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INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan aka Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index has been instigated by the
Government in partnership with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to
promote the empowerment of persons with disabilities.
Haryana Assembly passed Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Bill, and Haryana Municipal Corporation
(Amendment) Bill 2016 to provide civic amenities in unauthorized residential colonies in the Budget
Session
Minimum Qualification for men class VII and Women - V
Indias first semi-high speed train Gatimaan Express flagged off from Delhis Hazrat Nizamuddin
station by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) touched the historic point in a range of five and
a half years by producing the 100th crore Aadhaar.
Panama Papers: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mulling to set up a group which would be composed
of agencies like CBDT, RBI and FIU.
Illegal assets worth around Rs 6,500 crore - 500 Indians
Telangana has unveiled a new ICT policy along with four other policies to support innovation, gaming
and animation, rural tech centres and growth of electronics
Union Minister of State for Ministry of Textiles, Shri Santosh Gangwar initiated three mega textile
projects in Nagaland
1. Eri Silk Development Project
2. Apparel and Garment Making Centre in Dimapur
3. Muga P3 Basic Seed Station Kobulong in Mokokchung district
Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV) project has been initiated covering 14 districts to provide modern
schools in the underdeveloped rural areas and to fill up vacant teacher posts
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy launched Transnational Skill
Standards in India.
Government appointed The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar to endorse the I Support Skill
India campaign to build awareness on the importance of skill development.
Target : To skill 2 crore youth by 2022
Union Cabinet given its approval to replace the existing policy on crude oil import by Oil PSUs.
Companies are authorised to go forward to their own policies and get them approved by the respective
boards.
Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan dedicated 36 new CNG stations
located in Delhi and NCR to the public.
Cabinet given its approval for promulgation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Anatomy
Regulation, 2016 to lay down procedures for providing supply or availability of unclaimed of dead
bodies to the Medical College
Mission Indradhanush 3rd phase begins on 7th April
Bihar, Gujarat, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh - 216 Districts
Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated Namma Toilet in New Delhi
Government to issue universal identity cards to the physically challenged people to access various
benefits being extended by the Government.
Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal laid the foundation stone for underground cabling work under
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) in Varanasi- Rs. 432 crores
Kashi-IPDS Mobile App for project monitoring of IPDS Work
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UP Government will provide electricity to all villages in Uttar Pradesh and aims to provide
electricity 24/7 to every household in India by 2019.
Jharkhand government reserve two per cent employment in various departments for meritorious sports
persons of the state announced by CM Raghubar Das.
Salam hailed Devi is the first transgender person in Tamil Nadu to contest the assembly elections in
the RK Nagar constituency in Chennai
Union Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhu inaugurates fitment of CCTV in Shan-E-Punjab Express
(Amritsar-New Delhi). It Becomes the First Train Fitted with CCTV Surveillance Cameras in India.
Maharashtra passed the dance bar regulation bill with regulations against the violators.
Time : 6 pm and 11.30 pm and Punishment: 5 years in jail and fines of up to Rs 25,000
Maharashtra Assembly lead by Devendra Fadnavis passed the Prohibition of Social Boycott Bill
2016 to becoming the first State to enact such a law.
Gov has reconstituted Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) board and Ram Bahadur Rai,
Senior Journalist has been appointed as Chairman of the Board.
Delhi Government has banned the production, storage, distribution and sale of pan masala, gutkha and
all forms of chewable tobacco for one year.
Googles free WiFi service now extended to 10 railway stations such as Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal,
Ranchi, Raipur, Vijayawada, Kacheguda (Hyderabad), Ernakulum Junction (Kochi) and
Vishakhapatnam.
Government has renamed the Panagarh Airbase Base as Air Force Station Arjan Singh in honour of
the Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh on the 97th birthday of Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian
Air Force.
Netajis Driver Colonel Nizamuddin becomes oldest human alive at 116 years
Union Gov to compensate of Rs 8.5 lakh for SC/ST victim of gang rape, murder or an acid attack
including 47 offences to get the compensation from a state government
The Kohinoor Diamond was gifted to the Britain by Maharaja Ranjith Singh said by the Government
to the Supreme Court
Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma released a Commemorative Coin of Rs. 200/ and a
Circulation Coin of Rs. 10/- on Tatya Tope on the occasion of his Martyr Day.
Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (CGRBMS) launched in New
Delhi by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation with Indian
Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK)
Maharashtra has facing water crisis in many parts of the State. The State Gov has stepped up to
contain the loss and decided to ban digging of bore wells beyond 200 feet.
Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma unveiled the restored 18 feet tall Finial at Humayuns
Tomb, New Delhi
Union cabinet gave nod to amend the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill-2015 to enable the
distribution of around 42,000 crore among all states to encourage them to plant forests.
Union Cabinet approved Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) to function from
a temporary campus in Tirupati - Initial cost of Rs. 137.30 Crore
Indian Navy decided to grant permanent commission to seven women officers belonging to the Short
Service Commission (SSC) batch of 2008-09.
The Department of Disinvestment renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset
Management or DIPAM announced by Arun Jaitley
Union government has notified the new rules on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Act, 1989 was amended by Parliament in Dec 2015.The police to file charge sheet within 60 days after
a complaint is lodged
Cancer Care campaign launched in Northeast by the Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh in Shillong
Panchayati Raj Divas is celebrated on April 24th at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and PM addresses
Panchayati Raj Sammelan
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda inaugurated the first of its kind Current
Good Manufacturing Practise (CGMP) compliant facility for manufacture of DPT and TT vaccine at
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the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh.

Government hikes minimum wage for contract workers to Rs 10,000 per month based on a Supreme
Court Verdict announced by Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatrey
Union government gave approval for Gurdwaras Amendment Bill 2016 to provide the rights to
Sahjhardi Sikhs to vote (above 21 years) in the elections to Member of the Board and the committees.
The Lok Sabha passed the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016 to establish a Regional
Centre for Biotechnology, an study centre of Education, Training and Research
Department of Telecommunications(DoT) issued the notification regarding Panic Button and Global
Positioning System in Mobile Phone Handsets Rules 2016
With effect from 01.01.2017 All feature phones will have configuration of Panic buttons using 5 or 9
Buttons
Operation Sulaimani is an initiative of Kozhikode district administration to eradicate poverty and to
avoid food wastage in the district.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced that free laptops to 500 meritorious students who secure
a minimum of 95 per cent marks in Class X Board examination this year.
Uttarakhand Gov to be first stable to buy short term power procurement through e-auction with nine
biddings - 100-200 Megawatt
Ministry of Railways has pledged to set up a 1 lakh crore rupees safety fund called Rashtriya Rail
Sanraksha Kosh to strengthen safety measures on the rail network to prevent accidents.
Haryana Gov has notified Water Audit Scheme for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to
fillip water harvesting and conservation in industrial units.
Bihar becomes the fourth state in India to impose a total prohibition of alcohol.
President Pranab Mukherjee has implemented the Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Account)
Ordinance, 2016 which sanctions expenditure that has come under direct federal rule.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the Green Delhi programme by planting trees at the
Triangular Park at New Delhi.
Gujarat Assembly cleared amendments in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement-Gujarat
Amendment Bill- 2016.It empowers the authorities to exempt projects vital to defence of national
security, infrastructure and electrification project or affordable housing or industrial corridors set up
by the State and infrastructure projects under PPP model.
Union cabinet decided to allow States to impose and enforce stock limits on sugar to verify its market
price rise.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurated 100 piped water supply projects for rural areas and pledged to
make piped water provision in all gram Panchayats by 2017.
North - Eastern states Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to implement the National Food
Security Act(NFSA)
Maharashtra Gov has pledged to increase the punishment for chain snatching up to 5 years of rigorous
imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25,000.
Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the Department of Biotechnology funded Biotech Infrastructure
Facility (BIF) at ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun (ICAR-NRCM), Jharnapani in Nagaland.
Minister for Science and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan launched government funded Twinning
Network Program on Chemical Ecology of North East Region in Kohima
Union Government and National Socialist Council of Nagaland, under the leadership of N. Kitovi
Zhimomi and M.B Neokpao Konyak have mutually agreed to extend the Cease Fire
Agreement by another year
Vasundhara Raje - led Rajasthan government has passed the Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification of
Titles) Bills 2016
Constitution (Schedule Caste) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in Parliament. The Bill amends
the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950. The Indian Constitution authorizes the President to
state the Scheduled Castes in various states and union territories.
Parliament passes Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015. The bill amends
the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951.
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Union government is mulling to make it mandatory to allot 1 per cent of total cost of any highway
project for road safety. India witnesses as high as 5 lakh road accidents per annum.
J & K CM Mehbooba Mufti sanctioned a grant of 5% interest subvention with the effect from 1st
April, 2016 with a limit of Rs 5 Lac per unit for a period of four years.
Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Ministry will earmark Rs 33,000 crores for
development of the north-eastern states during the present fiscal.
Union Government nods Rs. 9,005 crore investment in reasonable housing of 73,205 houses in 3
States for Economically Weaker sections under Prime Ministers Awas Yojana
3 States: Maharashtra, Punjab and J&K
Union Urban Development Minister Venkaih Naidu, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah flag off
South Indias First Underground Metro in Karnataka
East-West corridor of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)
Anandiben Patel led Gujarat government declared 10% reservation for the economically backward
among upper castes the move likely to benefit all upper caste families with annual income less than Rs
six lakh.
NITI Aayog, Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) and Temasek Foundation jointly to launch
Urban Management Programme for Capacity Building of officials of State Governments and ULBs in
implementing the Urban Rejuvenation Mission.
7 States namely Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh & Assam) would be taking part in this Programme.
Railway Ministry to set up two new Directorates & Dial 139 for Cancelling Train Ticket
PLACES IN NEWS
125-foot tall Ambedkar statue to come up in Hyderabad

PM Modi inaugurated a 230 bedded Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Super specialty Hospital
in Katra in Jammu and Kashmir.
Trimbakeshwar temple located in Nashik, Maharashtra bars entry for all men and women
Shani Shingnapur temple allows to go into the inner Sanctum after the Bombay High Court had ruled
that women cannot be barred from entering the temple
The Trimbakeshwar Devasthan Trust in Maharashtra to allow women into the sanctum sanctorum of
Shiva temple.
