Daily GK Update: 27th April

• President Pranab Mukherjee leaves for 2 nation tour to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.

• Badminton player Nandu Natekar becomes the 1st non-cricketer to be included in Cricket Club of India (CCI).

• Mr K Ashok Kumar, Phd scholar in IIT Kharagpur won International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award 2016.

• China launched a sounding rocket named Kunpeng-1B to conduct research in country’s Hainan Province.

• BPCL get green signal to set up LPG Plant in West Bengal for Rs 694 crore.

• Patanjali Ayurved will set up 6 manufacturing unit in Assam, MP, UP, Maharashtra, Haryana and Uttarakhand for total of Rs 1150 crore.

• Japanese auto maker Isuzu Motors set up plant in Andhra Pradesh worth Rs 3000 crore.

• National Monument Authority today launched an app NOAPS Web Portal developed by ISRO in collaboration with Ministry of Tourism.

• Kerala govt launched an operation named “Operation Sulaimani” to eradicate poverty in Kozhikode district.

• Govt will sell 11.36% stake of NHPC to raise Rs 2700 crore.

• To strengthen safety measure in Rail network Railway ministry will set up a safety fund of Rs 1 lakh crore named “Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh”.

• Govt will spend Rs 553 crore to tackle pollution over the next 5 years from 2016-17.

• Singapore’s largest bank DBS Bank unveiled India’s 1st mobile only bank in India named “Digibank”.

• Union govt will set up nuclear plant in UP, Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand. 

• Germany will invest 1 billion euro in e-Car platform to increase its number.

• Govt imposed anti-dumping duty on 3 Chinese firm named ZTE Corp, Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent.

• Tibetans re elected Lobsang Sangay as the political and spiritual leader.

• A 20-foot Nelson Mandela statue was unveiled in Palestine.

• A notice of service tax worth Rs 75 crore slapped on SEBI between 2012-15.

• FDI in India increase up to 37% after the launch of Make In India.

Daily GK Update: 26th April

• Govt hikes minimum wage for contract worker to Rs 10000 per month.

• 26th April is celebrated as the World Intellectual Property Day 2016, with a theme of “Digital Creativity – Culture Re Imagined”.

• 2016 Heart of Asia Conference begins in New Delhi, last year it was happened in Islamabad, Pakistan.

• Football Players’ Association of India (FPAI) announced player of the year award 2016 to Mohan Bagan’s striker Jeje Lalpekhlua.

• Amanullah Khan, founder of J&K Liberation Front (JKLF) died at age of 82.

• Gay right activist of Bangladesh Xulhaz Mannan murdered by unknown.

• Vodafone m-Pesa tied up with Videocon d2h for on demand recharge facility.

• Indian govt lays foundation housing project in Central and Uva province in Sri Lanka for building of 4000 houses.

• Indo-Thai Co-ordinate Patrol (CORPAT) is organized in Andaman Sea; from India missile corvettes INS Karmuk participate.

• Indo-Mongolia joint military exercise Nomadic Elephant will be commenced from 25th April, 2016 in Mongolia.

• For doubling Indian farmer income by 2022 union agriculture ministry formed an 8-member committee under Ashok Dalwai.

• Sports ministry of India will provide 1 lakh/month for all athletes those qualified for the Rio Olympic 2016.

• Central Pollution Control Board of India (CPCB) ranked Mumbai as the noisiest city and followed by Lucknow and Hyderabad.

• Mobile phones to come with a “panic button” from 2017, govt decided.

• Govt of India approved 8.7% interest rate for Provident Fund from earlier 8.75% which have almost 5 crore subscriber.

• India withdraws VISA of Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa after China protest.

• France will build a fleet for 12 submarines for Australia for $40 billion.

• PM Modi lays the foundation of the India’s biggest power plant in Jharkhand named Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd, a joint venture between NTPC and Jharkhand Govt worth total capacity of 8000 MW.


• Punjab based Capital Local Area Bank starts India’s first small finance bank “Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd” with 10 branches currently.

Daily GK Update: 25th April

• 24th April was celebrated as the National Panchayat Raj Day across India.

