Current Affairs 5th April 2017

Current Affairs 5th April 2017

NATIONAL:

• K Prithika Yashini of TN becomes India’s first transgender Sub-Inspector
• Holy festival Rama Navami celebrated across the country
• CDS of salary implemented by IAF for its Air Warriors, Civilian employees
• 5 day Namami Brahmaputra festival begins in Assam
• Polythene products of below 50 microns banned by J&K
• Proposal for buying Barak missiles for Indian Navy set cleared by Centre

INTERNATIONAL:

• Aleksandar Vucic Prime Minister of Serbia elected as country’s President
• Trump signs resolution scrapping internet privacy rules
• New US H-1B visa states Computer programmer not as specialist
• Defence pact formalized between Canada, Ukraine

BANKING NEWS:

• Proposal on introducing Rs.200 notes cleared by RBI
• SBI cuts lending rates by 0.15%

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• Researchers discovered Europe’s first cave fish

AGREEMENTS:

• MoUs worth Rs.2.3 lakh crore signed between Indian, and Malaysian firms
• Agreements signed by Tripura with MoP for robust power distribution system

APPOINTMENTS:

• Geeta Johari appointed as new DGP of Gujarat
• BP Kanungo sworn in as RBI Deputy Governor
• Ram Bilas Sharma education minister of Haryana nominated as ACKFI Chairman
• Mahesh Kumar Jain appointed as MD and CEO  of IDBI bank

SPORTS NEWS:

• Dhoni becomes one-day CEO of Gulf oil India company
• Malaysia Open Badminton tournament starts at Kuching in Sarawak

OBITUARY:

• Famous Hindustani classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar passes away at age 84