Current Affairs 2nd April 2016

Current Affairs 2nd April 2016

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:

• Union Government launched Startup India Portal and Mobile App
• Union Government launched Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index for Persons with Disabilities
• Kachhabali Becomes 1st Liquor-free village in Rajasthan
• Mumbai to get its first Arbitration Centre
• Madhya Pradesh to create Department of Happiness
• BHEL commissions 250 Mw unit at Nabinagar plant in Bihar
• Telangana Road Transport Authority’s Mobile App M-Wallet launched
• India becomes fourth largest spender on defence
• India’s fastest train to hit tracks on April 5
• Delhi roads to be vacuum cleaned from today
• Maharashtra first state to join national cancer grid
• Free helmets for two-wheeler riders in Kerala
• 2 Andhra Pradesh villages to run on solar power

International News:

• France operation ‘Sangaris’ comes to an end in CAR
• Ebola threat comes to an end in West Africa
• S&P downgrades China rating outlook to negative
• ICCR to set up first Indian Chair in Arab world at Cairo
• Myanmar Upper House passes Bill giving more powers to Aung San Suu Kyi

Banking & Business:

• SEBI raises FPI investment limit
• Japan commits 14k cr loans to India for infra
• India looking to loan $500 mn from Asian Bank
• Star India to launch Hotstar service overseas
• Adani Aero Defence ties up with Elbit, Alpha for unmanned aircraft systems
• Dr Reddy’s, Japan firm sign anticancer drug pact
• Ola launches free in-cab ‘Auto-Connect Wi-Fi’
• Amazon commenced work on its biggest campus in Hyderabad
• Core sector growth at 5.7% in February

Sports:

• Wheelchair Motocross WC to begin from April 23
• Kohli registers most half-centuries in T20Is

Science & Technology:

• Scientists reveal Zika structure for first time
• MIT creates technology for password-free Wi-Fi
• Seagate unveils USB-powered 8 TB external HD
• New method that can assess chemotherapy in 8 hrs

Obituaries:

• Renowned Iraqi-British Architect Zaha Hadid died
• British comedian Ronnie Corbett passed away