Current Affairs 25th April 2017

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Current Affairs 25th April 2017

NATIONAL:

  • Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi calls for enforcement of Juvenile Justice Act
  • Vice President Hamid Ansari embarks on visit to Armenia & Poland today
  • Yogi Adityanath inaugurated National Panchayati Raj Diwas function
  • India becomes World No.2 LPG importer
  • Google doodle celebrates Kannada actor Rajkumar’s 88th birthday
  • Arunachal Pradesh: Students Union protest against China’s claim over renamingplaces in state
  • Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman adopts Bengaluru lake
  • Steel Policy to be announced soon: Union Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh
  • Govt denies CISF involvement in Taj Mahal saffron scarf row
  • India Post releases commemorative postage stamp on coffee as fragrance stamp

INTERNATIONAL

  • Afghanistan: Defense Minister & Army Chief resign following Taliban attack
  • US astronaut Peggy Whitson breaks new space record
  • Nepal cabinet approves constitution amendment ,local polls agreement withSanghiya Gathbandhan
  • Google to introduce ‘Copyless Paste’ feature
  • A new freight train connects Russia with China

AWARDS AND HONOURS :

  • Kailash Satyarthi honoured with P C Chandra Puraskaar 2017
  • Goldman Environmental Prize for Prafulla Samantra
  • Newton wins best film honour at Hong Kong International Film Festival

SPORTS NEWS:

  • National Youth Athletics Meet: Haryana beat Kerala to win team championship
  • MCC offers honourary life membership to former captain of Indian women’s Test team