Current Affairs 28th April 2017

Current Affairs 28th April 2017

NATIONAL:

• No shortage of financial resources for central paramilitary forces: Home Ministry
• India successfully test-fires Agni-III ballistic missile
• Haryana’s Ballabgarh renamed as Balramgarh
• Uttar Pradesh cancels 15 government holidays
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly to pass State GST bill today
• NITI Aayog’s vision: Houses, vehicles, ACs for all by 2032
• Union Government takes 10 new Swachh Iconic Places under Swachh BharatMission
• PM Narendra Modi launches UDAN scheme, flags off first UDAN flight on Shimla-Delhi route
• India notifies conformity to UN resolution of imposing sanctions on North Korea

INTERNATIONAL

• NASA’s Cassini spacecraft successfully travels between Saturn and its rings
• ISRO launches solar calculator app
• Wikipedia founder to launch new site to tackle fake news

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

• SEBI allows options trading in commodities market
• Air India opens booking for Shimla-New Delhi flight under UDAN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• Scientists create ‘Artificial Womb’

AWARDS AND HONOURS :

• Srishti Kaur crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017

APPOINTMENTS:

• Nita Ambani made Member of IOC’s Olympic Channel Commission
• Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed as Director General of Central Reserve Police Force

SPORTS NEWS:

• PV Sindhu storms into quarters of Badminton Asia Championships
• Maria Sharapova makes winning return to tennis after 15-month doping ban

OBITUARY:

• Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passes away at 70