DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 APRIL 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIA RANKED 6TH IN TOP 10 LARGEST MANUFACTURERS LIST
i. According to a United Nations Industrial Development
Organisation report India ranked sixth among the world's top 10 manufacturing
countries.
ii.The top place is grabbed by China as the world's top
manufacturing country.
iii.Top 5 countries are Chuina,U.S., Japan, Germany and Korea.
2. PIYUSH GOYAL LAUNCHED A NEW APP NAMED "VIDYUT
PRAVAH"
i. The minister of state for Power, coal, new and renewable energy
Mr. Piyush Goyal launched a new mobile application 'Vidyut Pravah'.
ii.The app is launched to empower Common People to have 24x7 Power
from the States.
iii. The Application will provides information regarding the
current demand met, shortages if any, surplus power available and the prices in
the Power Exchange.
3. IIT MADRAS AND IIM BANGALORE TOP THE LIST OF BEST INDIAN
UNIVERSITIES
i. IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore have topped in the list of top
educational institutes released by the Ministry of Human Resource and
Development.
ii. The HRD ministry released thr National Institutional Ranking
Framework.
iii. The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore is the best
university in India.
v. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences is the top pharmacy
institute in the country.
4. GERMANY TO GIVE 3750 CR LOAN TO NAGPUR METRO
i. Germany's Development Bank will give a loan assistance of 3,750
crore for metro system in Nagpur city.
ii. The fund will be provided for a period of 20 years
iii. Nagpur metro project becomes first metro to be financed under
the Indo-German partnership for clean, socially inclusive and climate friendly
mobility for people in cities.
5. INDIA’S FASTEST TRAIN GATIMAAN EXPRESS FLAGGED OFF
i. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off India's fastest
train the Gatimaan Express from Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin station.
ii.The train completed its first journey from Delhi to Agra in 100
minutes as compared to about 2-3 hours that other trains take to cover the
distance.
iii.The Gatimaan Express provides free Wi-fi to its passengers.
6. VEDANTA SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR MASS PLANTATION
i.Vedanta minning company
in Talwandi Sabo Power has set
the Guinness World Record for planting 2,08,751 saplings n less than an hour.
ii. The mass plantation drive was organised in Mansa, Punjab on
October 30, 2015.
iii.Earlier the company also undertakes high impact initiatives to
ensure the health and safety of the workers and makes valuable contributions to
communities across the country.
