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Current Affairs 22nd April 2016

Current Affairs 22nd April 2016

Daily Current News Updates about the National and International events were listed here. Candidates those who are preparing for IBPS/SBI/PO/Clerk exam and all other competitive exams can use this.



National News:

  • Tenth Civil Services Day is being observed today
  • Goa to host Int’l seminar on Wheat Products
  • India’s 1st Beti Garden to celebrate girl child
  • Delhi Metro to get free Wi-Fi facility
  • Union Government renamed Department of Disinvestment as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM)
  • 400 road deaths per day in India; up 5% to 1.46 lakh in 2015
  • Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to travel under the sea near Thane creek
  • 7 women officers of SSC granted permanent commission by Navy
  • Women allowed to enter Maharashtra’s Trimbakeshwar temple
  • India headed for top slot in global LED bulb market
  • Pranab to visit Beijing in last week of May
  • Cabinet approves signing the Paris Agreement
  • Dr. Mahesh Sharma Unveils Gold Finial at Humayun’s Tomb
  • Government merges Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan with Khelo India
  • Ceasefire in Nagaland extended by one year
  • Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana notified by Haryana Government
  • Punjab CM Parkash Badal distributes health insurance cards & approves Rs 750 crore for road sector

International News:

  • India ranked 133rd in 2016 World Press Freedom Index
  • Argentina sells bonds for first time in 15 Years
  • Europe becomes world’s first region to end malaria: WHO
  • Satellite to monitor China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects to launch in 2018
  • China says population has reached 1.373 billion
  • United States President Barack Obama meets Saudi King with Iran on agenda
  • China eyes deeper military ties with Afghanistan to put an end to Taliban insurgency
  • UN, IMF, World Bank and OECD formed Platform for Collaboration on Tax

New Appointments:

  • Communist Party chief Bounnhang Vorachit was appointed as the country’s new president and foreign minister Thongloun Sisoulith as the prime minister of Laos by Laos’s National Assembly.
  • Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi nominated to Rajya Sabha

Banking & Business:

  • IFMR Capital initiates first Capital Market Transaction for MUDRA
  • Coal India launches Coal Mine tours
  • Railways revenue growth in 2015-16 at 5-year low
  • FreeCharge partners with BookMyShow
  • Government plans implementing National Framework for Malaria Elimination with Sun Pharma
  • India set to sign climate change treaty
  • SpiceJet to swap wet-lease fleet by June
  • Railways shows record high capital expenditure of Rs 94,000 crore in ’15-’16

Awards & Honours:



  • Indian diplomat Amitav Banerji honoured by Cyprus
  • Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston named ‘World’s Most Beautiful Woman’
  • Modi’s wax figure installed at Madame Tussauds

Science & Technology:

  • ISRO to launch satellite by Bengaluru students
  • US Air Force sets new maglev speed record
  • Accenture opens Cyber Centre in Bengaluru
  • Russia Test-Fires ‘Iskander’ Tactical Ballistic Missile
  • Intel starts ‘Unnati Kendras’ in 10 Telengana towns
  • Google unveils new version of Chromecast for Rs 3,399
  • Low -cost solar cells developed

Sports:

  • Hong Kong’s Irfan Ahmed suspended for two and a half years for breaching ICC Anti-Corruption Code
  • Aaqib Javed steps down as UAE head coach

Obituaries:

  • Comedian Victoria Wood dies aged 62
  • Police horse ‘Shaktiman’ dead



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