Current Affairs 4th May 2016

Current Affairs 4th May 2016

National News:

• Swachh Bharat Mission funds released in Punjab to achieve clean India Mission
• Madhya Pradesh High Court terms reservation in promotions in the State as unconstitutional
• Government launches MICE initiative for upgradation of tourism sector
• India third largest e-learning market: Coursera
• Government to monitor illegal mining via satellite
• Supreme Court banned all diesel cabs in NCR-Delhi from May 1
• Indian Railways signed MoU with Haryana & Punjab to plant trees alongside Railway Track
• Over hundred villages electrified last week under Gram Jyoti Yojna
• Telangana to set up Spices Park in Nizamabad
• Kaleshwaram irrigation project launched in Telangana
• Supreme Court appointed RM Lodha-panel to reform Medical Council of India

International News:

• 80 countries to attend World Humanitarian Summit
• Craig Wright revealed as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
• ISIS developing Google-style driverless cars for attacks
• Japan announces $7 billion plan to develop Mekong region

New Appointments:

• Rohit Sharma Signs as Brand Ambassador forHublot Watches
• Vijay Mallya resigns from Rajya Sabha
• Practo hires former InMobi CFO Manish Dugar
• Indian American Sikh woman, Harmeet Kaur Dhillon, elected to key Republican position
• Sachin becomes Rio Olympics Goodwill Ambassador

Banking & Business:

• SBI lowers lending rates by 5 bps to 9.15%
• Australia central bank cuts rates to record low
• IMF retains India growth forecast at 7.5% for 2016-17
• Apollo Hospitals signs MoU with Osler Health for research in chronic disease
• Zone Startups to launch accelerator for women entrepreneurs
• Reliance Defence gets 15 new defence licences
• Dell-EMC merger to be called Dell Technologies
• Realty firms to build IT-SEZ in Pune with 1k crore
• Uber lets Chinese users pay via Alipay globally

Awards & Honours:

• Dharmendra, Jeetendra felicitated by Maharashtra NavNirman Sena(MNS)
• Vardy named Football Writers’ Player of the Year
• BCCI nominates Virat Kohli for Khel Ratna award

Books & Authors:

• Pavithra Ramesh released her debut novel named No Time to Pause, which is the story about a girl who, for want of privacy and independence goes to college in a different city.

Science & Technology:

• Amazon surprises with new reef system

Sports:

• Leicester City crowned Premier League champions
• India earn two Olympic weightlifting berths
• UK man creates 122 m freedive record on 1 breath

Obituaries:

• Former J&K Congress minister Romesh Sharma passes away