• World Malaria Day celebrated on 25th April, 2016 across the world with theme of “End Malaria for Good”.

• Union govt will invest Rs 1000 crore for Plastic Park Hub in Andhra Pradesh.

• 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championship to be held in India.

• Rafael Nadal won his 9th Barcelona Open Title, with these he win his 49 victory in clay court.

• Former finance minister Clement Mouamba appointed as the Prime Minister of Congo.

• Election Commission of Tamil Nadu partner with Uber India to spread voting awareness.

• India banned import of milk products, milk and certain mobile phone from China for their low quality.

• Mondelez International subsidiary Cadbury India set the largest factory in Asia Pacific in Sri CITY SEZ in Tamil Nadu & AP border with $190 million.

• Odisha govt signed deal with Tata Trust to eliminate malaria by 2030.

• NABARD lends Rs 1000 crore to Haryana State Water housing Corp (HSWC) for wheat purchasing on rabi season.

• Tamil actor Srinivasan joined state BJP today.

• NASA launched X-Plane program which will felicitate  green technology for launching of space ship

• Rower Dattu Bhokanal qualified for Rio Olympic 2016.

• Paytm based startup LogiNext acquired YourGuy.

• Leicester City player Riyad Mahrez named as the PFA player of the year for 2015/16 season.

• Veteran actor Jeetandra, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ranveer Singh honored with 74th Master Dinanath Mangeskar award.

• Mairaj Ahmad Khan won India’s 1st skeet event silver medal in World Cup Shooting in Rio, Brazil.

• Tennis player Andy Murray owned hotel Cromlix Hotel in Scotland won World’s Most Luxurious Hotel.

Daily GK Update: 24th April

• Lt Colonel Niranjan, who martyred in Pathankot attack this year, will get Shaurya Chakra.

• A documentary named “A Beautiful Planet” made by NASA with IMAX filmed in International Space Centre over 15 months.

• Indian wrestler Sandeep Tomar qualified for Rio Olympics 2016.

• Singer Beyonce release a short film and 12-song album Lemonade.

• Delhi govt filed complaint against 3 news channel Zee News, News X, India News.

• Political party JD (U) sacked its Rajya Sabha member Anil Sahani from its parliamentary board.

• India along with France launched solar program of $1 trillion under International Solar Alliance(ISA) headquartered in India.

• Union govt launched Sahapedia, India’s 1st web knowledge portal resource on arts, culture and Indian history backed by TCS technology.

• Govt to appoint 10000 new LPG distributors.

• Three Odiya artist Prafulla Kar, Aloka Kanungo and Sadasiv Pradhan will get Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy Award.

• Manoj Bajpayee to receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Critics) for Best Actor for his role in film “Aligarh”.

• Google India ranked 1st in Top 10 influential brand in India in a list prepared by Paris firm Ipsos. This list feature Flipkart in 7th and is highest ranked Indian company.

Daily GK Update: 23rd April

• Sony Max channel becomes the 2nd most watched TV channel in India after Sun TV according to data released by Broadcast Council of India.

• Cuba lifts the decade old restriction of sea travelling for Cuban people.

• “Cecil” the lion killed by an American dentist featured in the debut list of TIMES 100 Most Influential Animal.

• World’s longest film (running time 720 hours) trailer released with runtime of 7 hour 20 minute. The film is called “Ambiance” by a Swedish filmmaker.

• April 23rd celebrated as the World Book Day by UNESCO.

• Singapore Airline will launch low budget “Scoot” airline in India in May.

• Tajamul Islam from Kashmir will become 1st Indian to be participated in World Kickboxing Championship 2016.

• Japan becomes the 4th nation ever to develop its own stealth jet after USA, China and Russia.

• India to be 2nd largest Smartphone market in 2017 after China.

• USA signed deal to buy heavy water from Iran’s nuclear program.

• Salman Khan becomes the India’s Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Olympic 2016.

• President nominated 6 people to Rajya Sabha. They are MC Marry Kom, economist Narendra Jadhav, Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi, journalist Swapan Dasgupta, Subramanian Swamy and Navjot Singh Sidhu.

