Daily Current Affairs for 8th and 9th April 2017 ( English )
Prepared by D.Sarala
1. The World
Economic Forum has announced 2017 Travel and Tourism
Competitiveness Index. India was placed at 40th Position among 136 countries. Spain. France and
Germany placed at 1st ,
2nd and 3rdplace
respectively.
2. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana ( RKVY) under the Union ministry of Agriculture
and a wing of ISRO , National
Remote Sensing Centre (MRSC)
have signed an MOU for geo
tagging agricultural assets such
as crops area, ponds, ware houses and laboratories, etc. Geo tagging is nothing
but the process of adding geographical identification like latitudinal or
longitudinal to photos or videos.
3. India ranked 9th position in bribery and corruption practices in
businesses among 41 countries as per EMEIA survey. (EMEIA is Europe , Middle
East, India and Africa )
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4. RBI has changed the reverse repo rate from 5.75
to 6% for the first
bimonthly monitory policy review of the financial year 2017-18 and the repo rate was kept unchanged at 6.25%
5. 64th National
Film fare awards for the year 2016 was announced
Kasaav ( Marathi film ) won the award in Best feature film category.
“ Joker “ was chosen
as the Best Film in Tamil . Best
Lyricist : Kavignar Vairamuthu for
the film Dharmadurai “. Best
production Design : 24. Best
Actor : Akshay Kumar ( Rustom
), Best actress : Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu),Best Play back Singer : Sundar Iyer ( Tamil Nadu ); Best Direction : Rajesh ( Ventilation )
6. India inked a deal with Israel for advanced medium -range and surface
– air missile systems ( MRSAM) systems
7. The Central Board
of Direct Taxes ( CBDT)
has clarified that the ban on transactions of Rs. 2 lakhs more is not applicable for withdrawal in
banks and post offices.
8. Sex ratio in Haryana has improved a lot after launching “
Beti Bachao , Beti padho “ Programme. For the
first time in the State’s
history it marked 950 as said by CM Manohar Lal Khattar.
9. “Purohityam “ a one year diploma course on Hindu
priesthood will be launched from July 2017 in Madhya Pradesh by the state run Maharishi Patanjali
Sanskrit Sansthan . Basic Qualification for enrolling in it is class X
irrespective of religion, caste or sex.
10. The foundation stone for multi modal terminal
and four lane bridge on the river Ganga was laid by PM Narendra Modi in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand.
This multi modal terminal is the important component for the development of National Waterways (NW1) from
Varnasi (UP) to Haldia (WB) and
the four lane bridge on the Ganga river will be connecting Sahibganj to Manihari inKathihar
district of Bihar.
11. April 6 – International day of Sports for
Development and Peace is celebrated every year to recognise the power of sports
in promoting peace .
12. The Indian Olympic association ( IOA) has granted affiliation to the Boxing federation of India ( BFI)
13. Indian Boxer Shyam Kumar K won gold in ( 49 kg category) in
Thailand International Tournament which is held at
Bangkok . This is his second medal after his 2015 edition.
14. First basket ball school in India has been launched by US based
National Basket Ball Association ( NBA) in Mumbai
( Maharashtra. The school was opened to train young basket ball players
both male and female under age 6-18.
15. Pakistani education activist and Noble peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai become the youngest messenger of peace announced by Un Secretary
General Antonio Guterres .
16. Scientists from Boston
University School of Medicine(US) have discovered a protein that increases effectiveness of vaccines against cancer .The scientists have
purified a bacteria “neisseria
meningitis” on its exterior
side to provide a better vaccination response.
17. US President Donald Trump has nominated prominent Indian-American law expert Neomi
Rao as Administrator of the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) (regulatory czar).
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