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Current Affairs April Pocket PDF 2016

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan aka Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index has been instigated by theGovernment 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 BudgetSession

Minimum Qualification for men class VII and Women - V

Indias first semi-high speed train Gatimaan Express flagged off from Delhis Hazrat Nizamuddinstation 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 100thcrore 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, gamingand animation, rural tech centres and growth of electronics

Union Minister of State for Ministry of Textiles, Shri Santosh Gangwar initiated three mega textileprojects in Nagaland

1. Eri Silk Development Project2.

Apparel and Garment Making Centre in Dimapur3. Muga P3 Basic Seed Station Kobulong in Mokokchung district

Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV) project has been initiated covering 14 districts to provide modernschools in the underdeveloped rural areas and to fill up vacant teacher posts

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy launched Transnational SkillStandards in India.

Government appointed The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar to endorse the I Support SkillIndia 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 stationslocated in Delhi and NCR to the public.

Cabinet given its approval for promulgation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands AnatomyRegulation, 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 variousbenefits being extended by the Government.

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal laid the foundation stone for underground cabling work underIntegrated 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 provideelectricity 24/7 to every household in India by 2019.

Jharkhand government reserve two per cent employment in various departments for meritorious sportspersons of the state announced by CM Raghubar Das.

Salam hailed Devi is the first transgender person in Tamil Nadu to contest the assembly elections inthe 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 Bill2016 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 andall 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) andVishakhapatnam.

Government has renamed the Panagarh Airbase Base as Air Force Station Arjan Singh in honour ofthe Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh on the 97th birthday of Arjan Singh, Marshal of the IndianAir 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 attackincluding 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 Governmentto the Supreme Court

Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma released a Commemorative Coin of Rs. 200/ and aCirculation 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 NewDelhi by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation with IndianInstitute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK)

Maharashtra has facing water crisis in many parts of the State. The State Gov has stepped up tocontain 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 HumayunsTomb, 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 ShortService Commission (SSC) batch of 2008-09.

The Department of Disinvestment renamed as Department of Investment and Public AssetManagement or DIPAM announced by Arun Jaitley

Union government has notified the new rules on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesAct, 1989 was amended by Parliament in Dec 2015.The police to file charge sheet within 60 days aftera 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 addressesPanchayati Raj Sammelan

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda inaugurated the first of its kind CurrentGood 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 SupremeCourt 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 toSahjhardi 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 9Buttons

Operation Sulaimani is an initiative of Kozhikode district administration to eradicate poverty and toavoid food wastage in the district.

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced that free laptops to 500 meritorious students who securea 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 ninebiddings - 100-200 Megawatt

Ministry of Railways has pledged to set up a 1 lakh crore rupees safety fund called Rashtriya RailSanraksha 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) tofillip 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 theTriangular 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 nationalsecurity, 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 marketprice rise.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurated 100 piped water supply projects for rural areas and pledged tomake piped water provision in all gram Panchayats by 2017.

North - Eastern states Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to implement the National FoodSecurity 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 TwinningNetwork Program on Chemical Ecology of North East Region in Kohima

Union Government and National Socialist Council of Nagaland, under the leadership of N. KitoviZhimomi and M.B Neokpao Konyak have mutually agreed to extend the Cease FireAgreement by another year

Vasundhara Raje - led Rajasthan government has passed the Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification ofTitles) 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 tostate the Scheduled Castes in various states and union territories.

Parliament passes Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015. The bill amendsthe 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 highwayproject 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 1stApril, 2016 with a limit of Rs 5 Lac per unit for a period offour years.

Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Ministry will earmark Rs 33,000 crores fordevelopment 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 3States 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 offSouth 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 Rssix lakh.

NITI Aayog, Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) and Temasek Foundation jointly to launchUrban 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 Hospitalin 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 ofShiva temple.

Prime Minister visited the Puttingal Devi temple at Kollam, following fire mishap occurred on the lastday of the seven-day Meena Bharani festivities.

Bhubaneswar - top of the first batch of 20 smart cities selected by the Ministry of Urban Developmentalso 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 stoneof 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 NewDelhi

Dual capital of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh to host International Yoga day on June 21stof 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 RajSammelan on 24thApril.

