DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9 APRIL 2016
(Daily News India)
1. FORBES
RELEASED ASIA’S 50 POWER BUSINESSWOMEN 2016 LIST
i. Forbes magazine released Asia’s 50
Power Businesswomen 2016 list.
ii. The list includes name of eight
Indian women business leaders.
iii. The is topped by Reliance
Industries Director Nita Ambani followed by State Bank of India Chairman
Arundhati Bhattacharya in Forbes’ Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016 list.
2. GOVT.
INAUGURATES 'NAMMA TOILET' IN DELHI UNDER SWACHH BHARAT MISSION
i. To promote the Swachh Bharat Mission
Union Urban development Minister Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated 'Namma Toilet' in
Delhi.
ii. It is started to achieve central
government's target to establish over 2.5 lakh public toilets by 2nd October
2017.
iii. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is
contributing in a major way to ensure hygiene and cleanliness to all in the
country, public toilets are being built across the country.
3. UNION
GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTES B B TANDON COMMITTEE TO MONITOR GOVERNMENT
ADVERTISEMENTS
i. The Union Information and
Broadcasting Ministry has constituted a Committee to set guidelines for
government advertisements.
ii. The committee will be headed by the
former Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon.
iii. Senior TV journalist Rajat Sharma
and ad-man Piyush Pandey will be the other two members of the committee.
iv. Supreme Court had barred
publication of photos of leaders in government advertisements except those of
the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India.
v. SC had also directed the Union
Government to constitute a three-member committee to regulate the issue of
public advertisements.
4. HP
LAUNCHED WORLD'S THINNEST LAPTOP
i. American multinational information
technology company HP Inc has launched world thinnest laptop.
ii. The laptop is having 10.4 mm thickness.
iii. It is the world’s thinnest laptop
and has a battery life of up to nine and a half hours.
5.
SNAPDEAL LAUNCHES DONATION PROGRAM ‘SUNSHINE’
i. Snapdeal has partnered with 9 non
governmental organisations to start
Snapdeal Sunshine, a programme.
ii. The programme is started where
users can make donations to causes under education, health, sports, women
empowerment, disaster relief and old age care.
iii. These organisations include Magic
Bus, Teach For India and HelpAge India, Akshaya Patra, Care India, which will
provide required products for ongoing projects.
iv. The products will be sent to the
partner after the donation is accepted, and donors will be able to track the
progress on Snapdeal.
6. FIFA
RELEASED COCA-COLA WORLD RANKINGS 2016
i. Federation Internationale de
Football Association released the April 2016 edition of the FIFA or Coca-Cola
World Ranking.
ii. Argentina team ranked number one
replacing the Belgium team to second position.
iii. India ranked at 162nd
in FIFA rankings.
7. BOOK LAUNCHED BY
ARVIND KEJRIWAL CO-AUTHORED BY IMRAN HASHMI
i. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has
launched the book "The Kiss of Life: How a superhero and my son defeated
cancer" in New Delhi.
ii. The book is written by Bilal
Siddiqi and Emraan Hashmi.
iii. The book is about the story of
Emraan’s life about his family’s horrific struggle as his 6 year-old son Ayaan
battled his way through cancer.
v. The book is about hope to all cancer
patients who loses hope, his or her body starts to give up.