Prime Minister visited the Puttingal Devi temple at Kollam, following fire mishap occurred on the last
day of the seven-day Meena Bharani festivities.
Bhubaneswar - top of the first batch of 20 smart cities selected by the Ministry of Urban Development
also became the first to get its Special Purpose Vehicle.
AAP government has decided to build a permanent memorial to APJ Abdul Kalam at DilliHaat in INA
The first ever air-conditioned local train flagged off from Mumbai into it local areas
Union Agriculture and farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh laid the Foundation stone
of first Horticultural Sciences at Karnal, Haryana.
Gudi Padwa the Hindu New Year celebrated in Maharashtra
Central Government gave its stamp of approval to the nations first Metrino Pod project A Personal
Rapid Transit (PRT) network in Gurgaon, Haryana - Rs 850 crore
Cheiraoba also called Sajibu Cheiraoba is an annual and religious festival celebrated in Manipur
Simhastha Kumbh Mela, largest congregation of Hindus began in Ujjain. It was celebrating every 12
years
Kerala celebrating the Harvest Festival, Vishu across the state
Uttar Pradesh has directed all the district magistrates for plantation of 5 crore trees at 6,500 sites in 24
hours under the Green UP Clean UP initiative.
Wooden Charkha - spinning wheel which is largest in the world is planned to be installed at Terminal
3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Ahmedabad
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The three day Curtain Raiser International Yoga Fest inaugurated by Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in New
Delhi
Dual capital of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh to host International Yoga day on June 21st of 2016
Mumbai - Ahmedabad bullet train to travel under the sea near Thane creek - 21 km long tunnel
PM lays foundation stone for Indias biggest power plant in Jharkhand and addresses Panchayati Raj
Sammelan on 24th April.
Almost thousand years old Keralas Thazhathangady Juma mosque opens doors to women for the first
time
Indian Navy set up a new naval detachment at Androth islands of Lakshadweep
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti inaugurated
Water Film Festival at Water Expo-2016 in New Delhi.
Indias poorest district Nabarangpur in Odisha will get its first Government model degree college. It
was funded by the Centre and the state government in the ratio 65:35.
Andhra Pradesh government to set up Rs 1K Crore for Agri-Plastic Park in Vijayawada
Haryana Gov decided to rename Gurgaon district as Gurugram and also decided to change the name
of Mewat district to Nuh.
Capital of Nagaland Kohima city was declared a smoke-free area by Deputy Commissioner Rovilatuo
Mor
Rahuri Municipal Council of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra became the first municipality
to attain the status of integrated with digital locker for the issuance of all essential Documents.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Britains Royal Mail has issued a set of special postage stamps to mark the 400th death anniversary of
William Shakespeare.
The 125th birth anniversary Dr. Ambedkar was commemorated on 13th April 2016 at the UN
headquarters in New York
Theme: Combating inequalities for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals
Bronze bust of Aryabhatta unveiled at UNESCO Headquarters by the HRD Minister Smriti Irani in an
international conference on the zero in Paris, France.
A copy of William Shakespeares original First Folio discovered on Scottish island
The statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh will be installed in Saint-Tropez town, France
Saudi Arabias has announced a pact with Egypt to build bridge over Red Sea- $1.7bn
China and Sri Lanka decided to redefine the Colombo Port City project by making it an international
financial outpost in the Indian Ocean, as part of the 20-year framework - US$1.5 billion.
Dubai plans to build a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, currently the worlds tallest
skyscraper
South Pacific island nation Nauru has become the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and the World Bank.
South Koreas main opposition party won in general election, ending the 16-year parliamentary
majority
New York City declared this years April 14 as Bindeshwar Pathak Day in recognition of the
contributions made by the Indian social activist Bindeshwar
WADA revoked the accreditation of the Moscow Antidoping Center of Russia due to non-compliance
with the International Standard for Laboratories
European Union lawmakers approved a scheme, to share Airline passenger information to track
foreign fighters travelling to and from conflict areas like Syria.
World level leading researchers and Economists in Nutrition fields have initiated
thorough researches on Nutrition and reiterate the Governments and Businesspersons to invest in
Nutrition to accelerate progress for Nutrition.
Union Government has accorded its approval for expansion of the India Chile Preferential Trade
Agreement
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Europe become the worlds first region to eliminate malaria recorded with zero cases
India, China agrees for peaceful negotiations to settle border issue. This negotiation was decided
during the annual 19th round of boundary talks between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his
Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi
Anti Slavery Crusader Harriet Tubman to be first African-American on Official Currency of
the United States and its insular territories US Dollar
India officially signed the World trade organizations trade facilitation agreement to make easier at
customs procedures to boost commerce. The Instrument of Acceptance handed over by the Indias
WTO ambassador Anjali Prasad to WTO director General Roberto Azevedo.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy Piyush
Goal Jointly launches programmes under International Solar Allicance along with Ms. Segolene
Royal, French Minister of Environment & President of COP21 in New York
Two thousand year old Syrian architectural landmark Palmyra Arch unveiled by Mayor Boris Johnson.
Cuban Gov adjusted its migration policy and lifted a restriction that prevented Cubans from entering
or leaving the country by cruise ship or commercial vessel
India lays foundation stone for 4000 houses under the third and final phase of Housing Project in
Central and Uva Provinces of Sri Lanka.
Saudi Arabia kingdom has approved the Vision 2030, along term economic reform plan.
Bangladesh Gov passed a draft of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Judge (Investigation Act) 2016 to
empower the Parliament to impeach the Supreme Court judges
Indian Air Force top pilots and jets participating in the Exercise Red Flag in USA
UNICEF and Indian Medical Associations Kerala wing joined hands to promote safe and healthy
practices across the state for improving maternal and child health.
FOREIGN VISIT BY GOV OFFICIALS
PM Modi visit to Belgium, USA and Saudi Arabia

Modi participated in
1.13th Summit between the European Union and India took place in Brussels on 30 March
2016.Summit has endorsed the EU-India Agenda for Action 2020 as a common road map for the
strategic partnership in the next five years.
2. 2016 Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington, D.C
NaMo announced security plans in the US as a part of the Summit
India and the US on inked MoU for setting up a new Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave
Observatory (LIGO) in India that will act as catalyst in the research of various aspects of gravitational
wave astronomy.
3.5 MoUs were signed between India and Saudi Arabia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was
bestowed with Saudi Arabias highest civilian order award dubbed King Abdulaziz Sash
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on a 10-day itinerary to the US to attend the Spring Meetings of
the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, a UN session on the drugs problem, and an
interaction with American investors.
FM Arun Jaitley addresses World Bank in Washington
Arun Jaitley participated in the Sixth Annual Ministerial Meeting of India and US Economic &
Financial Partnership
The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, chaired the BRICS FMs and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG)
meeting
India has joined the G20 leadership in fighting money laundering, tax evasion and terror financing.
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on 4-day visit to Iran, Moscow
India has been eying deeper energy ties with that country and has already lined up 20 billion US
dollar as investment in oil and gas also in petrochemical and fertilizer projects in Iran.
She attend the annual Foreign Ministers meeting of Russia, India and China in Russia
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Three nations Finalised the Trilateral Chabahar Agreement
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Lundeg Puresvsuren Visit to India
India extended a line of credit (LoC) of USD 1 billion to Mongolia and agreed to exchange of
sentenced prisoner
Mongolia confers highest honour to two Indians - Lokesh Chandra and Mansura Haider
President Pranab Mukherjee boards 5 day visit on two nation-tour to Papua New Guinea and New
Zealand
MoU between India and Papua New Guinea
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Papua New Guinea on cooperation in the field of health
area and medical science
India awarded $100 million line of credit for development of infrastructure and acceded to jointly
develop new avenues of cooperation to explore and develop the Pacific nations vast oil and gas
resources.
India inks agreements and MoUs with New Zealand in the field of Air Connectivity and Education and
Bilateral relation
SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
National Family Planning Summit 2016 inaugurated by Union Health Minister P. Nadda in New
Delhi. Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador and anchor for the new
communication approach.
North East-ASEAN Business Summit 2016 commenced in Imphal, Manipur
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the three-day 3rd Edition of Asia Ministerial
Conference on Tiger Conservation in New Delhi. Government has allotted 380.00 crore to the Project
Tiger
Maritime India Summit 2016 Inaugurated by Narendra Modi in Mumbai
India, South Korea signed MoU for cooperation and mutual assistance in development of Ports
signed by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road, Transport and Highways and Shipping,
Government of the Republic of India
PM Modi pitches for Rs. 1 Lakh Crore investment for Port Development
A total of 141 MoUs and Business Agreements were signed by various players in maritime sector
Sagarmala National Perspective Plan Released
Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurates Regional Conference of North Eastern States on Child
Adoption in Shillong, Meghalaya
Prime Minister inaugurates Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices in New Delhi
The Army Commanders six-day Conference inaugurated by Union Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar in New Delhi
Heart of Asia Conference for the year 2016 held in New Delhi
Participating countries - Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz
Republic, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and UAE
International Defence Expo opens in Malaysia. Around 1000 defence companies from 29 countries
taking part in the exhibition
India hosts Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium from April 4 to 7 to discuss on the applications
of remote sensing technologies for disaster mitigation and to better monitor global climate change
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RANKINGS & REPORTS
India Rankings 2016 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

University
Rank Name
City
State
1
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
Karnataka
2
Institute of Chemical Technology
Mumbai
Maharashtra
3
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Delhi
Engineering
1
IIT M
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
2
IIT B
Mumbai
Maharashtra
3
IIT K
Kharagpur
West Bengal
Management
1
IIM B
Bangaluru
Karnataka
2
IIM A
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
3
IIM C
Kolkata
West Bengal
Pharmaceutical
1
Manipal College of Pharmacy
Manipal
Karnataka
2
University institute of
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
pharmaceutical sciences
3
Jamia Hamdard
New Delhi
Delhi
India has become the worlds fourth largest spender on defence by US research firm IHS Inc
report. Top 3 are USA, China and UK
A report titled Global report on urban health: equitable, healthier cities for sustainable
development, 2016 released by World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with United
Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) showing the health in equities between the
richest and poorest urban populations.
India ranked at 6th Position in the 2015 report on Trends in world military expenditure released
by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI),
World Health Day 2016 was celebrated on April 7 with theme Halt the rise: Beat Diabetes.