Almost thousand years old Keralas Thazhathangady Juma mosque opens doors to women for the firsttime

Indian Navy set up a new naval detachment at Androth islands of Lakshadweep

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti inauguratedWater Film Festival at Water Expo-2016 in New Delhi.

Indias poorest district Nabarangpur in Odisha will get its first Government model degree college. Itwas 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 nameof Mewat district to Nuh.

Capital of Nagaland Kohima city was declared a smoke-free area by Deputy Commissioner RovilatuoMor

Rahuri Municipal Council of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra became the first municipalityto 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 ofWilliam Shakespeare.

The 125th birth anniversary Dr. Ambedkar was commemorated on 13th April 2016 at the UNheadquarters 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 internationalfinancial 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 tallestskyscraper

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 parliamentarymajority

New York City declared this years April 14 as Bindeshwar Pathak Day in recognition of thecontributions made by the Indian social activist Bindeshwar

WADA revoked the accreditation of the Moscow Antidoping Center of Russia due to non-compliancewith the International Standard for Laboratories

European Union lawmakers approved a scheme, to share Airline passenger information to trackforeign 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 inNutrition to accelerate progress for Nutrition.

Union Government has accorded its approval for expansion of the India Chile Preferential TradeAgreement


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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 decidedduring the annual 19th round of boundary talks between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and hisChinese counterpart Yang Jiechi

Anti Slavery Crusader Harriet Tubman to be first African-American on Official Currency ofthe United States and its insular territories US Dollar

India officially signed the World trade organizations trade facilitation agreement to make easier atcustoms procedures to boost commerce. The Instrument of Acceptance handed over by the IndiasWTO ambassador Anjali Prasad to WTO director General Roberto Azevedo.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy PiyushGoal Jointly launches programmes under International Solar Allicance along with Ms. SegoleneRoyal, 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 enteringor 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 inCentral 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 toempower 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 healthypractices 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 March2016.Summit has endorsed the EU-India Agenda for Action 2020 as a common road map for thestrategic 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-waveObservatory (LIGO) in India that will act as catalyst in the research of various aspects of gravitationalwave 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 aninteraction 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 USdollar 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 healtharea and medical science

India awarded $100 million line of credit for development of infrastructure and acceded to jointlydevelop new avenues of cooperation to explore and develop the Pacific nations vast oil and gasresources.

India inks agreements and MoUs with New Zealand in the field of Air Connectivity and Education andBilateral relation

SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

National Family Planning Summit 2016 inaugurated by Union Health Minister P. Nadda in NewDelhi. Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador and anchor for the newcommunication 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 ProjectTiger

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 ChildAdoption 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 ManoharParrikar in New Delhi

Heart of Asia Conference for the year 2016 held in New DelhiParticipating 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 countriestaking part in the exhibition

India hosts Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium from April 4 to 7 to discuss on the applicationsof remote sensing technologies for disaster mitigation and to better monitor global climate change
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RANKINGS & REPORTS

India Rankings 2016released by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).University

Rank Name City State

1 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Karnataka

2 Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai Maharashtra3 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

Pharmaceutical1 Manipal College of Pharmacy Manipal Karnataka

2 University institute ofpharmaceutical sciences

Chandigarh Chandigarh

3 Jamia Hamdard New Delhi Delhi

India has become the worlds fourth largest spender on defence by US research firm IHS Increport. Top 3 are USA, China and UK

A report titled Global report on urban health: equitable, healthier cities for sustainabledevelopment, 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 6

thPosition in the 2015 report on Trends in world military expenditure releasedby 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 PlazaNew York was rated among the best hotels for the super - rich. Singapore Airlines topped in thefavourite 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 freedomIndex. 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 Bansaland 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 Malariaby 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. Finalnd3.Norway 4.Switzerland

BANKING & FINANCE

Micro-pension scheme Swavalamban, Subscribers can switch to the Atal Pension Yojana (APY).APYis 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 MidSmallcap 400.It comprise of 400 companies

German Governments Development Bank KFW provide a loan assistance of EUR 500 million (aboutRs.3,750 crore) for the modern and sustainable metro system for Nagpur. It is the first metrorail 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 configuredradius 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 rateby 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 ExportDevelopment 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 anadditional 30 Gigawatts of renewable energy, early warning frameworks and in creating climate smartagriculture investment plans for at least 40 nations.

