening ceremony
- ICC to bid for inclusion of cricket in 2024 Olympics