• ISRO has developed lightest material Silica Aerogel or Blue Air for Indian Army for warm up their body in worst condition of cold like in Sia-Chien.

• Simhastha Kumbh mela 2016 begins in Ujjain, MP from today.

• Bhupendra Kainthola appointed as the director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.

Daily GK Update: 22nd April

• A Buddhist temple in Beijing Longquan developed a robot monk named Xian’er, 2 feet tall that chant Buddhist mantras.

• Small Industry Development Bank of India (SIDBI) sanctioned Rs 1000 crore for 30 venture fund for early age start-up.

• Radhika Apte becomes the 1st Indian actress to win award at The Tribeca 2016 Award for “Madly” based short film directed by Anurag Kashyap “Clean Shaven”.

• Center release Rs 842 cr for drought hit state Karnataka and flood hit state Arunachal Pradesh and Pondicherry.

• India becomes world’s ranked 1st FDI destination beating China in 2015. A total of $63 billion FDI comes to India. Other country ranked after India are China, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil.

• NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant today said that India needs to grow at 10% to become a $10 trillion economy and by these able to end poverty by 2032.

• American singer songwriter Prince Rogers Nelson died at the age of 57.

• 22nd April is celebrated as the Earth Day today across the globe. It was first celebrated in 1970.

• Harriet Tubman will become the face on US Currency and thus she also becomes the 1st African-American to be the face of US currency.

• Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) featured in Top 50 lists by TIMES in the category of “Top Employer for Women in UK”.

• TCS and Vistara Airline signed an agreement in IT deployment.

• International Seminar on Wheat Production is scheduled to be happened in Panaji, Goa from 17th July.

• Union Minister of Science and Technology inaugurated India’s 1st Cellulosic Alcohol Technology Demonstration Plant in Uttarakhand.

• Manipur to observe 23rd April as the Khongjom Day to tribute to the brave sons of Manipur for scarifying and President Pranab Mukherjee will attend the function.

• Govt of India as renamed the Department of Disinvestment as the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM).

Daily GK Update: 21st April

• 6 Indians featured in TIMES Most Influential 100 Person. They are RBI Boss Raghuram Rajan, Flipkart founders Sachin & Binny Bansal, environmentalist Sunita Narain, Tennis star Sania Mirza and actress Priyanka Chopra.

• Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee honored with France’s Order of Arts and Letters.

• Olympic torch for upcoming Rio Olympic 2016 lit up in ancient Greece.

• India’s 1st beti garden Shokla Beti Garden in Udaipur to celebrate girl child by planting a sapling.

• People magazine named Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman.

• Newly appointed chief of Tihar jail JK Sharma resigned from the post.

• President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 2nd Edition of “Global Exhibition Services” in Greater Noida at India Expo.

• On the occasions of 10th Civil Service Day for priority program like Prdhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) Nagaon, Assam (in NE and hill state), Chandigarh (in Union Territories) and North 24, West Bengal (in other state) won award. Under Swachh Bharat Mission awards are given to West Sikkim (in NE and hill state) and Bikener, Rajasthan (in other state).

• 1st meeting of All India Handloom Board recently held in New Delhi.

• Minister of State of AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurate three day Curtain Raiser International Yoga in Chandigarh.

• Accenture launched Cyber Center in Bengaluru.

• ICC (International Cricket Association) and Emirates Airlines renewed its contract by additional 7 years for 2016-2023.

• JK Tyre acquired Cavendish Industries for Rs 2200 crore.

• Bhaskar Das, CEO of Zee Media Corp Group quits the company.

• Comedian and Singer Victoria Wood passed away at the age of 62.

• Indian Diplomat Amitav Banerji honored with the highest award of Cyprus for his work in a number of senior roles.

• IAS officer A Ajith Kumar appointed as the chief of Rubber Board India.

• Indian Army military exercise involving 30000 soldiers Shatrujeet conducted in Rajasthan with various new technology.

Daily GK Update : 20th April

• Menaka Gandhi launched Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme in 61 more district.

• According to an agency Carat India’s Advertising Growth Rate fastest among countries at 12% more than global average of 4.5% in 2016.

