Current Affairs 5th April 2016

Current Affairs 5th 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:

• International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action was observed on 4 April 2016 across the world.
• PM Modi concluded three-nation visit to Belgium, United States and Saudi Arabia
• Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as Jammu and Kashmir’s First Woman CM
• Union Government notified Hazardous Waste Management Rules, 2016
• World’s first White Tiger Safari inaugurated in Madhya Pradesh
• Trimbakeshwar Temple Trust barred entry for all men & women
• India’s first cash giving app ‘CASHe’ launched
• Vedanta sets Guinness World Record for mass plantation
• IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore top the list of best Indian universities
• NGT notice to Govt on pollution at petrol pumps

International News:

• World’s largest oil firm Aramco to invest in India
• FCC to provide internet access subsidy for poor
• China surpasses US in new patent filings: Report

New Appointments:

• In Yemen, President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed a new Vice President and Prime Minister, sacking current Prime Minister Khaled Bahah.
• Antonio Conte appointed new Chelsea manager

Awards & Honours:

• PM Narendra Modi conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour
• Swift wins 4 awards at iHeartRadio Music Awards

Banking & Business:

• I-T dept launches e-appeal filing system
• Blackstone to buy majority stake in HP’s Mphasis
• SEBI bars 1,350 entities for market manipulation
• Xiaomi makes 1st investment in India in Hungama

Sports:

• West Indies wins 2016 ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup
• West Indies won Women’s title of ICC World T20 2016
• Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka wins 2016 Miami Open Title
• Afridi steps down as captain of Pakistan’s T-20 team
• Germany’s Nico Rosberg won 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
• 16-yr-old wins World Figure Skating championship

Science & Technology:

• Chandrayaan II to be indigenous mission
• NASA develops method to study fungi from space

Obituaries:

• Jazz saxophonist ‘Gato’ Barbieri dies at 83
• Former Italy coach Cesare Maldini passes away