WHO has released its first Global Report on Diabetes.
Indias Maharajas Express has been ranked among the top rated trains in the world and Plaza
New York was rated among the best hotels for the super - rich. Singapore Airlines topped in the
favourite list.
India ranks 44 in 2016 Global Connectivity Index by Huawei.
Delhi ranked 44th among worlds 50 future-ready cities by Dell
Top cities: San Jose, San Francisco, Singapore and London
Forbes Releases First Ever Global Game Changers List
Top 3: Marc Benioff (USA), Jeff Bezos (USA) and Rahul Bhatia (IND)
Indians in the list: Rahul Bhatia(3), Cyrus Poonawalla(23) and Sunny Varkey (26)
India ranked at 133 among 180 countries in the recent annual meeting of World Press freedom
Index. Top 3 nations are Finland, Netherlands and Norway
TIMEs 100 influential People List released by News Magazine TIME
Six Indians in the list are RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, Hindi Actress Priyanka Chopra,
Tennis Player Sania Mirza, Environmentalist Sunita Narain , Flipkart Founders Binny Bansal
and Sachin Bansal, CEO of Google Sundar Pichai
Mumbai based Indias largest IT Company TCS has been recognized as one of the UKs leading
employers for women in a list published by The Times.
Most influential brand in India: Top 5 brands are Google, Facebook, Gmail,
Microsoft and Samsung and Flipkart ranked 7th.
World Health Organisation reported that 21 nations including Six African region and four of
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Indias Neighbouring countries: Bhutan, China, Nepal and Malaysia could be free from Malaria
by the year 2020
India ranked 3rd in worldwide dope violation in new WADA report. Top 4 countries are Russia,
Italy, India followed by Belgium.
Fairness for Children report released by UNICEF. Top 4 countries are 1.Denmark 2. Finalnd
3.Norway 4.Switzerland
BANKING & FINANCE
Micro-pension scheme Swavalamban, Subscribers can switch to the Atal Pension Yojana (APY).APY
is applicable only to workers in the age group of 18-40 years
National Stock Exchange (NSE) introduced a new index to its broad market indices Nifty Mid
Smallcap 400.It comprise of 400 companies
German Governments Development Bank KFW provide a loan assistance of EUR 500 million (about
Rs.3,750 crore) for the modern and sustainable metro system for Nagpur. It is the first metro
rail project.
DCB Bank has started an Aadhaar - based ATM Which is the first ATM in the country which operates
using the Aadhaar data
SBI launched State Bank of India NO Queue app. It is a mobile-based virtual queuing application for
customers to book an instant queue ticket for select services at select branches within a configured
radius of 15 kms
Indias first cash giving app CASHe launched in Mumbai by TSLC Pte Ltd
RBI has announced the first Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2016-17. It cuts the Repo rate
by 25 basis points to 6.5% and kept the Cash Reserve Rate (CRR) unchanged.
Union Government has tripled the funding for exports to Iran to Rs 3,000 crore through the Export
Development Fund (EDF) of the EXIM Bank.
Cabinet approves recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission on Fiscal Deficit target
of 3% of gross state domestic product (GSDP) for states for the 2015-20 period.
Global Growth will come to 8 percent this year, lower than a previous forecast of 3.9 percent
according to World Trade Organization (WTO)
World Bank presented its ambitious climate action plan that will help nations to create an
additional 30 Gigawatts of renewable energy, early warning frameworks and in creating climate smart
agriculture investment plans for at least 40 nations.
India sat again on the top of the Credit Suisse Emerging Consumer Scorecard 2016 by Credit Suisses
Other Countries position are China(2), Saudi Arabia(2),Indonesia (4th), Turkey (5th), Mexico (6th),
Brazil (7th), South Africa (7th) and Russia (8th).
Kochi based Federal Bank signed pact with Phillip Capital, for managing the NRI Portfolio Investment
Scheme (PIS).
India has offered to invest up to $20 billion in Iran announced by Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradha
during his two day visit to Iran. This was the first visit by an Indian minister to Iran.
Bharti Airtels payments bank venture Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd has become the first entity to
receive final approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to start a payments bank.
The Corporate Affair Ministry has exempted housing finance companies from filing financial
statements in XBRL format. Banking, insurance, power sector and non-banking finance companies are
already exempted.
Kochi based Federal Bank with Chillar Payment Solutions Ltd Launched Campus Wallet in Kerala to
promote the start-ups technology.
India, growth is projected to notch up to 7.5 per cent in 2016-17, as forecast in October according to
Economic Outlook IMF
India named as the worlds largest remittance recipient in 2015 despite experiencing a $ 1 billion
drop from the previous year according to the World Bank
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RBI (Raghuram Rajan) and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI- adviser Nandan Nilekani)
launched the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) to encourage electronic payment systems for ushering
in a cashless society in India.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President
Jin Liqun signed the first co-financing framework agreement.
New Development Bank (NDB) sanctions $ 250 million funding to Canara Bank for a renewable
energy project in India
RBI has reduced the minimum tenure of Masala bonds to three years from the previously stated five
years. Masala Bond is used to refer to rupee-denominated borrowings by Indian entities in overseas
markets.
Government to allow Pakistani Hindus to buy property, open bank accounts and also offer reduction in
fees for registration as citizens of India from Rs.15,000 to as low as Rs.100.
Oriental Bank of Commerce will raise over 178 crore by issuing share to Life Insurance
Corporation on a preferential basic and allot 2, 15, 48,758 equity shares of the bank
Uttar Pradesh(15%) has claimed the most favoured investment destination of PPP Projects followed by
Maharashtra and Gujarat, followed by Maharashtra and Gujarat, According to the ASSOCHAM-SREI
Asian Development Bank (ADB) clears $300-million loan for upgradation of UP roads connectivity of
about 400 Kms in major district of Uttar Pradesh
Banks were advised to share all the transactions details in standard format so that Revenue Intelligence
and Central Security agencies to probe the money laundering and financial fraud Cases.
Govt relaxes norms for partial PF withdrawal. Now EPF members have three more months to
withdraw the entire balance in their EPF accounts, until an employee attains the age of 58.
RBL becomes first private sector bank to open dedicated branch for Startups in Bengaluru. It will offer
banking services like foreign exchange, remittances and cash management.
IFMR capital has enabled the first capital market transaction for MUDRA which emphases on
providing low cost loans to microfinance and non-banking financial institutions. This will be a short
term transaction with tenure of 1.5 years
Railways have finished the financial year 2015-16 with a record high capital expenditure of Rs 94,000
crore, an increase of Rs 37,000 crore over the previous fiscal.
RBI issued the master direction for merger of private sector banks and also between NBFCs and
banks. The decision of amalgamation should be approved by respective boards by two-thirds majority
and all accounts should be KYC compliant.
CAPITAL LOCAL AREA BANK introduced the nations first Small Finance bank Capital Small
Finance Bank Limited in Punjab
HDFC Standard Life Insurance has tied up with India bulls Housing Finance Ltd for a corporate
agency agreement.
Indias nuclear power agency Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has cleared
insurance policy for all 21 reactors. India plans to build around 60 nuclear reactors with an aim to
produce 63,000 megawatts (MW) of power by 2032
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a loan of 1000
crore rupees to Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC) for the purchase of wheat during the
ongoing Rabi marketing season.
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) - The Income Tax Department planned to add interest to
delayed refunds made against excess TDS deductions and will also not litigate with the deductor on
this issue in the future.
Information services company Experian launched Hunter Fraud Score a new scoring mechanism that
measures the probability of fraud in a credit application across the banking and insurance industries
Mountaineer and Explorer Sir Edmund Hillary is featured on face of the $5 bill currency note named
best Banknote of the year. It was Designed by Canada Banknote Company
All the Banks mandated to report to the central government within two days any information on NGOs
getting foreign funds.
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Union government given its approval for the MoU that links Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India (IRDAI) and the Insurance Authority of United Arab Emirates. The agreement pave
the way for enhanced cooperation in the field of insurance supervision
DBS Development Bank launched a mobile-only bank in India. It will provide customer service via a
247 artificial intelligence-driven assistant networks
Canada based Mobilephone maker BlackBerry and Digitsecure a payments platform launched BBM
Money in India
Central Board of Direct Taxes has released a hard data on the total number of taxpayers in the country
for first time
Worlds fastest Bombay stock exchange has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
Korea Exchange (KRX) of South Korea for listing S&P BSE Sensex-based derivatives contracts on
the latter.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) joint venture with German
government for a special programme on Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security
Small Industries Development Bank of India and SAARC Development Fund (SDF) has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for mutual cooperation and collaboration.
BUSINESS
India is expected to buy 145 M777 Howitzers for $750 million from UK based BAE Systems to
prepare its Mountain Strike Corps
A US grand jury slapped $ 940 million fine on Indias Tata group namely Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) and Tata America International Corp
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) initiated the hot trial of the new state of the art 1.2 MTPA
(million tonne per annum) Universal Rail Mill (URM) from its flagship entity, the Bhilai Steel Plant
(BSP).
Union finance ministry imposed the Safeguard duty of up to 20 percent on steel imports until March
2018 to protect domestic manufacturers from cheap Chinese imports.
Adani won mining leases for controversy-hit USD 21.7 billion Carmichael coal project in Premier
Annastacia Palaszczuk in Australia.
The Reliance Asset Management Company has been listed among the best employer brands by Aon
Hewitt
The worlds largest crude exporter with crude reserves of about 265 billion barrels
Company Aramco is planning to make a major investment in India
Xiaomi has made the first investment$25 million investment in digital media firm, Hungama, India
Navratna Company has commissioned a record Rs 30,300 crore projects in the last fiscal and also
achieved a planned capex of Rs 22,500 crore. It includes the establishment of two new international
inter-connections one with Nepal and the other with Bangladesh
Bhubaneswar based The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has become the largest freight loading railway
zone of Indian Railways, the board with 49 million tonnes of freight.
EMC Corporation has opened its second R&D centre in India at Pune. The company already has a
Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a season wise tiltable canal top solar PV
plant at Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh.
