DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12 APRIL 2016
(Daily News India)
1. RBI GIVES APPROVAL
TO BHARTI AIRTEL’S PAYMENTS BANK UNIT
i. The Reserve Bank of India has given
its in-principle approval to Bharti Airtel’s payments bank venture Airtel M
Commerce Services Ltd.
ii. It become the first entity to
receive final approval from the RBI to start a payments bank.
iii. The Payments Banks are not allowed
to lend.
iv. Last year RBI had granted
in-principle licences to 11 entities to start payments banks.
v. The ‘in-principle’ approval means
temporary approval for 18 months.
2. UNION GOVERNMENT APPOINTS
MEERAN BORWANKAR AS DG OF BPR&D
i. Union Government has appointed Ms.
Meeran C. Borwankar as the Director General in the Bureau of Police Research
& Development.
ii. Bureau of Police Research and
Development was established in 1970.
iii. The objective of the BPR&D is
modernisation of police forces.
3. INDIA OFFERS TO
INVEST $20 BILLION IN IRAN
i. India has offered to invest upto $20
billion in Iran.
ii. It was announced by Minister of
Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan during his two day visit
to Iran.
ii. It is the first visit by an Indian
minister since the US and other western powers lifted sanctions against Iran.
4. ‘GREEN UP &
CLEAN UP’ PROGRAMME TO BE PLANTED IN UP
i. The Uttar Pradesh government is
going to start plantation of 5 crore
trees in 24 hours in the month of July
under the ‘Green UP - Clean UP’ programme.
ii. All online data of plantation sites
should be prepared with the cooperation of National Informatics Centre to
ensure effective district-wise monitoring.
5. SACHIN BECOMES THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF SKILL
INDIA
i. The ministry for skill development
and entrepreneurship has appointed Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador of the
'Skill India' campaign.
ii. The Skill India campaign is an
opportunity for the nation to make full use of its young population.
iii. The ‘Skill India’ campaign was
launched by PM Narendra Modi to train about 40 crore people in India in
different skills.
6. ANTHONY JOSHUA WON
INTERNATIONAL BOXING FEDERATION TITLE
i. Anthony Joshua has grabbed the
International Boxing Federation heavyweight title for the year 2016.
ii. He defeated Charles Martin in the
second round at the O2 Arena in London.
iii. Earlier in 2012 Olympic he won gold and grabbed his first world title in only his
16th professional fight by flattening American Martin to lift the International
Boxing Federation.
7. WORLD HOMOEOPATHY
DAY OBSERVED ON 10TH APRIL
i. World Homoeopathy Day was observed
on 10 April.
ii. The day commemorates the birth
anniversary of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, a German Physician.
iii. Hahnemann discovered the
principles of Homeopathy two centuries ago and developed it as a gentle healing
system of medicine.
iv. The theme of the day is
“Integrating Homoeopathy in Health Care”.
