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April 5: National Maritime Day
Every year 5th April is being observed as National Maritime Day of India. 2016 was the 53rd edition of National Maritime Day and the theme was “Ease of doing business in the maritime sector”. Significance of the day: On this ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
IISc ranked India's top university in first NIRF Survey
The Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangaluru was adjudged as the best Indian university in the first National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). NIRF Survey was the first of its kind of indigenous ranking framework for higher education institutions in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
World's first public dengue vaccination programme launched in Philippines
The world’s first public dengue vaccination programme was launched in the Philippines with a French drug Dengvaxia (world’s 1st dengue fever vaccine) to combat mosquito-borne disease. Several hundred children aged between 9 and 10 were vaccinated with the injections in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
World’s first White Tiger Safari opens in Madhya Pradesh
World’s first White Tiger Safari was inaugurated at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. It was inaugurated and opened to public by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The first of its kind safari is situated adjacent to ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Vietnam Police Chief Tran Dai Quang sworn in as 9th President
Tran Dai Quang has sworn in as the ninth President of Vietnam after he was elected by country’s National Assembly. He succeeds Truong Tan Sang and shall have term of five years. He was elected as President after he had ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Renowned Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri passes away
Renowned Latin jazz saxophonist Leandro Gato Barbieri passed away in New York, US due to pneumonia. He was 83. He had won a Grammy Award for best instrumental composition for his music for Last Tango In Paris in 1973. About ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as first woman Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (56) took oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, bringing to an end the three-month Governor’s Rule in the state. She was administered oath to the office by Governor NN Vohra at Raj ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
India, Saudi Arabia ink 5 agreements to boost bilateral co-operation
India and Saudi Arabia have singed five agreements to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two nations. The agreements were signed during the two day official visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. The visit to ..