Current Affairs 25th April 2017

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