Current Affairs 21st April 2018

Current Affairs 21^st April 2018

NATIONAL

• Smriti Irani Launches GNFC’s Neem Project in UP
• Gujarat Launches Pocket Cop Project
• India Forms Committee to Reform Higher Defence Planning
• Bangalore Emerges as Top City for Office Expansion: CBRE

INTERNATIONAL

• Swaziland King Changes Country’s Name to ‘Kingdom of eSwatini’
• Karan Johar, 1st Indian Filmmaker in Madame Tussauds Collection

BANKING & ECONOMY

• SBI India’s Most Trusted Bank, ICICI Tops in Private Sector: Report
• Yes Bank Gets RBI Nod to Open Offices in London and Singapore

AWARDS

• BCCL Chairman Indu Jain Gets Lifetime Contribution to Media Award

APPOINTMENTS

• US Senate Narrowly Confirms Trump’s New NASA Chief
• Dilip Chenoy Takes Over as FICCI Secretary General

SPORTS

• Official Mascot of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Unveiled

OBITUARY

• Veteran Journalist T V R Shenoy Passes Away
• Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajinder Sachar Passes Away