Wednesday, 27 April 2016

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.

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