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