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International Current Affairs

The world's first ever Earth Day was celebrated on 22nd April 1970, in the United States of America to increase public awareness about environmental problems.
It was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson, as a reaction to a massive oil spill in California in 1969.
The aim of the day is to bring attention to environmental issues to spark changes that will result in a healthy, sustainable environment.
Theme of International Earth Day 2018 : "End Plastic Pollution"

In a bid to strengthen cooperation along economic lines, India participated at the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Washington DC.

During this meeting, India has pressed the BRICS Nations to set up an independent credit rating agency of the five-member group.
BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

National Current Affairs

President Ram Nath Kovind today signed the ordinance allowing courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children 12 years of age or younger.

The Union Cabinet had approved the ordinance yesterday, following widespread protests against the Unnao and Kathua rape cases.

The cabinet has approved restructured Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) aimed at making rural local bodies self-sustainable, financially stable and more efficient.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to roll out ‘Integrated initiative for prevention & control of viral hepatitis’ under National Health Mission (NHM) for prevention and control of viral hepatitis.

The initiative will have budgetary support of more than Rs. 517 crore for three years.
Important Note ; India is committed to eliminating the viral hepatitis by 2030.

The 1st International SME (Small, Medium Enterprises) convention started at New Delhi today.

One hundred and fifty participants from 31 countries and 400 entrepreneurs from India are participating in the four day convention.
Aim of this Convention : To provide platform to allow Entrepreneur to Entrepreneur (E2E) exchange of ideas, free and fair business discussions, mutual sizing of opportunities and ways to address them.

New Appointments

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has appointed its 1st woman firefighter, Taniya Sanyal.

Sanyal has been appointed to AAI’s eastern region airports that include Kolkata, Patna, and Ranchi, among others.
Note : Considered a profession only for men, AAI till recently did not have recruitment norms for women firefighters.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

The Union Cabinet has approved the promulgation of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, which will empower authorities to seize assets of economic offenders who flee India.

The ordinance is aimed at forcing offenders to return to India to face prosecution.

The total deposits in accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has crossed ₹80,000 crore mark as on 11th April 2018.

Further, the number of account holders has increased to 31.45 crore from 26.5 crore at the beginning of 2017 with Uttar Pradesh having the highest number of account holders.

Private sector lender HDFC Bank has reported a 20.2% year-on-year increase in profit to ₹4,799 crore for the March quarter.

The bank's net interest income during the quarter rose by 17.7% year-on-year to ₹10,657.7 crore.

India and Finland have reached an agreement on the tax dispute with Nokia under Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) system.

This involves payment of Rs 1,600 crore, a sum that was deposited with government by Nokia in March 2018.

Deaths

Nabi Tajima (117), the world's oldest person and the last known to be born in the 19th century, has passed away.

She became the world's oldest person in September last year following the death of Jamaica's Violet Brown.

Actor Verne Troyer (49), who starred in the Austin Powers movies as 'Mini-Me' and a Harry Potter movie as Griphook, died today.

MOUs & Agreements

Hydro power major Sutlej Jal Vidut Nigam (SJVN) Limited has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Power for generating 9200 million units for the year 2018-19.

Awards & Honors

Shahid Kapoor was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for his performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial 'Padmaavat'.

Here are some Important Names in Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018 Winners :
Best actor (male) : Shahid Kapoor
Best actor people’s choice award : Ranveer Singh
Entertainer of the year : Kartik Aryan
Best actress (critics) : Aditi Rao Hydari
Lifetime achievement award : Simi Garewal
Pride of Indian cinema : Sanjay Dutt
Best director : Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Parag Pathak has been awarded the John Bates Clark Medal for 2018, granted annually to the best economist under the age of 40.

American NFL star Colin Kaepernick, who kneeled during the US national anthem as a protest against racial inequality, was honoured by Amnesty International with their Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2018.
The Indian government has released a Commemorative Stamp to honour Indian women's cricket team fast bowler Jhulan Goswami for becoming the first woman cricketer to take 200 wickets in ODIs.

Sports Current Affairs

Barcelona thrashed Sevilla 5-0 to lift their fourth straight and 30th overall Copa del Rey title, an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams.

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