Current Affairs 6th April 2016

Current Affairs 6th 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:

• Bihar imposes complete liquor ban
• Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu today flagged off India’s fastest train, the “semi-bullet” Gatimaan Express, from the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi.
• Mumbai gets it’s first-ever AC local train
• Odisha to Launch Model Schools in 14 Districts
• Xiaomi to host Mi festival today
• Dubai’s United World Infrastructure to launch hotel startup in India
• India planning to launch marriage cruises
• Aadhaar enrolment crosses 1 billion: IT Minister
• Government sanctions 20 crore for Varanasi tourism
• Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited, India’s first SPV on smart city, started operations
• Dilli Haat to house Abdul Kalam memorial
• Nation remembers Babu Jagjivan Ram on his 108th birth anniversary

International News:

• World’s first public dengue vaccination programme launched in Philippines
• Panama paper leak triggers tax evasion probes across the globe

New Appointments:

• GoAir elevated Wolfgang Prock-Schauer as Managing Director
• Indian Manish Sharma appointed to Panasonic’s Global Executive Council

Awards & Honours:

• President to present National Geoscience Awards 2014

Banking & Business:

• RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%
• Reliance AMC named as India’s “Best Employer Brand”
• Mukesh Bansal invests in fitness startup Cult
• Powergrid commissions Rs 30,300 crore transmission projects in FY16

Sports:

• Kenya’s Kotut and Jepkesho win Paris Marathon
• Rohit, Kohli join athlete media portal Unscriptd
• Sarfaraz Ahmed named as Pakistan’s T20I captain
• Novak Djokovic now has most ATP Masters titles
• Djokovic highest-earning tennis star of all time
• ICC announces World T20 team of the tournament

Science & Technology:

• Ballast water conveying obtrusive species to Indian coasts
• Indian Scientists develop biopolymer for water purification
• BBM update allows users to retract messages
• Face book rolls out app that describes photos to blind users
• Snapdeal’s Rajeev Singh is KartRocket vice president of seller ecosystem
• Google search to provide basic healthcare info

Obituaries:

• Former Bombay Ranji player RanjanBaindoor passes away