India sat again on the top of the Credit Suisse Emerging Consumer Scorecard 2016 by Credit SuissesOther Countries position are China(2), Saudi Arabia(2),Indonesia (4 th), 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 InvestmentScheme (PIS).

India has offered to invest up to $20 billion in Iran announced by Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhaduring 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 toreceive 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 financialstatements in XBRL format. Banking, insurance, power sector and non-banking finance companies arealready exempted.

Kochi based Federal Bank with Chillar Payment Solutions Ltd Launched Campus Wallet in Kerala topromote 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 usheringin a cashless society in India.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) PresidentJin 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 overseasmarkets.

Government to allow Pakistani Hindus to buy property, open bank accounts and also offer reduction infees 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 InsuranceCorporation 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 byMaharashtra 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 ofabout 400 Kms in major district of Uttar Pradesh

Banks were advised to share all the transactions details in standard format so that Revenue Intelligenceand 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 towithdraw 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 offerbanking services like foreign exchange, remittances and cash management.

IFMR capital has enabled the first capital market transaction for MUDRA which emphases onproviding low cost loans to microfinance and non-banking financial institutions. This will be a shortterm transaction with tenure of 1.5 years

Railways have finished the financial year 2015-16 with a record high capital expenditure of Rs 94,000crore, 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 andbanks. The decision of amalgamation should be approved by respective boards by two-thirds majorityand all accounts should be KYC compliant.

CAPITAL LOCAL AREA BANK introduced the nations first Small Finance bank Capital SmallFinance Bank Limited in Punjab

HDFC Standard Life Insurance has tied up with India bulls Housing Finance Ltd for a corporateagency agreement.

Indias nuclear power agency Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has clearedinsurance 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 1000crore rupees to Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC) for the purchase of wheat during theongoing Rabi marketing season.

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) - The Income Tax Department planned to add interest todelayed refunds made against excess TDS deductions and will also not litigate with the deductor onthis issue in the future.

Information services company Experian launched Hunter Fraud Score a new scoring mechanism thatmeasures 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

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Union government given its approval for the MoU that links Insurance Regulatory and DevelopmentAuthority of India (IRDAI) and the Insurance Authority of United Arab Emirates. The agreement pavethe 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 a247 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) withKorea Exchange (KRX) of South Korea for listing S&P BSE Sensex-based derivatives contracts onthe latter.

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) joint venture with Germangovernment 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 aMemorandum 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 toprepare 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 March2018 to protect domestic manufacturers from cheap Chinese imports.

Adani won mining leases for controversy-hit USD 21.7 billion Carmichael coal project in PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk in Australia.

The Reliance Asset Management Company has been listed among the best employer brands by AonHewitt

The worlds largest crude exporter with crude reserves of about 265 billion barrelsCompany 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 internationalinter-connections one with Nepal and the other with Bangladesh

Bhubaneswar based The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has become the largest freight loading railwayzone 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 aCentre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a season wise tiltable canal top solar PVplant 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 usemobile-based push payments using mVisa and make eCommerce payments on merchant and socialmedia applications

Polaris has tied up with the popular e-commerce website Snapdeal to sell its ATV (All TerrainVehicles).

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 ofthe Googles launch of Health Card in India.

Noble Travels has launched its online visa assistance portal, Visaforsure to offer information andfacilitation 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 10MW 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) areplanning 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 tiesand 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 taxrelated 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 $63billion value FDI projectsNo 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 inBengaluru. 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 suchthat 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 informationtechnology services including application maintenance services and airport infrastructure support.

Department Of Telecom Approves Spectrum Sharing (800Mhz Spectrum) deal between Anil Ambani-led RCom and Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.

Uber has entered into a partnership with Gujarat Tourism and FICCI in Ahmedabad to facilitate softskill training for Uber driver-partners.

RIL, worlds biggest refining complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat has bought crude oil from Iran after a 6-year break.

India has banned import of milk and milk products, certain mobile phones and a few other items fromChina 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

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Videocon d2h has partnered with Vodafone M-Pesa, now customers can recharge their d2hservice using Vodafone m-pesa.

Union Gov in line to sell 36% of stakes through offer for sale mode in Faridabad based Hydropowergeneration company NHPC

Japanese automobile maker Isuzu has opened its new factory at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh paving theway 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 Rs3,000 crore.

