DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 4 APRIL 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
RANVEER SINGH TO BE HONOURED WITH 'MAHARASHTRIAN OF THE YEAR'
i. Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, will
be honoured with the ‘Maharashtrian of the Year’
ii. The 'Lokmat Maharashtrian of The
Year' award recognises and honours the individuals who brought laurels for
Maharashtra.
2. PM
NARENDRA MODI CONFERRED SAUDI ARABIA’S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was
conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour the King Abdulaziz Sash.
ii. The prestigious award was bestowed
upon Indian Prime Minister by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the
Royal Court
3. WEST
INDIES WINS 2016 ICC T-20 CRICKET WORLD CUP
i. West Indies has won the ICC Cricket
World Men’s T-20 Cup 2016 by defeating England by 4 wickets in the final match
played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
ii. Player of the series Virat Kohli .
iii. ICC Cricket World Women’s T-20 Cup
2016 won by West Indies
4.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MINE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION OBSERVED ON 4TH
APRIL.
i. International Day of Mine Awareness
and Assistance in Mine Action is observed on April 4
ii. The theme of the year 2016 is Mine
Action is Humanitarian Action.
iii. The day is observed to work
together to advance the goal of a world free of the threat of mines and
explosive remnants of war.
5. INDIA
SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH GERMANY’S KFW FOR 500 MILLION EURO LOAN TO NAGPUR METRO
i. India and Germany’s Development Bank
KfW inked an agreement to provide loan assistance of 500 million Euro for the
modern and sustainable metro system for Nagpur city.
ii. This is the first German assistance
to Metro project in the country.
iii. Nagpur Metro is the first metro to
be financed under the Indo-German partnership for clean, socially inclusive and
climate friendly mobility for people in cities.
6.
WORLD'S FIRST WHITE TIGER SAFARI INAUGURATED IN MADHYA PRADESH
i. Union Minister for Environment and
Forests Prakash Javdekar inaugurated a
White Tiger Safari at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The Safari is situated adjacent to
the Mukundpur Zoo which is spread over 75 hectares.
iii. The safari houses three white
tigers, including one male named Raghu and two females named Vindhya and Radha.
7. INDIA
RANKS 6TH IN 2015 TOP-10 MANUFACTURERS LIST
i. India has been ranked sixth among
the world’s Top-Ten largest manufacturing countries in the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization 2015 Yearbook report.
ii. India has jumped by three positions
to sixth position compared to earlier ninth position in the previous report.
iii. Top 5 countries are China, United
States, Japan, Germany and South Korea.
iv. UNIDO is a specialized agency in
the United Nations headquartered at Vienna, Austria.
v. The main Objective is to Promote and
accelerate industrial development in developing countries
8. NOVAK
DJOKOVIC WINS 2016 MIAMI OPEN TITLE
i. World Number One tennis player Novak
Djokovic has grabbed the 2016 Miami Open Title in the men’s singles category at
Crandon Park Florida, US.
ii. He defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan.
iii. In Women’s single category
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus won the 2016 Miami Open Title
