Current Affairs 20th April 2017

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