Mumbai based integrated power company Tata Power has commissioned its 44 MW Lahori windfarmproject in Shajapur of Madhya Pradesh.

Mumbai based Reliance Defence has inked a pact with three Ukrainian state-owned firms namelyUkroboronprom, 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 lifetimeachievement award was bestowed with singer Asha Bhosle by Maharashtra CM DevendraFadnavis at a ceremony held at Mumbai.

Egyptian author and journalist, Ahmed Naji conferred with the prestigious PEN/ Barbey Freedom toWrite 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 sametime 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 GeoscienceAward for Excellence

Dr Indra Sekhar Sen have awarded with Young Scientist Award

Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand honoured with the Hridaynath Award receive by the Maharashtragovernor 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 Dhiraj16 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 UnitedKingdoms 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 convenedupon the highest French civilian the Legion of Honour.

Priyadarshini Chatterjee from Delhi was announced as the winner of FBB Femina Miss India Worldby Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan during a star-studded ceremony.

Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova awarded with UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World PressFreedom 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 ofthe 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 danceperformance of Mohiniattam by continuously dancing for 123 hours and 30 minutes.

IIT-Kharagpur conferred with National Intellectual Property (IP) Award in the academic institutescategory 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 andEminent tennis player Sania Mirza honoured at the NRI of the Year Award 2016 at NRI of the Yearaward function held in Mumbai.

J & K born poet and novelist Padma Sachdev chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for theyear 2015 for her autobiography named Chitt-Chete written in Dogri language.

American Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won the TIME 100 reader poll with 3percent of the vote, ahead of Hilary Clinton. PM Narendra Modi,Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra and Tennis great Sania Mirza and are also among the probablecontenders named by the magazine for its annual list.

T N Ninan, Chairman and Editorial Director of Business conferred with Mumbai Press Clubs lifetimeachievement award by the Governor of Maharashtra C Vidyasagar Rao

Serbia, Novak Djokovic won Sportsman of the year Trophy and United States, SerenaWilliams bagged the Womens top honour Sportswoman of the yearLaureus 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 theyears 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 GeorgeGrierson 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 inCommonwealth Secretariat for 20 years by Cyprus Foreign Minister Loannis Kasoulides

Mahatma Gandhis granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee has been awarded with one of Franceshighest 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 fora 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 MadlyOther 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 NewYork 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 forprestigious 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 beconducted in New Delhi

A food engineering research scholar K Ashok Kumar from IIT Kharagpur winsprestigious International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award on Plant Nutrition.

A Burundian activist Marguerite Barankitse awarded with First Humanitarian Prize with savingthousands 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 MaharashtraGovernor 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 CorrespondentsAssociation (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 inaccreditation

Politician NK Singh will be awarded with Japans Second Highest national award The Order of theRising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. The award will be presented by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abeon May 10thin Japan.

Odisha hailed eminent sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won gold medal for his Mahatma Gandhisculpture 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 worldThree 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 million3.

David Cote of Honeywell International $33.1 million4. Jeffrey R Immelt of General Electric $26.4 million5.

Rupert Murdoch of Twenty-First Century Fox $22.2 million6. James P Gorman of Morgan Stanley $22 million

A fossilised skeleton of a hadrosaur also called duck-billed dinosaur has been recognized byGuinnessWorld 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 AsiaPacific Pte Ltd, Singapore to acquire 51% shareholding in Viom Networks Ltd by method of transferfrom 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 undisclosedamount

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 duringthe 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 Rs3,500 crore.

New York based Microblogging platform Twitter has acquired employee and manager feedback startupPeer.

Chennai-based customer support platform Freshdesk has acquired New Delhi-based Memetic LabsTechnologies 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 millionEuros ($191 million)

SCHEMES

Gov launched Gram Uday to Bharat Uday Abhiyan from 14th to 24th April, 2016 to generate nation-wide efforts to increase social harmony across villages, strengthen Panchayati Raj, promote ruraldevelopment, and foster farmers progress.