NTPCs 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station in West Bengal had to stop generation,
given a declining availability of cooling water from the Farakka feeder canal
E-commerce giant Snapdeal has initiated Snapdeal Sunshine, a program that allows users to donate to
the associated NGOs
India and shareholders of the Turkmenistan - Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Pipeline Company
Limited inked an accord to invest $200 million in studies and engineering for the $10 billion project
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Micromax teams up with Visa and Tran Serv to promote digital payments. Users will be able to use
mobile-based push payments using mVisa and make eCommerce payments on merchant and social
media applications
Polaris has tied up with the popular e-commerce website Snapdeal to sell its ATV (All Terrain
Vehicles).
Golden Tobacco Ltd. has become the first company in India to implement the rule of Union Health
Ministry.85% pictorial health warnings in tobacco products
Union Government imposes anti-dumping duty on N-Butyl Alcohol from European Union,
Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and the US for five years
Apollo Hospitals group has tied-up with search giant Google in providing health information as part of
the Googles launch of Health Card in India.
Noble Travels has launched its online visa assistance portal, Visaforsure to offer information and
facilitation services to customers who are applying for visas, be it for tourist or business.
Panasonic along with US-based sustainable energy provider, AES would install a joint project of 10
MW energy storage array at Jhajjar, Haryana. This is the first large-scale battery-based energy storage
project of India.
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) and Public company Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) are
planning a joint venture to bring 2600 MW Raghunathpur thermal power project.
Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) set aside Rs 258-crore penalty on Jet Airways, IndiGo,
SpiceJet
US think-tank Atlantic Council has launched an India-US trade initiative to strengthen economic ties
and meet the two countries bilateral trade target of $500 billion.
IMF, WB, UN and OECD are set to join with other International organizations to jointly work on tax
related issues and develop new policies and standards to stop tax base erosion and evasion
Indias ranks first in FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) overtaking the US and China. India attracts $63
billion value FDI projects
No 1. Gujarat attracted $12.4 billion
No. 2 Maharashtra brought $8.3 billion
Mumbai based Mahindra & Mahindra has become the first Indian company to join a global energy
campaign EP100 headed by an international non-profit group the Climate Group
US IT major Accenture plans to expand its global security presence by opening a cyber centre in
Bengaluru. It will be the largest cyber security facility in Accentures global delivery network
Union Gov has decided to provide subsidy of Rs 24.4 crore for 10,000 Million Tons of pulses such
that 8000 Million Tons of Tur Dal and 2000 MT of Urad being allocated to the States
Vistara announced a long term strategic partnership with TCS for a broad range of information
technology services including application maintenance services and airport infrastructure support.
Department Of Telecom Approves Spectrum Sharing (800Mhz Spectrum) deal between Anil Ambaniled RCom and Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
Uber has entered into a partnership with Gujarat Tourism and FICCI in Ahmedabad to facilitate soft
skill training for Uber driver-partners.
RIL, worlds biggest refining complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat has bought crude oil from Iran after a 6year break.
India has banned import of milk and milk products, certain mobile phones and a few other items from
China as their quality was unacceptable announced by Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Environment ministry has given environmental clearance and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ)
clearance to the Rs 694 crore BPCLs project in West Bengal.
Taxi operator Uber has partnered with Election Commission in Tamil Nadu to support the
#TN100percent initiative to spread awareness on voting among the electorate for the upcoming
election
Cadbury chocolates maker Mondelez inaugurated a Rs 1,265-crore plant largest Asia-Pacific facility in
SriCity, Andhra Pradesh.
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Videocon d2h has partnered with Vodafone M-Pesa, now customers can recharge their d2h
service using Vodafone m-pesa.
Union Gov in line to sell 36% of stakes through offer for sale mode in Faridabad based Hydropower
generation company NHPC
Japanese automobile maker Isuzu has opened its new factory at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh paving the
way for a position in the Indian light commercial vehicle (LCV) and utility vehicle (UV) markets.
Union Cabinet approved an increase in investment in Bharat Oman Refineries to a maximum of Rs
3,000 crore.
Mumbai based integrated power company Tata Power has commissioned its 44 MW Lahori windfarm
project in Shajapur of Madhya Pradesh.
Mumbai based Reliance Defence has inked a pact with three Ukrainian state-owned firms namely
Ukroboronprom, Spetstechno Exports and Antonov to collaborate on a range of military products.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh conferred with Maharashtrian Of The Year award lifetime
achievement award was bestowed with singer Asha Bhosle by Maharashtra CM Devendra
Fadnavis at a ceremony held at Mumbai.
Egyptian author and journalist, Ahmed Naji conferred with the prestigious PEN/ Barbey Freedom to
Write Awardpresented by PEN America
Other awardees are J.K. Rowling, Dr. Mona Hanna Attisha and LeeAnne Walters and Michael
Pietsch
Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) has formally set the Guinness World Record for at the same
time planting 208,751 saplings at a solitary area in under 60 minutes. in Mansa, Punjab
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the National Geoscience Awards 2014 to 33 geoscientists at
Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Professor Ashok Kumar Singhvi was conferred with the highest honour National Geoscience
Award for Excellence
Dr Indra Sekhar Sen have awarded with Young Scientist Award
Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand honoured with the Hridaynath Award receive by the Maharashtra
governor C Vidyasagar Rao.
2016 Asias 50 Power Businesswomen released by American magazine Forbes
Indian businesswomen who have made the cut in the latest list
Rank Name
Company
1
Nita Ambani
Reliance Foundation Chairperson
2
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Chairperson of State Bank of India
14
Mu Sigma
CEO Ambiga Dhiraj
16
Dipali Goenka
CEO Welspun India
18
Vinita Gupta
CEO Lupin
22
Chanda Kochhar
ICICI Bank Managing Director
26
Vandana Luthra
VLCC Health Care Founder
28
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Biocon Founder
The saint of the gutters, Mother Teresa has been posthumously conferred with the United
Kingdoms prestigious Founders Award 2016.The award was received by niece, Agi Bojazhiu
Tamil descendent Judge Navanetham Pillay, South Africas first non-white woman has been convened
upon the highest French civilian the Legion of Honour.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee from Delhi was announced as the winner of FBB Femina Miss India World
by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan during a star-studded ceremony.
Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova awarded with UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize 2016 during the celebration of World Press Freedom Day hosted by Finland.
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Actress Priyanka Chopra will be bestowed with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundations Best Actress of
the Year Award on the 147th Dadasaheb Phalke Jayanti in Mumbai on April 24.
Soni Chaurasiya a Kathak dancer from Varanasi has broken the world record of longest dance
performance of Mohiniattam by continuously dancing for 123 hours and 30 minutes.
IIT-Kharagpur conferred with National Intellectual Property (IP) Award in the academic institutes
category by Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the celebration of World IP Day
Bollywood star Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won the Global Indian of the Year award and
Eminent tennis player Sania Mirza honoured at the NRI of the Year Award 2016 at NRI of the Year
award function held in Mumbai.
J & K born poet and novelist Padma Sachdev chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the
year 2015 for her autobiography named Chitt-Chete written in Dogri language.
American Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won the TIME 100 reader poll with 3
percent
of
the
vote,
ahead
of
Hilary
Clinton.
PM Narendra
Modi,
Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra and Tennis great Sania Mirza and are also among the probable
contenders named by the magazine for its annual list.
T N Ninan, Chairman and Editorial Director of Business conferred with Mumbai Press Clubs lifetime
achievement award by the Governor of Maharashtra C Vidyasagar Rao
Serbia, Novak Djokovic won Sportsman of the year Trophy
and United States, Serena
Williams bagged the Womens top honour Sportswoman of the year
Laureus World Sports Awards
Team of the Year 2016 Rugbey Team, New Zealand
Comeback of the Year 2016 Dan Carter, New Zealand Union Player
Breakthrough of the Year 2016- Jordan Spieth, American Golf Star
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee gave away the Hindi Sevi Samman Awards for the
years 2012, 2013 and 2014 in New Delhi.
Ge Fuping, who was given George Grierson prize for his remarkable works done for the
propagation of Hindi in foreign
Alka Dunputh (from Mauritius) and Shichiro Soma (from Japan) were also given the George
Grierson award by the President.
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Won by the Associated Press in Journalism public Service Category
Indian Diplomat in the United Kingdom Mr. Amitav Banerji honoured with highest awards of Cyprus
Commander of the Order of Merit for the contribution of work towards major roles in
Commonwealth Secretariat for 20 years by Cyprus Foreign Minister Loannis Kasoulides
Mahatma Gandhis granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee has been awarded with one of Frances
highest honour The Order of Arts and Letters by French Ambassador Francois Richier.
In the 6th edition of Randstad Award 2016, Google India emerged as the most attractive employer for
a second consecutive year followed by Mercedes-Benz
Bollywood Actress Radhika Apte Wins Best Actress award at Tribeca Film Fest for her contribution in
the Film Madly
Other Winners:
Best US narrative feature award Dean directed by Demteri Martin
Best International narrative feature award Junction 48
Best Actor award in an international feature to his work in The Tenth Man Alan Sabbagh
Best Actor in a US narrative feature film Dominic Rains
Best Actress in a US narrative feature film Mackenzie Davis
Indian Documentary film, Undercover Asia: Girls for Sale has won a bronze world medal at the New
York Festivals 2016 in the Social Issues category.
Jennifer Aniston (47) was named as the Worlds Most Beautiful Woman for 2016 by
People magazine,
Veteran Actor Manoj Bajpayee will be awarded with the Dadasaheb Phalke award in the Best Actor
Category (Critics Choice) for his contribution in Hansal Mehtas Biographical drama, Aligarh.
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Eminent three Odisha Artists Prefulla Kar, Alok Kanungo and Sadasiv Pradhan have been selected for
prestigious Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Samman announced by Dhirendranath Mallick, Secretary,
Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi.Artists will be awarded by the Honourable president in a function to be
conducted in New Delhi
A food engineering research scholar K Ashok Kumar from IIT Kharagpur wins
prestigious International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award on Plant Nutrition.
A Burundian activist Marguerite Barankitse awarded with First Humanitarian Prize with saving
thousands of children during a 12-year civil war by Hollywood actor and Activist George Clooney
Jagendra Singh honoured posthumously with RedInk Veer Patrakar Puraskar by Maharashtra
Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao in Mumbai
NDTV Indias senior Executive Editor Ravish Kumar awarded with the Journalist of the year
award.
