Daily Current affairs Latest News Updates about the National, International and Miscellaneous events were listed here for the candidates preparing for various competitive exams.
National News:
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed every year in order to create public awareness about the disease and the need for regular screening and prevention.
Cabinet approves National Capital Goods policy
Cabinet approves construction of 1 crore houses
Centre approves 11 highway projects worth 6,284 crore rupees for various states
Union Water Resources Ministry implementing its flagship programme Jal Kranti Abhiyan
Government hikes dearness allowance by 6%
Mumbai service tax dept releases advt for auctioning of Mallya’s Airbus A319 jet
Punjab Assembly passes Agriculture Indebtedness Bill
Government developing aptitude test for students
India Post releases customised ‘My Stamp’ on HAL
World Bank to extend 9,000 Crore to Swachh Bharat
Union Government and Industry Association signed MoU for effective redressal of consumer complaints
OECD released Standardised e-format for Exchange of Country-by-Country reports to assist Tax Administration
International News:
India, Bangladesh PMs launch two bilateral projects
Nepal and Azerbaijan became Dialogue Partner of SCO
India joins hands with Russia for disaster management
South Korea tops global average internet speed
North Korea conducts fresh missile engine test
China to provide millions of dollars in soft loan to Nepal
New Appointments:
Mobile Payment and e-commerce site Paytm has appointed Bhusan Patil as its new President. He was the head of Alibaba wholesale groups earlier.
Mukund Padmanabhan appointed as new editor of The Hindu
Retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Justice Permod Kohli has been appointed as the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal.
Banking & Business:
Core banking facility available at 25K post offices by April
RBI makes liquidity monitoring rules easier for banks
RBI revises liquidity measuring rules for Basel III
South Indian Bank gets ISO 9001:2008 certification
Anand Mahindra and Aditya Puri among top global 30 CEO’s
Wings Travel acquired taxi service Bookmycab
Flipkart, Ola Co-founders invest in HashLearn
Uber to pay up to $10,000 on finding bugs
Air India One crew to wear Khadi clothes soon
Vijay Mallya exits from Sanofi after 33 years as chairman
Sports:
Dhoni crosses 1,000-run mark in T20Is
Denmark’s 17-year-old Mohamad Al-Bacha was crowned the FIFA’16 world champion after winning the final in New York.
Germany’s Nico Rosberg won 2016 Australian Grand Prix
Bangladesh’s key pace bowler Taskin Ahmed lost his appeal against suspension from international cricket for illegal action.
Science & Technology:
Indian Coast Guard ship Arnvesh commissioned at Visakhapatnam
DRDO develops RADAR to look through walls
India deploys P8I maritime aircraft to Seychelles
Sundarbans becomes No-Pollution Zone
Google building new live-streaming app
Obituaries:
Phife Dawg, a member of rap pioneers A Tribe Called Quest, has died at the age of 45.Born Malik Isaac Taylor in 1970, he co-founded the philosophically focused rap group in 1985.