Current Affairs 20th April 2017
NATIONAL:
- InB Minister M Venkaiah Naidu says that new film Institute will be set up in Itanagar
- SC seeks Centre’s response on plea seeking framing of policy for promoting national anthem, national song
- Palladium Cinema site to be developed as heritage museum in Srinagar
- Indian Navy dedicates its Largest Missile destroyer to Chennai
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches projects related to SAUNI Yojana at Botad
- Cabinet clears EC’s proposal to buy paper trail EVMs
- West Bengal: Govt introduces Social Security Yojana, converges 5 beneficiary schemes
- Yogi Adityanath govt renames Agra, Gorakhpur airports
- Haryana govt to provide accidental insurance cover
- Punjab government to set up ‘book banks’ in schools
INTERNATIONAL
- US President Donald Trump signs executive order to tighten H-1B visa programme
- US ‘Not Looking for Fight’ With North Korea: Nikki Haley
- At UN, US warns on human rights in Iran, Cuba, N.Korea
- UN to issue special stamps commemorating International Yoga Day on 21 June
- Facebook owns world’s top 4 most downloaded apps
BANKING NEWS
- World Bank released report Globalization Backlash
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Rajasthan: State govt, HPCL sign agreement for ?43,129 cr Barmer refinery
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- First Made in India industrial robot BRABO unveiled
- Malaysia Airlines world’s 1st to satellite-track its flights
AWARDS AND HONOURS :
- Historian A V Narasimha Murthy honoured with Gururaja Bhat Award
APPOINTMENTS:
- B N Mohapatra takes over as Financial Commissioner of Railways
- Devendra Kumar Sharma appointed as Chairman of BBMB
SPORTS NEWS:
- BCCI rejects S Sreesanth’s plea for review of his life ban
- ICC names Ganguly, Ponting as commentators for upcoming Champions Trophy