Pakistani radio journalist Misha Euceph selected for prestigious White House Correspondents
Association (WHCA). The scholarship would be presented by US President
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Acquires EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
Accreditation and becomes the first Indian business school to achieve the Triple Crown in
accreditation
Politician NK Singh will be awarded with Japans Second Highest national award The Order of the
Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. The award will be presented by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
on May 10th in Japan.
Odisha hailed eminent sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won gold medal for his Mahatma Gandhi
sculpture for non-violence and peace in an International Sand Art Championship held at Russia.
Pakistani activist Tabassum Adnan, who fights for womens rights, has won the Nelson Mandela
Graa Machel Innovation Award 2016 in the individual activist category.
Indira Nooyi, Satya Nadella, Bhavesh Patel among highest paid Chief Executive Officers in world
Three Indian born persons are among 100 highest paid CEOs globally
PepsiCos Indra Nooyi was ranked sixth
LyondellBasells Bhavesh Pate was ranked Eighth
Microsofts Satya Nadella was ranked 26th
Rankings:
1. Oracle Coporation CEOs Mark V Hurd and Safra A Catz $53.2 millio
2. Robert A Iger of Walt Disney $43.5 million
3. David Cote of Honeywell International $33.1 million
4. Jeffrey R Immelt of General Electric $26.4 million
5. Rupert Murdoch of Twenty-First Century Fox $22.2 million
6. James P Gorman of Morgan Stanley $22 million
A fossilised skeleton of a hadrosaur also called duck-billed dinosaur has been recognized by Guinness
World Records as the largest hadrosaurid skeleton on displayin Shandong province of China
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
Simplice Sarandji - Prime Minister of Central African Republic

Davio Gunnlaugsson - Prime minister of Iceland resigned
Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson - Prime minister of Iceland
Nguyen Xuan Phuc Prime minister of Vietnam
Arseniy Yatsenyuk - Prime minister of Ukrainian resigned
Volodymyr Groysman - Prime minister of Ukraine
Temir Sariyev - Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister resigned
Bounnhang Vorachit President of Laos
Idriss Deby - President of Chad
Clement Mouamba Prime Minister of Congo
Lobsang Sangay - Prime minister of Tibet
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Riek Machar - Vice president of South Sudans

Radha Kumar - University Council United Nation
Ajay Singh Banga US member of the Commission on Enhancing National Cyber security.
Geeta Pasi US envoy to Chad
C.P. Gurnani - Chairman of NASSCOM
J Geeta Reddy - Public Accounts Committee Chairperson of Telangana
Vasu - Director of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA)
Meeran Borwankar - DG of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
S. Ravindran - Chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB)
Deepak Kashya - Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of BSNL.
Ratan Wattal - Liaison officer with Jammu and Kashmir
Soumen Mitra - Kolkata Police Commissioner
Susmita Pande - Chairperson of National Monument Authority (NMA)
Vijay Shekhar Sharm- chairman of Industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).
Deepak Mishra - Additional Director General in the Central Reserve Police Force
Judge N K Agarwal - Haryanas Lokayukta
P.K.Mishra - Goas Lokayukta
Subramanian Swamy - Nominates members of Rajya Sabha
Navjot Singh Sidhu - Nominates members of Rajya Sabha
Narendra Jadhav - Nominates members of Rajya Sabha
Suresh Gopi - Nominates members of Rajya Sabha
Swapan Dasgupta - Nominates members of Rajya Sabha
Mary Kom - Nominates members of Rajya Sabha
Ajith Kumar Chief of Rubber Board
Bhupendra Kainthola - Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
Pankaj Kumar - Ambassador for Girl Child (AFGC)
Surender Kumar Bhagat - DGof Railways Protection Force (RPF).
Jaspal Bindra Chairman of Centrum Group
Amitabh Coomar CEO of GoJavas
Manish Sharma - CEO of Panasonics India
Sharad Agarwal India Head, Lamborghini
Hugh Johnston Twitter board of directors
Tausif Monif - President of Lambda
Dhoni - Brand Ambassador of Amrapali resigned
Punit Soni - Flipkart Chief Product Officer resigned
Virat Kohli - Brand ambassador of Premier Futsal
Bimlendra- CEO of Tata Steels Europe
MS Dhoni - Brand Ambassador of LAVA International
Ajay Devgn and Kajol - Brand ambassadors of Andhra Pradesh tourism
Debraj Pradhan - Ambassador of India to Norway
Masakui - Ambassador of India to the Republic of Zimbabwe
Nandini Singla - Ambassador of India to Portugal
Satender Kumar - Ambassador of India to the Republic of Barbados
T. Suresh Babu - Ambassador of India to Mongolia
Bishwadip Dey - High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Rudra Gaurav Shresth - High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Mozambique
Geetha Johri - Gujarats first woman DGP
Mahesh Iyer COO of Thomas Cook
Inzamam-ul-Haq - Chief selector of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Rahul Johri CEO of BCCI
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Salman Khan - Goodwill ambassador for India at Rio Olympics

Nandu Nateka - CCIs Legends Club (First non-cricketer)
Rick Osterloh - Google new hardware division as Senior Vice-President
Charles Borromeo - Tata Steel sports department has resigned
Ram kumar leaves ICICI; Vijay Chandok made ED
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given approval for the proposal of ATC Asia
Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore to acquire 51% shareholding in Viom Networks Ltd by method of transfer
from existing shareholders.
Flipkart has acquired a Bengaluru-based mobile payments company PhonePe
Noida based IT company HCL Technologies acquire all of the business of Geometric Limited.
Pune based Computer services firm Persistent Systems acquire US-based Genwi for an undisclosed
amount
Alaska Air Group acquires Virgin America in a friendly takeover worth around $4 billion including
debt to create the USs fifth-largest airline.
Private equity firm Blackstone India entered into an agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
to buy a majority stake in Mphasis Limited in a deal valued between $825 million and $1.1 billion.
Gurgaon - based carpooling app Orahi has acquired Odd-Even.com to find partners to commute during
the odd-even rule, for an undisclosed amount.
Kishore Biyanis Future Group acquires Rocket Internets FabFurnish for Rs. 20 Crore
Bharti Airtel has announced the acquisition of 20 MHz spectrum in eight circles from Aircel for Rs
3,500 crore.
New York based Microblogging platform Twitter has acquired employee and manager feedback startup
Peer.
Chennai-based customer support platform Freshdesk has acquired New Delhi-based Memetic Labs
Technologies for an undisclosed sum
New Delhi based JK Asia Pacific group has acquired of Cavendish Industries Ltd for Rs 2200 crore
Finnish mobile network equipment maker Nokia to buy Frances Withings S.A. for 170 million
Euros ($191 million)
SCHEMES
Gov launched Gram Uday to Bharat Uday Abhiyan from 14th to 24th April, 2016 to generate nationwide efforts to increase social harmony across villages, strengthen Panchayati Raj, promote rural
development, and foster farmers progress.
Government of Punjab to begin the process of issuing 303074 pre-active cashless Farmers Health
Insurance Cards under Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna .It will enable farmers to get health
cover up to Rs 50,000 for their treatment and compensation of Rs 5 Lakhs in case of death
Union Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi initiated a project Swadhar
Greh scheme to construct 100 special Home for widows at Vrindavan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel launched the state-wide implementation of Centres National Food
Security Act Maa Annapurna Yojna. People will get wheat at Rs 2 per kilo and rice at Rs 3 per kilo
under this scheme
Jammu & Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti announced to launch Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food
Entitlement Scheme (MMSFES) to supplement the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from July 1,
2016.States public distribution system will get additional 5 kgs of ration per person.
Jharkhand Government launched Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana for widows on 125th birth
anniversary of B R Ambedkar. Construct a home for Widows and Pensions. Rs 75,000 will be granted
to build a house in districts in hilly terrains and Rs 70,000 in plains areas
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Uttarakhand has become the 10th state to join the UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana). Net
benefit of about Rs 962 crore would accrue to the state.
Eight states have issued bonds worth over Rs.98,959.96 crore under UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM
Assurance Yojana) scheme in 2015-16.The special bonds (non-SLR special securities) issued by RBI.
Gov has approved Goas coastal circuit project under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme. Sum of Rs. 99.99
crores given by the central assistance is a record highest allocation received by Goa Tourism since
2010.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated the Stand up India scheme and a Web portal for the scheme
in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Composite advance between 10 lakh and upto Rs.100 lakh.The process would
be led by SIDBI, Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) and NABARD
Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal with Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister Andhra Pradesh to
launched National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps Programme and National Energy Efficient Fan
Programme in Vijayawada , Andhra Pradesh
Ministry of Rural Development has released a central share of Rs. 12,230 Crore to the States in
connection with the implementation of its flagship programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act. The Ministry planned to maintain 60:40 wage-material ratio at the District
level.
Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister of women and Child Development launched Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao Scheme in additional 61 districts
Haryana Gov has notified the Affordable Plotted Housing Policy 2016 for low and medium standard
towns under Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana. All the projects are be required to be completed within
seven years from the date of license granted
Gov has merged Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan with Khelo India.Aim of the scheme is to Construct
Sports Complexes in each block and exclusively both for outdoor and indoor sports discipline for 5
years and conducting summer camps every year to enhance the sports spirits
Union government allots Rs. 800 crore to clean up polluted lakes in Bangalore under AMRUT scheme
to rejuvenate lakes especially the Bellandur Lake
Union Sports Ministry has decided to provide Rs. One lakh per month as Out of Pocket allowance to
the sports persons under the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. Till date, 77 Indian athletes in
eight disciplines have qualified for the Olympics
MoUs
Indian Oil Corporation inked an MoU with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation to scrutinize the
possibility of jointly working on setting up a LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) import terminal
at Chittagong port and other downstream infrastructure in that country.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Mumbai based Sun Pharma have joined into an
agreement for research and innovation in preventive health announced by Union Health Minister JP
Nadda
MoU has been signed by the 25 ministries comprising human resource development to encourage
research in premier technical institutions through IMPRINT (Impacting Research Innovation and
Technology)
Maharashtra (Devendra Fadnavis) first state to signed MoU with the Tata Trusts (Ratan Tata) to link all
government colleges and medical colleges to the national cancer grid for uniform cancer profiling and
quality treatment. The initiative targets to have 50,000 bone marrow donors.
