DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 24 APRIL 2016
(Daily News India)
1. GOA TO
HOST INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON WHEAT PRODUCTS
i. The
International Seminar on Wheat and Wheat Products is scheduled to be held in
Panaji, Goa, from 17 to 18 july 2016.
ii. The
theme for the seminar is ‘New Ideas and Innovation for Growth’.
2.
MAHATMA GANDHI’S GRANDDAUGHTER TARA GANDHI GETS TOP FRENCH HONOUR
i. Mahatma
Gandhi’s granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee was conferred with the Order
of Arts and Letters, one of France’s top honours.
ii. She is
awarded for remarkable work for promoting peace, education, solidarity, culture
and development.
iii. She was
conferred with the Officier de lOrdre des Arts et Lettres honour
iv. Earlier Bharti Kher, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia,
Aishwarya Rai ,Shahrukh Khan, and Upamanyu Chatterjee was honoured with this
award.
3. PM
WILL APPROVE RS. 8,000 CRORE SCHEME FOR FREE LPG CONNECTIONS TO POOR
i. PM
Narendra Modi on May 1 will launch Rs. 8,000 crore scheme to provide 5 crore
free LPG connections to Below Poverty Line families .
ii. The
amount is saved from 1.13 crore cooking gas users who gave up their subsidies voluntarily
iii. The
scheme is known as Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and he will launch it on May 1
in Uttar Pradesh.
iv.
Maharashtra tops the list with 16.44 lakh consumers giving up subsidies
followed up by Uttar Pradesh.
4. WORLD
BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY OBSERVED ON 23RD APRIL
i. World
Book Day is observed every year by the people all over the world on 23rd of
April.
ii. It is
organized annually by the UNESCO in order to promote the reading, publishing
and copyright among the public worldwide.
iii. It is
observed in the rememberance of William Shakespeare.
5. BCCI
TO HOST FIRST DAY-NIGHT TEST AGAINST NEW ZEALAND IN 2016
i. BCCI is
going to host its first ever day and night cricket Test with the pink ball
during New Zealand tour to India.
ii. India
will host New Zealand in a day-night Test match to be played with a pink ball.
iii. Duleep
Trophy will act as a dress rehearsal for the day-night Test match
iv. The main
objective of the Duleep Trophy will be to check how the pink kookaburra behaves
under the light in sub-continental conditions.
6.
INDIA’S FIRST ONLINE INTERACTIVE HERITAGE PORTAL SAHAPEDIA LAUNCHED
i. The Union
Government has launched India’s first online interactive heritage portal named
Sahapedia in New Delhi.
ii. The web
portal is a collaborative knowledge resource on the arts, culture and heritage
of India.
iii. Sahapedia
is a not-for-profit society headed by former TCS chairman S. Ramadorai, who
also chairs the National Skill Development Agency.
iv. The
purpose of this portal is to inform, educate and act on subjects such as
knowledge traditions, visual and material arts, performing arts, literature and
languages.
7. INDIA
RATIFIES TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT OF WTO
i. India has
formally ratified the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement, which aims at easing
customs procedures to boost commerce.
ii. India
became the 76th WTO member to ratify the TFA.
iii. The TFA
aims to simplify customs regulations for the cross-border movement of goods.
iv. It will
make it easier for developing countries to trade with the developed world in
global markets.
WTO
Director-General: Roberto Azevêdo
