Current Affairs 30th April 2017

Current Affairs 30th April 2017

NATIONAL:

• 8-9 lakh registered companies not filing annual returns are potential source ofmoney laundering: Revenue Secretary
• 1.3 lakh post offices in rural areas to be connected through broadband
• Himachal: 23,700 street lights replaced by LED lights under SLNP
• Vision of 2022 to provide house to every household in country is priority: Dattatreya
• IIT Council decides to increase female representation in institutes
• India’s Sudarsan wins World Sand Sculptures Championship
• India’s 1st book village to come up in Maharashtra
• Uma Bharti has launched Water Conservation Programme for Bundelkhand
• Shah Rukh Khan becomes first Indian actor to deliver Ted Talk
• ISRO to improve India’s communication system by launching 5 satellites

INTERNATIONAL

• Two Indian-Americans selected for ACE fellowship
• Trump signs executive order aimed at reducing restrictions on oil drilling in Arctic,Atlantic
• EU leaders will endorse stiff set of Brexit at summit in Brussels
• Montenegro parliament ratifies country’s accession to Nato

BANKING NEWS

• RBI says, banks cannot refuse to accept faded or scribbled notes

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

• Apple stops paying iPhone patent royalties to Qualcomm

SPORTS NEWS:

• Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India to take on Great Britain in opener
• 18-year-old becomes first Indian to take pole in F3 C’ship
• Pankaj Advani loses summit clash of Asian Snooker Championship
• Saurav, Chinappa enters semis of Asian Individual Squash Championship

OBITUARY:

• Tamil actor Vinu Chakravarthy passes away