The Department of Space (DoS) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a pact to
deliver scientific considerations for airports construction in India.
Union Cabinet approved a MoU signed between India and Sweden for technical cooperation in the rail
sector.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom signed signed
6 agreements in the fields of defence, tourism, taxation, space research, and conservation of mosques.
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Union Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved for signing the Paris Agreement
adopted at the 21st Conference of Parties held in Paris in last December. Environment Minister Prakash
Javadekar signed the agreement from India side on 22 April 2016 in UN
Central Council for Research in homoeopathy (CCRH) has signed two MOUs with College of
Homeopaths of Ontario, Canada and another between CCRH and Yerevan State Medical University,
Armenia during two day International Convention on World Homoeopathy Day organized at Vigyan
Bhawan, New Delhi.
United Nations Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and GITAM University signed a MoU to
empower the adolescents 10-19 years and address the adolescent issues in the district of
Visakhapatnam. Kerala
An agreement has been signed for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Programme in New
Delhi between the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and
German International Cooperation.
Union Cabinet given its approval for signing of a MoU between India and UAE on preventing all forms
of human trafficking, especially women and children.
Union Cabinet was approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and
Bangladesh to promote development of cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture and allied
sectors through mutually agreed activities and procedures.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its nod for India adopting the statute of the South Asia Wildlife
Enforcement Network (SAWEN) which will help in checking cross border wildlife crimes. Now India
become a formal member of SAWEN
Bhubaneswar based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) and Educational Consultants India
Limited, a central PSU, jointly signed a MoU to work in areas of education and human resource
development.
Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley and US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew have agreed to enhance
collaboration on tackling offshore tax evasion and increase cooperation in sharing of cross-border tax
information.
Indian School of Business (ISB) and Singapore Management University (SMU) signed a MoU for
collaboration in innovation, entrepreneurship and research for five years.
Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Health & Family Welfare Shri Shripad Yesso
Naik and Mauritius Government inks MoU to promote cooperation in the field of Traditional Medicine
and Homoeopathy
Narendra Modi apprised the MoU signed with Bahrain, Kuwait, Nepal, South Korea, Sri Lanka,
Vietnam and BRICS Nations on Organizing Youth Exchange Programmes with these countries.
Union Cabinet approved for signing of a MoU between India and Bhutan on technical cooperation in
the field of capacity building, benchmarking and bilateral exchange in infrastructure engineering.
India and Sri Lanka signed MoU to supply 150 Boats to Mullaitivu fishermen. The total cost of the
project of Rs. 100 million.
Trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed among Sri Lanka, Japan and India
for collaboration in Science & Technology
Khaled Al-Aboodi, CEO of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Tarun Sharma, regional head on
behalf the EXIM Bank signed a MoU with ICD for a possible $100 million line of credit to simplify
exports to IDBs member countries.
FICCI inked a MoU with Australia Indian Business Council (AIBC) to strengthen and
promote business ties with Australia
Tata Trusts signed MoU with the Odisha government to achieve elimination of Malaria from the state
by 2030.
COMMITTEES
Information and Broadcasting Ministry has formed a three-member Committee to oversee the
guidelines set for government advertisements by the Supreme Court are followed. The committee
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headed by the former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) B B Tandon.

Union Minister of Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal released Report of the
Technical Committee on Large Scale Integration of Renewable Energy in India. The Committee has
published a 15 point Action Plan for facilitating large scale integration of renewable in the country, in
a secure and reliable manner.
Haryana government set up a two-member Commission of Inquiry headed by Retired Justice S N
Jha, former Chief Justice of Jammu to probe the sequence of events leading to violence during
the Jat agitation for reservation in February.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chairs High Level Committee meeting for Central assistance to
Karnataka, Puducherry and Arunachal Pradesh affected by drought and floods.
Rs 842.7 crore to Karnataka, Puducherry and Arunachal Pradesh affected by drought and
floods.
The finance minister Arun Jaitley formed a sub-committee headed by former Chief Economic Adviser
Ashok Lahiri panel to interact with the trade and industry on the imposition of central Excise duty on
jewellery. The committee has to submit report within 60 days.
Union Government has set up a panel to make a blueprint for doubling farmers income by 2022.The
Panel was headed by Agriculture Ministry Additional Secretary Ashok Dalwai,
Film maker Shyam Benegal headed committee constituted by the Information and Broadcasting
ministry panel submits its report on censor board. Children and adults are protected from potentially
harmful or unsuitable content while audiences, particularly parents, are authorized to make informed
watching decisions
Parliamentary Standing Committee has been formed to tackle misleading advertising as well as to fix
liability on endorsers/celebrities. The committee was headed by MP J C Divakar Reddy .
The violator may be penalised with either a fine of Rs 10 lakh or imprisonment up to two years
or both.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
PM Narendra Modi launched National Agriculture Market portal that will have 21 mandis from 8
States to connect e-mandis in several state on the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar.
States include Gujarat, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Rs.200Cr
GOI released Indian Intellectual Property (IP) Panorama in New Delhi by offering a single window
interface for information and guidance on intellectual property
Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) Headed by Ramesh Abhishek launched Startup
India portal and mobile app In New Delhi.
Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal launched a mobile application
Vidyut PRAVAH Mobile application to empower common people to demand 24X7 power from the
states.
Indias smartest app based cab company Ola has introduced electric rickshaws on its platform at the
Start-up India event held in Noida
The Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched a new service, Twitter Seva,
to address issues and grievances of startups, exporters and importers, and other stakeholders.
HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani launched a portal for registration and allotment of International
Standard Book Number (ISBN) in New Delhi
Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched the Low Cost and
Environment-friendly solar lighting device, Surya Jothi.
Photo-Voltaic Integrated Micro Solar Dome costs about Rs.1200 and the Non PhotoVoltaic version around Rs. 500.
DIPP has launched web-based dashboard for monitoring commitments of ministries under Make in
India
Maharashtra Government has decided to use hologram technique to check every alcohol bottle
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manufactured and sold in the State.

Intel India has inaugurated UnnatiKendras across 10 towns in Telangana to create a blueprint for the
digitization of non-urban India. The company to set up the first Unnati Kendra at Nadimpalli village.
BSNL has started testing of WiFi based network to connect 1lakh panchayats under rural broadband
project of Government in three villages Karenda, Phalsa and Bahadri in Alwar district of Rajasthan.
BSNL launched data sharing facility for pre-paid customers across the country. It will allow four
users to share data among themselves
Supercomputer Param Kanchenjunga was formally unveiled by Sikkim Governor Shrinvas Patil in
Sikkim based National Institute of Technology.
Indian Railway used drone for the first time to inspect Dedicated Freight Corridor project. It was be
tested in Bihar State.
Infosys cofounder S Gopalakrishnan launched a new app Itihaasa that chronicles the fascinating
journey of the Indian IT Industry.
Delhi Government announced app based premium bus service scheme in order to encourage private
car owners to switch to public transport. The registration for it would start from June 1 this year.
Minister of State of Culture and Tourism (I/C) and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh
Sharma launched the National Monuments Authority (NMA)s Web Portal called NOC Online
Application and Processing System (NOAPS)
Mr. Piyush Goyal, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable
Energy launched DEEP (Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price) an online portal for the acquisition of
short-term power by DISCOMs
Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai launched PoochhO Carpool app to help people during odd-even
scheme(April 15 to 30)
Indias first open source encyclopedia to the Art and culture Sahapedia has launched. The Meaning of
Saha in Sanskrit meant as Together with
Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) has become the first eoffice electricity distribution company among all power utilities in India.
Election Commission has launched mobile application eVoters with comprehensive details about the
coming May 16 assembly polls in Kerala.
University of Georgia (UGA) and Israels Ben-Gurion University has created the worlds smallest
diode using a single DNA molecule.
India is going to start its online platform, Hotstar in other countries over the next few months.
California based giant HP unveiled worlds thinnest HP Spectre Notebook weighing 1 kg and as thin as
10.4 mm
Chinese researchers introduced a new approach for making an all-weather solar cell developed a highly
efficient dye-sensitized solar cell.
Solar Impulse 2, solar-powered aeroplane has landed in Silicon Valley, California, after a three-day
flight across the Pacific Ocean.
Purdue University Researchers in Indiana in the US have come up with the first 3D map of the virus
structure. The virus is built similar to other flaviviruses, like that of dengue
Team of Scientists from Institute of Advance Study in Science & Technology in Assam have
developed an eco-friendly Nano technology for water-softening applications Chitosa
Chinas first security robot AnBot unveiled at the ongoing China Chongqing Hi-Tech Fair. It was
jointly developed by the National University of Defence Technology and a robotics company in central
Chinas Hunan Province.
The worlds first licensed vaccine Dengvaxia against a mosquito-bo disease dengue has been
launched by Philippines. It is the first public immunization program for dengue fever
ISRO and NASA are jointly operated mission NISAR a satellite that helps studying earthquake and its
patterns .The satellite is called NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR
ISRO Scientists Scientists in Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre lab recently manufactured the worlds
lightest material called silica Aerogel or blue air.
ISRO developed PSLV-C33 is carrying Indias seventh navigation satellite IRNSS-1G which is
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launched off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
China has successfully launched a retrievable scientific research satellite SJ-10to study Micro-gravity
China has launched a sounding rocket also called Research Rocket Kunpeng-1B was launched from
Danzhou by the National Space Science Center (NSSC).
US based aerospace company SpaceX has successfully landed a reusable rocket Falcon 9 rocket into
orbit.
Pakistan and China jointly to launch of a special satellite to monitor the development of the $46 billion
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project by June 2018.
Russia has launched its maiden rocket Soyuz-2.1A from a new cosmodrome
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has abandoned its efforts to reinstate the operations of
costly satellite Hitomi that was used to probe the black holes using X-Ray Telescopes.
America based space Company Blue Origin successfully accomplished the third launch and vertical
landing of its reusable New Shepard rocket, the BE-3 engine in Texas
US Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have discovered a rare triple-star
system KELT-4Ab with a gas giant planet that is similar in size to Jupiter.
NASA engineers tested a 3D printed rocket engine turbo pump with liquid methane for NASAs
journey to Mars and other deep-space missions
NASA has unveiled the launch of the New Aviation Horizons initiative in NASAs 2017 budget
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly retired from the NASA, but he will continue to participate in the ongoing
research related to his one-year mission.