• PM Modi inaugurates Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Katra, Reasi district, J&K

• Union Minister for Woman and Child Menaka Gandhi will inaugurate The Regional Conference of North-Eastern States on child adoption in Shillong, Meghalaya.

• India and Mauritius signed MoU for co-operation in traditional medicine and homoeopathy.

• India to purchase 145 M777 Howitzers from BAE Systems under “Make In India” program for $750 Million.

• Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan gave a visit to Bangladesh.

• FICCI Ladies Org (FLO) will set up to Mahila Huts for upliftment of woman in Gujarat.

• 14th Foreign Minister Meeting of India, China and Russia held in Moscow.

• President of India awarded Hindi Sevi Samman for the years 2012, 2012 & 2014 at functions in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

• Cultural Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma release commemorative coin of Rs 200 and circulation coin of Rs 10 on Tatya Tope on his martyr day in Delhi.

• Board of Control of Cricket of India (BCCI) appoints Rahul Johri as its 1st CEO.

• IMF, World Bank, UN and OECD joined hands to form an organization to stop tax erosion and develop effective new tax standard for MNCs.

• Hawk-Eye (goal line technology) to be used in 2016 Euro Cup Football in France.

• India improved its ranking to 133rd out of 180 countries in 2016 World Press Freedom Index. Top 3 countries are Finland, Netherland & Norway.

• A California –based start-up developed a digital guitar without string named “Rhythm Guitar”.

• Union govt renamed Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA) as the Khelo India for developing sports complex across India.

• A court has sentenced TV actress Indu Verma to three year jail in a 1996 forgery case.

• International Cricket Association (ICC) banned Hong-Kong all rounder Irfan Ahmed in a corruption charge.

• Cultural minister Dr Mahesh Sharma unveiled the restored 18 feet tall Finial at Humayun’s Tomb in New Delhi as a conservation effort.

• Goa govt appointed justice P K Mishra as the Lokayukta.

• Ratnakar Bank Ltd (RBL) becomes the 1st private bank to open branch for start-up in India.

• An Indian-origin Assamese S Mitra Kalita and his team of Los Angeles Times won Pulitzer Award 2016 for the category of “Breaking News”.

• MoU between India and Bhutan on technical cooperation signed.

• Indian American Geeta Pasi nominated as US envoy to Chad.

• India’s Durga Thakur promoted as the International Hockey Umpire.

• Panasonic and USA based AES India Pvt Ltd to install 10 MW energy storage in Jhajjar, Haryana.

• Silicon Valley coach and mentor William Bill Campbell passed away at 75.

Daily GK Update : 19th April

• Novac Djokovic and Serena Williams were awarded as the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year at the Laureus World Sports Award 2016. Both are top ranked tennis player.

• Five time Emmy Award winner TV actress Doris Roberts passed away at the age of 90.

• Facebook Vice President (VP) Mike Vernal resigned and joined Sequoia Capital as a venture capitalist.

• Central Govt will release 55% of MGNREGA fund worth Rs 38500 crore for 2016-17 by June.

• Maharashtra banned digging bore wells below 200 ft to tackle water crisis.

• Maharashtra to ban setting up new Sugar Mill in drought-hit Marathwada region for 5 years.

• World Heritage Day celebrated on 18th April, 2016 across the world.

• Former Pakistani cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq appointed as the Chief Selector and Chairman at Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

• A committee recommended UGC (University Grant Commissions) to give Rs 10 crore grant for setting up department of Yogic Arts and Sciences.

• Researcher at UK-based University developed a Fuel Cell from Urine.

• Delhi like Odd-Even rule applied on Manali-Leh highway for reducing jam.

• UNICEF’s Fairness for Children report voted Denmark as the Top country to raise children. USA ranked at 18th.

• Ratan Tata invests in eye ware e-commerce company Lenskart.

• Union Cultural Ministry allocates Rs 100 crore for Kumbh Mela which will take place in Ujjain, MP from 22nd April, 2016.

• Dipa Karmakar of Tripura becomes 1st Female Gymnast to be qualified in Olympics as she sealed a seat in Rio Olympic 2016.

• Dilma Rousseff , president of Brazil impeached by Brazil Congress.

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