Current Affairs - April 2016 - Current Affairs for TNPSC Exams

TNPSC Current Affairs April 2016
Miscellaneous 

• Important Days
• April 2 - World Autism Day
• April 5 - National Maritime Day
• April 7 - World Health Day
• April 11 - Indian Public Sector Day
• April 18 - World Heritage Day.
• April 19 - World Liver Day
• April 22 - Earth Day
• April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day
• April 25 - World Malaria Day
• April 26 - World Veterinary Day
• Appointments
• Kallol Roy - appointed as the new chairman of BHAVINI (Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited).
• Complete Ban on Liquor in Bihar
• The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar declared Bihar as a Dry state from April 1 2016 onwards.
• Awards
• Viswanathan Anand - to be awarded Maharashtra's Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award.
• Aishwarya Rai - Global Indian of the Year Award
• The Associated Press - Pultizer Prize for Public Services.
• King Abdulaziz Shah
• It the highest Civilian Honour of Saudi Arabia conferred to PM Narendra Modi.
• Gurgaon Renamed as Gurugram
• Two districts of Haryana was renamed recently
• The Gurgaon District was renamed as Gurugram
• The Mewat District was renamed as Nuh.
• Aadhaar Number Crosses 100 Crores
• The Unique Identification Authority of India has generated over Aadhaar Card numbers.
• The First Aadhaar was issued in the Year 2010.
• Odd-Even Scheme Relaunched in Delhi.
• The Delhi Government relaunched the Odd Even Scheme for Vehicle.
• It will be in effect from 15th April 2016 to 30th April 2016.
• Ambedkar Statue
• The foundation stone for the 125 ft Ambedkar Statue was laid by Telangana CM in NTR Gardens.
• Important Books
• The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise - written by Kartar Lalvani
• Shaktiman
• Name of the Horse which lost its leg during a protest died.
• Kachhabali Village
• First village in Rajasthan to liquor free village after the referundum conducted to stop alcohol sale.

Polity

• Appointments
• Mehbooba Mufti - sworn in as the first women Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Nooty Ramamohaba Rao - sworn in as the judge of the Madras High Court.
• Permod Kohli - sworn in as the new chairman of CAT - Central Administrative Tribunal.
• Sushila Karki - selected as the first female Chief Justice of Nepal.
• COTPA Act
• Cigarettes and Other tobacco Products (Prohibition) Act was passed in the year 2003.
• Madhukar Gupta Committee
• Ministry of Home affairs formed a committee under the head of Madhukar Gupta to  suggest ways to the security along the India Pak Border.

Economy

• Stand Up India Scheme
• This Scheme aims to promote Entrepreneurship among the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Women.
• It provides loans to SC, ST and women to start new enterprise from 10 Lakhs to 1 Crore Rupees. 
• Naura - 189th Member of IMF
• Naura, an island country in pacific ocean became the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund.
• Christine Lagarde - IMF's Chief.
• Appointments
• C P Gurnani - appointed as the Chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Company).
• Portal for Startup India - www.startupindia.gov.in
• Central Government launched the new website for the Startup India Programme.

Environment and Health

• Madhya Pradesh
• World's first White tiger safari was opened near to Mukundpur Zoological Park in Madhya Pradesh.
• Phillipines
• World's First Public Dengue Vaccination Programme was launched in Phillipines.
• Vaccine - Dengvaxia

Science & Tech

• KELT-4ab
• It is a newly discovered planet with 3 stars KELT-A, KELT-B and KELT-C.
• KELT-A, serves as its parent star.
• Blue air
• Also called as aerogel is the world's lightest synthetic material ever made.
• It was developed by India's ISRO.
• Garv
• It is an app launched by Minitry of Power to monitor the Village electrification programme in real time basis.
• India's Fastest Train - Gatimaan Express
• The Gatimaan Express Train became the fastest train in India with the top speed of 160 kmph.
• It runs between Delhi and Agra.
• The second fastest train is the Satabdi express with top speed of 150 kmph which runs between New Delhi and Bhopal. 
• Spear Phishing
• In Spear Phishing the fraudsters will send you emails which seems mailed from a genuine source.
• And get vital information from the user.
• Potassium Chlorate
• It was discovered by French Chemist Claude Louis Berthollet.
• It is used in matchsticks.
• The Matchstick head comprises of
• Potassium Chlorate
• Antimony Trisulphide and
• Powdered Glass
• Tim Cook - CEO of Apple
• LIGO MOU with US [Very important for exam]
• India signed a memorandum of understanding with US to set up a Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory in India to detect Gravitational waves.
• Param Kanchenjunga
• It is the name of the super computer devoped by the National Institute of Technology Sikkim.
• IRNSS-1G
• The seventh series of the Indian regional Navigational sattelite system IRNSS 1-G is launched through the PSLV C-33 launch Vechile

Sports

• Miami Open 2016 Results
• Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic (Won) vs K Nishikori
• Women's Singles - Vickoria Azarenka (Won) vs Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2016
• The 2016 edition of this hockey tournament to be held in Malaysia.
• Australia won the cup by defeating India in the final.
• Rahul Johri
• Rahul johri was appointed as the First CEO of BCCI.
• Laureus Awards
• Novak Djokovic - Sportsman of the Year
• Serena Williams - Sportswoman of the Year
• ICC World T20 2016
• Location: India
• Men's Winner: West Indies against England
• Women's Winner: West Indies against Australia

World

• Simratpal Singh
• He became the first Sikh soldier in US Army to get approval to wear turban while serving the army.
• Najin Razak - Prime Minister of Malaysia.
• Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson - Prime Minister of Iceland who resigned recently.
• Zaha Hadid
• Iraqi-British architect who passed away recently.
• She was the first women architect to receive the Pritzker Prize.
• China's First Yoga College - India-China Yoga College
• It is located at Yunnan Minzu University in Kunming Province.
• Operation Omari
• The Taliban launched this Operation Omari to remove the present Afghan Government.
• Komagata Maru Incident 
• It happened in the year 1914.
• The Canadian government refused to allow 352 passengers from the Komagata Maru Ship to enter their country. The ship later entered India where many were killed.
• Recently Justin Trudeau said that Canada will offer formal apology for the tragedy.
• China Lifted Ban on Playing Golf
• Citing Golf as a game of millionaires Mao Zedong banned playing Golf.
• President Xi Jinping lifted the ban recently.
• Earthquake in Ecuador
• Earthquake of magnitude 7.8 devastated Ecuador.
• Over 253 people were died.
• Sushma Swaraj Visited Iran
• India's External Affairs minister went on official tour to Iran.
• Iran President - Hassan Rauhani
• Maldive President - Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom
• New Vietnam President - Tran Dai Quang
• World Press Freedom Index 2016
• India ranks 133 out of 180 Countries in the World Press Freedom Index 2016.
• World Press Freedom Index is released by Reporters Without Borders.
• Top 3 Countries
1. Finland
2. Netherlands
3. Norway
• El Hierro
• It is a tiny island forming a part of Canary Islands of Spain.
• Recently this Island met all its electricity needs from the renewable energy thereby making it the first Island to attain 100% self sufficiency in energy production by using renewable energy alone.
• Huang Yu
• A Chinese techie who was sentenced to death for leaking state secrets.
• 4th Nuclear Security Summit - held in Washington.
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