Mobile POS solutions company ePaisa launched its digital wallets business into a new mobile
application Master-Wallets. Payments would be made into the merchants verified bank account.
OED Technologies of China has developed the worlds first graphene electronic paper, the new
material has been adjudged as the worlds first of its kind.
Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao launched Online App called AdiPraman which will enable the
tribal populace of the state get the caste validity certificates online. This is the first of its kind in India.
Finance Ministry governing Central Board of Excise and Customs has launched mobile app
calledIndian Customs Guide to Travellers.The app is available on mobile platform such as Android
Play store, Apple Store and Windows Store.
DEFENCE
13 the Edition of bi-annual exercise Tat Suraksha began in Andaman and Nicobar from April 5.
India and the United States have agreed in principle to share military logistics. Union Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar announced this agreement
Indian Armys elite STRIKE 1 corps is to conducting a major exercise Shatrujeet in the deserts of
Rajasthan to evaluate the capability of the Army.
Indian military has completed an amphibious exercise Jal Prahar in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
All three wings of the armed forces Army, Air Force and Navy are participated.
Indias indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile was test fired for second consecutive day
from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha.
India has conducted a secret test of the nuclear-capable undersea ballistic missile K-4 SLBM in the
Bay of Bengal from INS Arihant from the Vishakhapatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh.
INS Karmuk and a Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft are participating in the 22nd Indo-Thai
Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) in the Andaman Sea.
US Navy is leading 30-nation maritime exercise across Middle East Waters The International Mine
Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) started in Bahrain.
The 11th Indo-Mongolia joint training exercise Nomadic Elephant -2016commenced at Mongolia.
Chinas air force joint training exercises with Pakistan Shaheen 5 began in China
The Pakistan Navy has successfully conducted a test launch of the shore-based anti-ship Zarb Missile
in the Arabian Sea
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Russian Military test-fired a cruise missile named Iskander tactical missile system from the Kapustin
Yar practice range in the Astrakhan Region as part of drill.
Indian Naval Ships namely Veer and Nipat, served for the defence operations under illustrious 22nd
Killer Squadron decommissioned from the Indian Navy
ENVIRONMENT
High Court of Himachal Pradesh issued notices on the matter of declaring monkey as vermin for 6
months
Worlds first White Tiger Safari opened at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. The
Safari has been inaugurated by the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Ministry of Environment and Forests notified new Hazardous Waste Rules will ensure resource
recovery and disposal of hazardous waste in environmentally sound manner.
Endangered bird spoon-billed sandpiper was spotted in tropical island of Chinas Hainan area
Worlds longest-ever captured python weighing 250 kg and eight-metre length dies in Malaysia
The Central American country of El Salvador has declared a water shortage emergency. It was
the first drought emergency in its history.
In south western Japan two powerful earthquakes hit a day killed at least 29 people and 1,500 people
injured
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have combined the best features of a lobster
and a fish to create an artificial eye that can see in the dark
Scientists have identified three new species of mouse lemurs Ganzhorns mouse lemur, Microcebus
manitatra and Microcebus boraha in the South and East of Madagascar
Mumbai Noisiest city and Delhi may be the dirtiest city according to the report released by Central
Pollution Control Board
Taiwan Archaeologists have discovered a 4,800year old human fossil of a mother holding an infant
child in her arms
Endangered Asiatic wild dogs spotted in nature reserve in Chinas Gansu province have spotted at
least nine such dogs or dholes on camera.
SPORTS
Australian medium-pacer Clint McKay(33) announced his retirement from international and Australisa
first-class cricket
Pakistans head coach Waqar Younis resigned from his position after his team exit from the World
Twenty20 tournament.Shahid Afridi appointed as Pakistans T20 captain
England middle order batsman James Taylor (26) retired from International Cricket
Sri Lankan veteran cricketer Rangana Herath has announced his retirement from limited-overs cricket.
International Hockey Federation has promoted Durga Thakur of India as the international outdoor
umpire after her good performance at the recently-culminated Hawkes Bay Cup in Hastings New
Zealand.
Hong Kong all-rounder Irfan Ahmed has been suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC)
for two and a half years
India cricket team will play its Day-Night Test against the New Zealand this year announced by BCCI.
BCCI decided to waive off the financial penalty of USD 97 million that was levied on the West Indies
Cricket Board for withdrawal of their 2014 series against India in the halfway.
A seven-year-old girl Tajamul Islam is set to become the first Indian to represent the country at the
World Kickboxing Championship in Andria, Italy
India to host 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships in Jaipur, besides organising the Asian
Cadet and Asian Junior Judo Championships in September in Kerala this year.
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The International Hockey Federation pronounced a new annual tellurian home and divided league to be
implemented in 2019
Mother Dairy has partnered with IPL cricket team Delhi Daredevils as its principal sponsor.
Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd has signed up with the Gujarat Lions franchise as associate sponsor for the
ninth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL)
International Cricket Council (ICC) has extended its contract with Emirates Airline for another seven
years
Indian boxer Shiva Thapa bagged silver medal and Thailands Chatchai Butdee won gold at the
Asian/Oceania Qualifying event in China
Miami Open 2016 held in Florida, United States
Category
Champions
Runner
Mens Singles
Novak Djokovic
Kei Nishikori
Womens Singles
Victoria Azarenka ( Belarus )
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
Mens Doubles
Pierre Hugues (France )
Tmea Babos (South Africa) and
And Herbert Nicolas (France)
Yaroslava Shvedova (USA)
Womens Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Tmea Babos (Hungary) and
and Lucie afov (Chezh Republic) Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan)
West Indies Womens Clinched their maiden Womens World Twenty20 against Australia at Eden
Gardens in Kolkata
West Indies won ICC world Twenty20 against England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia wins world title with record-setting free stake score by winning a world
championship.
Ashley Wagner of USA wins silver.
Anna Pogorilaya of Russia wins bronze.
Kenyas Visiline Jepkesho and Cyprian Kotut were winners at the 40th edition of the Paris Marathon.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg claimed the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix towin his fifth straight
race.Second KimiRaikkonen, Finland followed by Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes
Indias duo Chitra Magimairaj and Varshaa Sanjeev won the seniors and under-21 gold
medals respectively at the WLBS World snooker championship in Leeds.
India won the Asian Nations Cup chess team championship defeating Vietnam in Abu Dhabi
FIFA World Rankings 2016- India dropped two places to the 162nd position in the latest FIFA
rankings
Rank(Mens)
Country
Rank(Womens)
Country
1
Argentina
1
United States
2
Belgium
2
Germany
3
Chile
3
France
4
Colombia
4
England
5
Germany
5
Australia
New BWF Ranking

Category
Mens Singles
Womens Singles
Men Doubles
Womens
Doubles
Player
Kidambi Srikanth
ParuPalli Kashyap
Saina Nehwal
Pusarla V Sindhu
Manu Attri
B Sumeeth Reddy
JwalaGutta
AshwiniPonnappa
Rank
14
18
8
10
19
15
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WTA rankings
Womens Singles
Womens Doubles
Rank
Serena Williams (USA)
Martina Hingis (Swiss)
1
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
Sania Mirza (India)
2
Angelique Kerber (GER)
Bethanie Mattek- Sands (US) 3
Garbine Muguruza (ESP)
Yaroslava Shvedova (Kzh)
4
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Lucie Safarova (CZR)
5
Malaysian Open 2016
Category
Champions
Mens Singles
Lee Chong Wei ( Malaysia)
Womens Singles
Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
Mens Doubles
Kim Gi-Jung( South Korea ) and
Kim Sa-rang ( South Korea)
Womens Doubles
Tang Yuanting (China) and
Yu Yang (China)
Mixed Doubles
Tontowi Ahmed ( Indonesia) and Liliyana Nastir (
Indonesia )
India beat Canada to earn first win at Hawkes Bay Cup in Hastings, New Zealand
Britains Anthony Joshua won the International Boxing Federation heavyweight title in London
Danny Willett has won the Masters at Augusta National to become the first Briton to claim US
Masters title in 20 years
S.P. Chawrasia of India was honoured with the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for March.
Indias mens and womens teams have each won their respective titles at the Third edition of khokho
championships in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Cricket Legend Sachin Tendulkar released the teaser poster of Sachin: A Billion Dreams his upcoming
biopic. It was directed by British director James Erskine.
The Top Five Players in the Wisden 2016
Player
Role
Country
Jonny Bairstow
Wicket Keeper & Batsman.
England
Brendon McCullum
Batsman.
New Zealand
Steve Smith
Batsman.
Australia
Ben stokes
All Rounder
England
Kane Willamson
Batsman
New Zealand
Bombay High Court ordered all IPL matches after April 30 to be shifted from drought
affected Maharashtra.
Indian Paddlers Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra booked their Olympic tickets by winning their
respective groups in the Asian Qualifiers in Hong Kong.
Manipuri boxer MC Mary Kom has been named as one of the brand ambassadors of the forthcoming
World Championships by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
Australia thrash India to win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Malaysia
Nico Rosberg of Mercedes claimed a dominant win in Chinese Grand Prix over Mercedes team mate
Lewis Hamilton
Monte Carlo Masters title
Mens Singles: Spain Maestro Rafael Nadal won his ninth Monte Carlo Masters title by
defeating Gael Monfils of France
Mens Doubles - French Pair Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the title,
defeating UKs Jamie Murray and Brazilian Bruno Soares
Agartala hailed Dipa Karmakar will be the first Indian women gymnast in the history to qualify for
Olympics
Hockey India to withdraw the National junior team from the annual Sultan of Johor Cup to be held this
year due to injury concerns.
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Former national champion Vishnu Vardhan put his name into the record books by becoming the first
champion of the Asian Tennis Tour (ATT) after he beat Sidharth Rawat in New Delhi.
Indian ace shooter Jitu Rai ended with sixth spot in the mens 50m pistol event on the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup being held at Rio de Janeiro.
