Current Affairs 24th April 2016

Current Affairs 24th April 2016

National News:

• Rajnath Singh chairs High Level Committee meeting for Central assistance to Karnataka, Puducherry and Arunachal Pradesh affected by drought and floods
• PM to launch Rs 8K cr scheme for free LPG connections to poor
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to start first holiday homes for Jawans
• Delhi government announces ‘Premium Bus Service’
• Government sets up panel for doubling farm income
• Manipur observes Khongjom Day today
• Government sets up panel over central excise duty on jewellery
• Centre to provide plastic park to Andhra Pradesh
• Prime Minister to address Panchayati Raj Sammelan in Jamshedpur tomorrow
• Piyush Goyal with French Environment Minister launch programmes under International Solar Alliance (ISA)
• Talgo train trials to be held by Indian Railways

International News:

• 171 nations sign historic climate deal at UN
• Obama may be 1st US Prez to visit Hiroshima
• Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to visit India next month
• India ratifies WTO trade facilitation agreement
• US to buy heavy water from Iran’s nuke programme
• Japan 4th nation ever to test own stealth jet
• Cuba removes ban on Cubans entering or leaving the country by sea

New Appointments:

• Mary Kom, Swamy among 6 nominated to Rajya Sabha
• Centrum Group appoints Jaspal Bindra as new chairman

Banking & Business:

• SIDBI clears 1,000 Crore for early-stage startups
• Mahindra & Mahindra becomes first Indian company to join EP100 campaign
• Google most influential brand in India, Flipkart 7th
• Uber China to use selfies to detect fake drivers
• RCom and RJio to share spectrum in 9 circles
• World’s fastest SUV launched in India at 3.85 crore
• ‘India to be 2nd largest smartphone market’

Awards & Honours:

• Anti Slavery Crusader Harriet Tubman to be first African-American on US Dollar
• Indian documentary wins bronze medal New York Festivals
• Radhika Apte wins best actress award at Tribeca Festival
• Dadasaheb Phalke Foundation to award Bajpayee

Science & Technology:

• NASA successfully tests 3D-printed rocket engine
• Microsoft, Google to drop regulatory complaints
• Vistara partners with TCS for IT services

Sports:

• Jitu Rai finishes sixth at Rio shooting World Cup
• Pankaj Advani in semi-final of Asian Snooker Championship
• 7-year-old to be 1st Indian at World Kickboxing