Current Affairs Bytes ( 1 April to 15 April)

v  Outcomes of 13th India-EU Summit.

v  Vietnam’s Parliament elects Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as first female speaker.

v  India, US ink MoU for setting up LIGO observatory in India.

v  4th Nuclear Security Summit begins in Washington.

v  Researchers reveal first 3D map of Zika virus structure.

v  Union Government launches Startup India portal and mobile app.

v  Renowned Iraqi-British Architect Zaha Hadid passes away.

v  Kachhabali becomes first liquor-free village in Rajasthan.

v  Bihar Government partially bans sale of country-made and spiced liquor.

v  Supreme Court approves Union Government’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans.

v  PM Narendra Modi unveils Asia’s largest optical telescope ARIES at Nainital.

v  India’s first indigenously developed sonar dome flagged off.

v  PM Narendra Modi conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour .

v  West Indies wins 2016 ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup.

v  Ballast water bringing invasive species to Indian coasts: Scientists.

v  India ranks 6th in 2015 top-10 manufacturers list: UNIDO report.

v  Indian Scientists develop biopolymer for water purification.

v  Novak Djokovic wins 2016 Miami Open Title.

v  Nico Roseberg wins 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix .

v  Cyprian Kotut wins 40th Paris marathon 2016.

v  Former Italy coach, AC Milan player Cesare Maldini passes away.

v  Haryana Assembly passes bills for mandatory educational criteria for urban local bodies elections.

v  Union Government releases Indian Intellectual Property Panorama.

v  Union Government imposes safeguard duty on import of steel products.

v  IISc ranked India’s top university in first NIRF Survey.

v  World’s first public dengue vaccination programme launched in Philippines.

v  World’s first White Tiger Safari opens in Madhya Pradesh.

v  Vietnam Police Chief Tran Dai Quang sworn in as 9th President.

v  Renowned Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri passes away.

v  Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as first woman Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir.

v  India, Saudi Arabia ink 5 agreements to boost bilateral co-operation.

v  PM Narendra Modi conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour.

v  PM Narendra Modi launches Stand up India scheme for SC/ST, women.

v  MHA constitute Madhukar Gupta committee to suggest ways to tighten security along Indo-Pak border.

v  Vishwanathan Anand to be honoured with Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award.

v  Architect of Madras Atomic Power Station M H P Rao passes away

v  Scientists discover new planet with triple-star system named KELT-4Ab.

v  Bihar Government imposes complete ban on alcohol.

v  DCB Bank launches India’s first Aadhaar-based ATM.

v  RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%.

v  First semi-high speed train Gatiman Express flagged off from Delhi.

v  April 5: National Maritime Day.

v  April 7: World Health Day.

v  India wins 2016 Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament.

v  PM Narendra Modi launches Stand up India scheme for SC/ST, women.

v  MHA constitute Madhukar Gupta committee to suggest ways to tighten security along Indo-Pak border.

v  Vishwanathan Anand to be honoured with Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award.

v  Architect of Madras Atomic Power Station M H P Rao passes away.

v  Researchers develop world’s smallest nanoscale diode.

v  North East-ASEAN Business Summit kicks off in Imphal.

v  Hashim Thaci sworn in as new President of Kosovo .

v  CP Gurnani appointed as Chairman of NASSCOM.

v  3rd phase of Mission Indradhanush begins.

v  ECoR becomes largest freight loading railway zone.

v  Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson named as new PM of Iceland.

v  Bronze bust of Aryabhatta unveiled at UNESCO Headquarters.

v  Odisha Government launches Adarsh Vidyalaya Project.

v  Union Cabinet gives nod to MoU between India and Sweden on Technical Cooperation in the Railway Sector.

v  Foundation stone for Haryana’s first Horticulture University laid in Karnal.

v  BHEL commissions Andhra Pradesh’s first canal top solar plant at Bhimavaram.

v  Union Government constitutes B B Tandon Committee to monitor Government Advertisements.

v  SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launches inflatable room to ISS.

v  Sajibu Cheiraoba festival celebrated in Manipur with religious fervor.

v  Rajasthan becomes the first state to pass land title Bill .

v  Union Government gives nod to India’s first Metrino Pod Taxi project.

v  Veteran journalist Yogendra Bali passes away.

v  World Bank launches ambitious Climate Change Action Plan.

v  WTO cuts 2016 global trade forecast to 2.8%.

v  Researchers develop world’s smallest nanoscale diode.

v  Chinese researchers introduce Graphene based all-weather solar cell.

v  Sri Lanka announces resumption of Chinese Colombo Port City project.

v  Lee Chong Wei wins 2016 Malaysian Open title of Badminton.

v  NASA’s Kepler spacecraft goes into emergency mode.

v  Pakistan successfully test-fires anti-ship Zarb missile.

v  Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns.

v  IIT- Kharagpur wins National IP Award.

v  Pakistan, China launch joint air force training exercise Shaheen 5.

v  UN to observe 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar.

v  Former Union MoS Dr C Silvera passes away.

v  Saudi Arabia and Egypt to build bridge over the Red Sea.

v  Union Government launches ISBN portal. 

v  12 April: International Day of Human Space Flight .

v  RBI gives nod to Bharti Airtel’s payments Bank Unit.

v  Danny Willett wins 2016 US Masters Golf .

v  India, Maldives sign six agreements in different sectors.

v  Khadija Ismayilova selected for 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

v  Chinese researchers introduce Graphene based all-weather solar cell.

v  Sri Lanka announces resumption of Chinese Colombo Port City project.

v  Dogri Poetess Padma Sachdev selected for 2015 Saraswati Samman.

v  PM Narendtra Modi inaugurates 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation.

v  Global Tiger population increased for the first time in 100 years by 22%: WWF & GTF.

v  Haryana Government decides to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram .

v  Ex-army chief JJ Singh gets highest French civilian honour.

v  12 April: International Day of Human Space Flight.

v  Maharashtra becomes first state to pass law against social boycott.

v  India ranks 44th in 2016 Global Connectivity Index.

v  Akash Missile System successfully test fired.

v  Nauru becomes 189th member of IMF, World Bank.

v  Sushila Karki: First female Chief Justice of Nepal’s Supreme Court.

v  India, Germany sign Implementation Agreement on Ganga Rejuvenation.

v  Viswanathan Anand conferred with 2016 Hridaynath Mangeskar Award.

v  Union Cabinet gives nod to adaptation of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network .

v  Union Cabinet approves MoU between India, UAE to check human trafficking.

v  Union Cabinet gives nod to MoU between India and Bangladesh on cooperation in the field of Fisheries.

v  Union Government imposes anti-dumping duty on N-Butyl Alcohol.

v  India, South Korea ink MoU for cooperation and mutual assistance in development of Ports.

v  MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga appointed as member of US cybersecurity body.

v  PM Narendra Modi launches National Agriculture Market portal eNAM.

v  India, US to collaborate on tackling offshore tax evasion.

v  PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Maritime India Summit 2016.

v  PM Narendra Modi launches Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan.

v  Nuclear-capable K-4 ballistic missile successfully tested from INS Arihant.

v  India world’s largest remittance recipient in 2015: World Bank.