Page-17 of Current Affairs - April, 2017
Former J&K Governor Girish Chandra Saxena passes away
Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Chandra Saxena has passed away at the age of 90. Saxena was an Indian Police Service officer of the 1950 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He served two terms as the governor ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Prime Minister launches BHIM-Aadhaar platform
Prime Minister has launched BHIM-Aadhaar platform from Nagpur. BHIM-Aadhaar platform is the merchant interface of the BHIM App that has been launched for making digital payments using the Aadhaar platform. BHIM App was launched in December 2016 to provide a ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
MOAB Explained
GBU-43, nicknamed as the ‘Mother of All Bombs’, has been dropped by the United States over an ISIS complex in Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border. The bomb was dropped using a Lockheed MC-130 transport plane. GBU-43 is one of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
126th Birth Anniversary of Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar Celebrated
126th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R.Ambedkar was celebrated at the Parliament House complex. The President, Vice President and Prime Minister paid floral tributes to the statue of Ambedkar present in the Parliament House Lawns. The celebrations were organized ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
ASCI issues guidelines for celebrities endorsing products
The advertising industry watchdog Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has come up with a set of guidelines for celebrities endorsing products. As per the guidelines, celebrities are personalities from the field of entertainment and sports and also includes other ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Fact Box: Teesta River Issue
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed his hopes for the earliest solution to Teesta Water Dispute to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. But, Mamata Banerjee is the sole hurdle to the Teesta river water treaty for the past six years. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Income Tax Department launches Operation Clean Money-II
The Income Tax department has launched the second phase of the ‘Operation Clean Money’ to investigate over 60,000 individuals with an aim to detect black money generation post demonetisation. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy-making body of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana crosses loan targets
Loans disbursed under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) have crossed its target of Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the financial year 2016-17. Loans extended currently stands at Rs 1.80,087 crore. Of this, a majority of the loans were awarded ..