Current Affairs 4th April 2017
NATIONAL:
- IISc Bangalore tops in ‘India Rankings 2017’ released by Indian govt
- Maharashtra tourism welcomes tourists to visit live coal mine
- Patients with rare disease will be offered free Air tickets by Air India
- Qutub Minar lit in blue colour on Autism Awareness Day
- Madhya Pradesh hikes power tariff by an average of 9.48%
- Meeting held between Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
- New campus building for IIM Tiruchirapalli set inaugurated today
- 19th commonwealth forestry conference starts in Uttarakhand
- Centre sanctions Rs. 98 crore for Assam Heritage Circuit
INTERNATIONAL:
- Japan officially recognises Bitcoin as currency
- South Korea, Japan, US hold drill against North Korea
BANKING NEWS:
- Basic pay of RBI Governor hiked to Rs.2.5 lakh nearly 180%
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS :
- Tax evasion over Rs 5 crore will be non-bailable offence under new GST regime
AGREEMENTS:
- New Air Services Agreement between India and Serbia got approval from Union Cabinet
APPOINTMENTS:
- Indian IFS officer Vipul appointed as new Consul General of Dubai
- Justice Indira Banerjee become new Chief Justice of Madras High Court
SPORTS NEWS:
- Sania Mirza-Barbora Strýcová ended runners-up in women’s Doubles at Miami Open
- Roger Federer wins Miami Open men’s final for third time
- Sindhu beats Marin to clinch India Open title