Spain based Rafael Nadal clinches 49th Clay court cup and equalled the record with Guillermo Vilas in
Barcelona Open Tennis. Doubles Winners title clinched by United States Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
French pair of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic won womens doubles final of the Stuttgart
Grand Prix tournament and womens singles title was won by Angelique Kerber of Germany
Indias Mairaj Ahmad Khan bagged the silver medal in the mens Skeet event at the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup
Marcus Svennson-Gold and Tamarro Casandro-Silver
Indian Football Striker Jeje Lalpekhlua won the Football Players Association of India (FPAI) Indian
Player of the year award at Cooperage Football Stadium in Mumbai.The award was presented by
FPAI President Renedy Singh
Indian Wrestler Sandeep Tomar and Indian Rower Dattu Bhokanal booked a berth for the Rio
Olympics
Riyad Mahrez of Algeria was adjudged as the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Player of
the Year. He is the first African to receive the award.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers released a new snake-eye logo featuring an indigo coloured check in
the design
TVS Racing group has signed with its first woman rider Shreya Sunder Iyer in the Indian National
Rally championship for 2016
International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) due to
government intervention in the cricket board due to that a vacuum has been made in the cricket
leadership.
Indian archer Deepika Kumari equals the world record in the womans recurve event South Korean
archer Ki Bo-Bae at the Archery World Cup in Shanghai.
Explosive former Srilankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya as the chief selector and will serve a two-year
term for the Sri Lanka Cricket.
New Zealand batsman Kane Stuart Williamson has been named as the Black Caps captain in all
the three formats of the game of cricket.
Former South Africa pacer Allan Donald is set to join the Australian team as temporary bowling coach
Indian judok as players Avatar Singh and Thoudam Kalpana Devi are qualified for the Rio Olympics
after their impressive performances in Asian Championship in Tashkent.
Garima wins gold at Commonwealth Judo Championship Rajwinder Kaur won a silver at the 2016
Commonwealth Judo Championship held in South Africa
Sprinter Sudha Singh has booked berth for Rio Olympics by finishing second in the 3000m
steeplechase event at the FederationCup in New Delhi.
OBITUARY
Zaha Hadid - Iraqi-British architect

Ronnie Corbett - UKs Entertainer
Larry Drake Actor
Cesare Maldini - Italian football manager and player
Barbieri - Latin Jazz saxophonist
Barbara Turner- US screenwriter and producer
Merle Haggard US Musician
David Gest US Entertainer, Producer
Arnold Wesker - British playwright
Malick Sidibe - Eminent African photographer
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Doris Roberts US actress

Bill Campbell - Former Ivy League football coach
Chyna (Joan Laurer) - Former WWE Womens Champion
Prince Roger Nelson - Rock artist and musician
Guy Hamilton - British Film Director
Papa Wemba - Africas greatest music legend
Banharn Silpa - Veteran Thai politician
Harry Wu - China human rights campaigner
Babu Bharadwaj - Eminent journalist from Kerala
RanjanBaindoor - Ranji Trophy player from Mumbai
M.H.P.Rao - Father of Madras Atomic Power Station
Yogendra Bali - Veteran journalist
C Silvera - Former Union Minister of Mizoram
Veenu Paliwal - Indias first woman biker
J.S. Sekhon - Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge
Satyanand Munjal- Co-founder of Hero Cycles group
D.Ravinder - Finance Ministers PRO & Former Journalist from Telangana
Ismael Quintana - Pioneer of salsa music
Shaktiman - Indian police horse, Uttarkhand
Amanullah Khan - Founder of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),
Thoppil Thomas - Eminent cartoonist from Kerala
BOOKS & AUTHORS
The Kiss of Life How a Superhero and my son defeated cancer authored by Bilal Siddiqui and Coauthored by Emraan Hashmi.
A State in Denial Pakistans Misguided and Dangerous Crusade authored by veteran journalist BG
Verghese
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly will write a book titled Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey
to Mars.
The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise authored by KartarLalvani
IMPORTANT DAYS
Apr 2: World Autism Awareness Day Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and Neurodiversity
Apr 4: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Mine Action is
Humanitarian Action
Apr 5: National Maritime Day Ease of doing business in the maritime sector
Apr 6: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Lets play for Sustainable
Development Goals
Apr 7 : World Health Day Halt the rise: beat diabetes
Apr 8 : International Romani Day
Apr 10 : World Homeopathy Day
Apr 11 : National Safe motherhood day
Apr 12 : International Day of Human Space Flight
Apr 14 : Bhimrao Ambedkar 125th Birth Anniversary
Apr 17 : World Hemophilia Day Treatment for All The Vision of All
Apr 18 : World Heritage Day The Heritage of Sport
Apr 21 : Civil Services Day
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Apr 22 : World Earth Day Trees for the Earth
Apr 25 : World Malaria Day - End malaria for good
Apr 23 : World Book and Copyright Day
Apr 26 : World Intellectual Property Day Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined
Apr 29 : International Dance Day
International Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
Apr 30 : International Jazz Day
STATIC GK - APRIL
New Delhi:
New Delhi itself was not established until 1912 when the British moved Indias capital city from Calcutta to
Delhi in 1911.
Odisha
Capital: Bhubaneswar
Governor: S.C. Jamir
Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
Jharkhand:
Capital: Ranchi
Chief Minister: Shri Raghubar Das
Haryana
Capital: Chandigarh
Governor: Kaptan Singh Solanki
Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
Bihar:
It is the Third largest State by population.
Bihar has 40 lok Shaba and 16 Rajya Shaba seats.
Odisha:
Chilka lake of Odisha is the biggest for Brackish Water (Saline) lagoon, it is set to be Indias biggest and world
second biggest coastal lagoon.
Maharashtra:
Mumbai is a financial capital of India, Indias first train in India ran between Mumbai and Thane in 1953.
Nagaland:
Nagaland is the 16th State it was established in 1963, As per Census 2011, Nagaland is the smallest state in
India.
Festivals of Maharashtra:
Makar Sankrant, Nag Panchami, Gudhi Padwa, Pola, Narali Pournima, Gokul
Banganga Festival, The Elephanta Festival and The Ellora Festival
Ashtami, Dussehra, The
Famous Temples in Maharashtra

Siddhivinayak Temple
Mahalakshmi Temple
Bhimashankar Temple
Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple
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Kailash Temple
Walkeshwar Temple
Uttar Pradesh:
Uttar Pradesh is by far the most populated state in India.
Varanasi is one of the worlds oldest living
The Kumbha Mela that is held every 12 years is another attraction of Uttar Pradesh.
NSE:
Established in 1992
MD & CEO Chitra Ramkrishna
NPCIL :
NPCIL was created in September 1987 under the Companies Act 1956
HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
CMD: K.C. Purohit
NABARD:
Mumbai based NABARD was established on the recommendation of Sivaraman Committee in 1982.
Airports in India:
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi is the busiest airport in India.
India has a total of 132 Airports, including 24 International Airports, 7 Customs Airports, 78 Domestic Airports
and 26 civil enclaves at Military Airfields.
Saudi Arabia:
Saudi Arabia possesses about 16% of the oil reserves It is the worlds largest exporter of petroleum liquids and
the industry relies on almost half of its GDP.
Saudi Arabia was a founding member of OPEC in 1960
Capital: Riyadh
Currency: Saudi Riyal.
South Korea:
Capital: Seoul
Currency: Won
WADA:
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
President: Craig Reedie
Cuba:
Capital: Havana
Prime minister: Ral Castro
Currency: Cuban peso
Bangladesh:
East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971 after a war of independence against Pakistan.
Bangladesh has the third largest Muslim population in the world next to Indonesia and Pakistan.
Iran:
Capital: Tehran
Currency: Iranian Rial
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The word Iran means the land of Aryans in Persian.
Persia in olden times.
WTO:
HQ: Geneva, Switzerland
Founded: 1995
World Bank HQ: Washington D.C, USA
AIIB HQ: Beijing, China
New Zealand:
Location: Island nation in the south - western Pacific Ocean
Capital city: Wellington
Prime Minister: John Key
Currency: New Zealand dollar ($)
USA:
Capital: Washington, D.C ; Currency: Dollar
President: Barack Obama; Indian Ambassador to the US: Arun Singh.
China:
Capital: Beijing
Currency: Renminbi
President: Xi Jinping
Oman:
Capital: Muscat
Currency: Omanian Rial
France:
Capital: Paris
Currency: Euro
PM: Manuel Valls
Jordan
Capital and largest City of Jordan Amman
Currency Jordanian Dinar
Prime Minister of Jordan Abdullah Ensour
Portugal:
Capital and largest City of Portugal Lisbon
Currency Euro
Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Coasta
President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Barbados
Capital and largest City of Barbados Bridgetown
Currency Barbadian Dollar
Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart
Central African Republic
Capital: Bangui
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Currency: Central African CFA franc
Vietnam:
Vietnam is the largest exporter of cashews in the world, and the second largest exporter of rice.
Vietnam has a literacy rate of 94%.
Capital: Hanoi
Currency: Vietnamese dong
Iceland
Capital: Reykjavik
Currency: Icelandic krna
Norway:
Prime Minister of Norway Erna Soleberg
Capital Of Norway Oslo
Currency Norwegian Crone
UNICEF:
HQ: New York
CEO: Anthony Lake
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is known as The Land of Bengal
The independence of Bangladesh was declared on 26 March 1971
Capital: Dhaka
Currency: Taka
PM : Sheikh Hasina
Pakistan:
Capital: Islamabad
Prime Minister: Nawaz Sharif
President: MamnoonHussian
Currency: Pakistani rupee
El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador
Currency: US Dollar
President: Salvador Snchez Cern
Taiwan:
Capital: Taipei
Currency: New Taiwan Dollar
International Cricket Association:
Headquarters: United Arab Emirates
President: Zaheer Abbas
CEO: Dave Richardson
Mongolia:
Bordered by China and Russia
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Capital: Ulaanbaatar
Currency: Mongolian tgrg
President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Prime minister: Chimed Saikhanbileg
Madhya Pradesh:
It is the second largest state by area and 5 th largest state by population.
Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Governor: Ram NareshYadav
SIDBI:
SIDBI is an independent financial institution s established in 1990, it is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Industrial Development Bank of India.
ICICI:
HQ: Mumbai
CEO: ChandaKochhar
Tagline:Hum Hai Na, KhyalApka
Judo Federation of India(JFI)
Man Mohan Jaiswal, General Secretary of Judo Federation of India (JFI).
Headquarters: New Delhi
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