Current Affairs 1st April 2017

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