Government of Punjab to begin the process of issuing 303074 pre-active cashless Farmers HealthInsurance Cards under Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna .It will enable farmers to get healthcover 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 SwadharGreh 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 FoodSecurity Act Maa Annapurna Yojna. People will get wheat at Rs 2 per kilo and rice at Rs 3 per kilounder this scheme

Jammu & Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti announced to launch Mufti Mohammad Sayeed FoodEntitlement 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 birthanniversary of B R Ambedkar. Construct a home for Widows and Pensions. Rs 75,000 will be grantedto 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). Netbenefit 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 DISCOMAssurance 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. 99.99crores 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 wouldbe 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 tolaunched National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps Programme and National Energy Efficient FanProgramme in Vijayawada , Andhra Pradesh

Ministry of Rural Development has released a central share of Rs. 12,230 Crore to the States inconnection with the implementation of its flagship programme Mahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Act. The Ministry planned to maintain 60:40 wage-material ratio at the Districtlevel.

Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister of women and Child Development launched Beti BachaoBeti Padhao Scheme in additional 61 districts

Haryana Gov has notified the Affordable Plotted Housing Policy 2016 for low and medium standardtowns under Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana. All the projects are be required to be completed withinseven years from the date of license granted

Gov has merged Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan with Khelo India.Aim of the scheme is to ConstructSports Complexes in each block and exclusively both for outdoor and indoor sports discipline for 5years 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 schemeto rejuvenate lakes especially the Bellandur Lake

Union Sports Ministry has decided to provide Rs. One lakh per month as Out of Pocket allowance tothe sports persons under the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. Till date, 77 Indian athletes ineight disciplines have qualified for the Olympics

MoUs

Indian Oil Corporation inked an MoU with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation to scrutinize thepossibility of jointly working on setting up a LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) import terminalat Chittagong port and other downstream infrastructure in that country.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Mumbai based Sun Pharma have joined into anagreement for research and innovation in preventive health announced by Union Health Minister JPNadda

MoU has been signed by the 25 ministries comprising human resource development to encourageresearch in premier technical institutions through IMPRINT (Impacting Research Innovation andTechnology)

Maharashtra (Devendra Fadnavis) first state to signed MoU with the Tata Trusts (Ratan Tata) to link allgovernment colleges and medical colleges to the national cancer grid for uniform cancer profiling andquality 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 todeliver scientific considerations for airports construction in India.

Union Cabinet approved a MoU signed between India and Sweden for technical cooperation in the railsector.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom signed signed6 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 Agreementadopted at the 21st Conference of Parties held in Paris in last December. Environment Minister PrakashJavadekar 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 ofHomeopaths 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 ofVisakhapatnam. Kerala

An agreement has been signed for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Programme in NewDelhi between the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation andGerman International Cooperation.

Union Cabinet given its approval for signing of a MoU between India and UAE on preventing all formsof human trafficking, especially women and children.

Union Cabinet was approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India andBangladesh to promote development of cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture and alliedsectors through mutually agreed activities and procedures.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its nod for India adopting the statute of the South Asia WildlifeEnforcement 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 IndiaLimited, a central PSU, jointly signed a MoU to work in areas of education and human resourcedevelopment.

Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley and US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew have agreed to enhancecollaboration on tackling offshore tax evasion and increase cooperation in sharing of cross-border taxinformation.

Indian School of Business (ISB) and Singapore Management University (SMU) signed a MoU forcollaboration in innovation, entrepreneurship and research for five years.

Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Health & Family Welfare Shri Shripad YessoNaik and Mauritius Government inks MoU to promote cooperation in the field of Traditional Medicineand 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 inthe 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 theproject of Rs. 100 million.

Trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed among Sri Lanka, Japan and Indiafor collaboration in Science & Technology

Khaled Al-Aboodi, CEO of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Tarun Sharma, regional head onbehalf the EXIM Bank signed a MoU with ICD for a possible $100 million line of credit to simplifyexports to IDBs member countries.

FICCI inked a MoU with Australia Indian Business Council (AIBC) to strengthen andpromote business ties with Australia

Tata Trusts signed MoU with the Odisha government to achieve elimination of Malaria from the stateby 2030.

COMMITTEES

Information and Broadcasting Ministry has formed a three-member Committee to oversee theguidelines 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 theTechnical 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, ina 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 duringthe Jat agitation for reservation in February.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chairs High Level Committee meeting for Central assistance toKarnataka, 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 AdviserAshok 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.ThePanel was headed by Agriculture Ministry Additional Secretary Ashok Dalwai,

Film maker Shyam Benegal headed committee constituted by the Information and Broadcastingministry panel submits its report on censor board. Children and adults are protected from potentiallyharmful or unsuitable content while audiences, particularly parents, are authorized to make informedwatching decisions

Parliamentary Standing Committee has been formed to tackle misleading advertising as well as to fixliability 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 windowinterface for information and guidance on intellectual property

Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) Headed by Ramesh Abhishek launched StartupIndia portal and mobile app In New Delhi.

Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal launched a mobile applicationVidyut 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 InternationalStandard Book Number (ISBN) in New Delhi

Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched the Low Cost andEnvironment-friendly solar lighting device, Surya Jothi.

Photo-Voltaic Integrated Micro Solar Dome costs about Rs.1200 and the Non Photo-

Voltaic 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 thedigitization 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 broadbandproject 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 betested in Bihar State.

Infosys cofounder S Gopalakrishnan launched a new app Itihaasa that chronicles the fascinatingjourney of the Indian IT Industry.

Delhi Government announced app based premium bus service scheme in order to encourage privatecar 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. MaheshSharma launched the National Monuments Authority (NMA)s Web Portal called NOC OnlineApplication and Processing System (NOAPS)

Mr. Piyush Goyal, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & RenewableEnergy launched DEEP (Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price) an online portal for the acquisition ofshort-term power by DISCOMs

Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai launched PoochhO Carpool app to help people during odd-evenscheme(April 15 to 30)

Indias first open source encyclopedia to the Art and culture Sahapedia has launched. The Meaning ofSaha in Sanskrit meant as Together with

Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) has become the first e-office electricity distribution company among all power utilities in India.

Election Commission has launched mobile application eVoters with comprehensive details about thecoming May 16 assembly polls in Kerala.

University of Georgia (UGA) and Israels Ben-Gurion University has created the worlds smallestdiode 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 as10.4 mm

Chinese researchers introduced a new approach for making an all-weather solar cell developed a highlyefficient 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 havedeveloped 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 wasjointly developed by the National University of Defence Technology and a robotics company in centralChinas Hunan Province.

The worlds first licensed vaccine Dengvaxia against a mosquito-bo disease dengue has beenlaunched 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 intoorbit.

Pakistan and China jointly to launch of a special satellite to monitor the development of the $46 billionChina-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 ofcostly 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 verticallanding 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-starsystem 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 ongoingresearch related to his one-year mission.

Mobile POS solutions company ePaisa launched its digital wallets business into a new mobileapplication 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 newmaterial has been adjudged as the worlds first of its kind.

Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao launched Online App called AdiPraman which will enable thetribal 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 AndroidPlay 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 DefenceMinister Manohar Parrikar announced this agreement

Indian Armys elite STRIKE 1 corps is to conducting a major exercise Shatrujeet in the deserts ofRajasthan 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 dayfrom 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 theBay 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-ThaiCoordinated Patrol (CORPAT) in the Andaman Sea.

US Navy is leading 30-nation maritime exercise across Middle East Waters The International MineCountermeasures 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 Missilein the Arabian Sea


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The International Hockey Federation pronounced a new annual tellurian home and divided league to beimplemented 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 theninth 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 )And Herbert Nicolas (France)

Tmea Babos (South Africa) andYaroslava Shvedova (USA)

Womens Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

and Lucie afov(Chezh Republic)

Tmea Babos (Hungary) and

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 worldchampionship.

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 straightrace.Second KimiRaikkonen, Finland followed by Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes

Indias duo Chitra Magimairaj and Varshaa Sanjeev won the seniors and under-21 goldmedals 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 FIFArankings

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 Player Rank

Mens Singles Kidambi Srikanth 14

ParuPalli Kashyap 18

Womens Singles Saina Nehwal 8

Pusarla V Sindhu 10

Men Doubles Manu AttriB Sumeeth Reddy

19

WomensDoubles

JwalaGuttaAshwiniPonnappa

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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 ) andKim Sa-rang ( South Korea)

Womens Doubles Tang Yuanting (China) andYu 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 USMasters 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 khokhochampionships in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Cricket Legend Sachin Tendulkar released the teaser poster of Sachin: A Billion Dreams his upcomingbiopic. It was directed by British director James Erskine.

The Top Five Players in the Wisden 2016Player 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 droughtaffected 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 mateLewis 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 Mur