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World Bank launches ambitious Climate Change Action Plan
The World Bank has unveiled an ambitious Climate Change Action Plan (CCP) to accelerate efforts to tackle climate change over the next five years i.e. by 2020. It seeks to help developing countries to deliver their targets set in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
WTO cuts 2016 global trade forecast to 2.8%
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has revised its 2016 global trade updated forecast for 2016 downward by more than one percentage point to 2.8% from 3.9%. The main reasons for cutting the forecast rate is slowdown in China and broad ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Mother Teresa conferred with Founders Award posthumously in UK
Mother Teresa has been posthumously conferred with the United Kingdom’s prestigious Founders Award 2016. Teresa’s only living relative Agi Bojazhiu (niece) collected the award on her behalf. Other category recipients Community Service award: Rami Ranger, leading NRI entrepreneur and philanthropist. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Researchers develop world's smallest nanoscale diode
Researchers have developed the world’s smallest nanoscale diode or molecular rectifier that could impact the development of molecular electronic devices in future. The breakthrough was achieved by the researchers from the University of Georgia and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
North East-ASEAN Business Summit kicks off in Imphal
The first-ever North East-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Summit kicked off in Imphal, Manipur with the focus on road connectivity, trade and tourism. The two day summit has been organized by Manipur Commerce and Industries Department (MCID) in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Hashim Thaci sworn in as new President of Kosovo
Hashim Thaci has sworn in as the President of Kosovo after he was elected by the parliament in March 2016. He succeeds Atifete Jahjaga. With this, he becomes fourth President of Kosovo after the European country had unilaterally declared independence ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
CP Gurnani appointed as Chairman of NASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has appointed CP Gurnani as its Chairman for 2016-17 and Raman Roy as vice chairman for the period. Currently, Gurnani is Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tech ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Justice (Retd) Permod Kohli sworn in as Chairman of CAT
Retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Justice Permod Kohli was sworn in as the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). He succeeded Justice Syed Rafat Alam and will have tenure of 5 years with effect from the date of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
3rd phase of Mission Indradhanush begins
The third phase of Union Health Ministry’s universal vaccination programme Mission Indradhanush began on 7 April, 2016. It will cover 216 Districts across several States including Bihar, Gujarat, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Under it, children will be ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
ECoR becomes largest freight loading railway zone
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) Zone headquartered in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) has emerged as largest Freight Loading Railway Zone the country in year 2015-16 in terms of revenue loading performance. During 2015-16, the ECoR loaded 173.49 million tonnes of freight as ..