A2Z April 2018 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com A2Z Current Affairs PDF for upcoming exams April 2018 www.aspirantszone.com 1 www.aspirantszone.com|Download AspirantsZonesMobile App | Follow us on Facebook www.aspira A2Z April 2018 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com MOU Industry/States/Others S.No. Industry/State/Organisation Industry/State/Organisation Other Info 1 SJVN Limited Ministry of Power To achieve 9200 Million Units power generation during the 2018-19 under ‘Excellent’ category. 2 Adani Foundation Room to Read(Non-profit For Project Utthan to develop the habit of organization) reading among children of classes 1 to 5. 3 PHD Chamber of Commerce Indian Yoga Association (IYA) To promote yoga, health and spiritual tourism and Industry (PHDCCI) in the Krishna Circuit in Uttar Pradesh. Top 34 global technology and securities firms, led by Microsoft and Facebook, have signed a Cybersecurity Tech Accord to defend people from malicious attacks by cyber-criminals and nation-states. India and World Expo 2020 signed participants contract for Indias pavilion in the prestigious World Expo 2020 held once in 5 years. Appointments and Resignations Name Post Institution RishadPremji Chairman Nasscom DebjaniGhosh President Nasscom HimantaSarma President Badminton Association of India RakeshBharti Mittal President Industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Former DoPT Secretary Chairman Banks Board Bureau (BBB) BhanuPratap Sharma Lieutenant General PP Malhotra Director General National Cadet Corps (NCC) Prakash Apte part-time Chairman Kotak Mahindra Bank Lt Gen Bipin Puri Senior Colonel Army Medical Corps (AMC) Commandant Rahul Bhatia Interim Chief Executive IndiGo Officer Mario Abdo Benitez President Paraguay Mukhammedkaliy Abulgaziyev Prime Minister Kyrgyzstan Prince Charles President Commonwealth Nations Viktor Orban Prime Minister Hungary Carlos Alvarado Quesada President Costa Rica Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was elected chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, which is currently underway in Chinas Hainan province. Ban replaced Japans Yasuo Fukuda. The UN World Tourism Organization has appointed FC Barcelonas Argentine star Lionel Messi as an ambassador to promote responsible tourism. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has appointed its first ever woman firefighter. Taniya Sanyal from Kolkata is currently training in the capital and will be joining her team in a month. Senior advocate Indu Malhotra has become the first woman lawyer to be elevated directly from the Bar as the Supreme Court Judge. 2 www.aspirantszone.com|Download AspirantsZonesMobile App | Follow us on Facebook www.aspira A2Z April 2018 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo has been sworn in as the 70th US secretary of state after the Senate voted to confirm him, 57-42. Awards and Recognitions Award Name Person/Institution Extra Knowledge 2017 Saraswati Samman Sitanshu Yashaschandra India Talent Management Award Rana Kapoor MD & CEO Yes Bank 2018 Fortune Worlds Greatest The Students of Marjory Stoneman Leaders Douglas and other schools of US that witnessed gun violence. BCCIs CK Nayudu Lifetime Diana Edulji and Achievement Award Pankaj Roy (posthumously) Veteran actor Dharmendra and filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani will be conferred with the prestigious Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement and Raj Kapoor Special Contribution awards, respectively. Veteran filmmaker Rakesh Roshan will be felicitated with a Lifetime Achievement honour at the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards for his contribution as a producer, director, screenwriter, editor and actor in Hindi films. Vitabiotics, UKs number leading vitamin company, has been honoured with The Queens Award for Enterprise in Innovation for its Perfectil beauty Vitamin range. Kutch-based Bhuj Mercantile Cooperative Bank has bagged the prestigious Banco Award for best performing cooperative bank. Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, veteran playback singer Asha Bhosle (lifetime achievement) and veteran actor Anupam Kher (Special Award) were conferred the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan Awards. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been awarded the National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018 in the category Top R&D Institution/Organisation for Patents and Commercialisation. Leading Indian agrochemical company, Parijat Industries (India) Pvt Ltd, has recently been conferred with the top level National Safety Awards, Sarvashrestha Suraksha Puraskar gold award for the year 2017. RECOGNITIONS President Ram Nath Kovind was conferred with the Condecoracion, the highest honour accorded to a non- citizen by the government of Equatorial Guinea while his visit there. Poet, litterateur, author, lyricist and activist Javed Akhtar has been awarded the Shanti Doot award by one of the most revered temples in India — the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Mandir in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Actress Tamannaah Bhatia, who has worked in both the Hindi film industry and southern cinema, was felicitated with Sridevi Award at the Zee Apsara Awards. Electronic dance music artiste and music producer Anish Sood became the first Indian artiste to win the Best Electronica/Dance Single at the 16th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA) in London. 3 www.aspirantszone.com|Download AspirantsZonesMobile App | Follow us on Facebook www.aspira A2Z April 2018 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com Mahir Pandhi, an aspiring model from New Delhi, has won Top Model India, which showcases diverse talent and breaks stereotypes. The show gave a chance to 12 aspiring models to transform into supermodels. Google paid tribute to Indias first superstar K.L. Saigal with a special Doodle to mark his 114th birth anniversary. Born on April 11, 1904 in Jammu, Kundanlal Saigal was considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry. He sang 200 film and non-film songs that continue to enthrall generations of music lovers even today. Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, human rights lawyer Indira Jaising and architect Balkrishna Doshi have been named by Fortune magazine as the Worlds Greatest Leaders of 2018 at the 24th, 20th and 43rd places respectively. 65th National Film Awards for 2017 The 65th National Film Awards 2017 were announced on April 13, 2018 by the jury panel headed by eminent filmmaker Shri Shekhar Kapur. List of Awards Best Feature Film: Village Rockstars (Assamese) Best Actress: Sridevi for MOM Best Actor: Ridhhi Sen for Nagar Kirtan Best Director: Jayaraj for Bhayanakam Best Supporting Actress: Divya Dutta for Irada Best Supporting Actor: Fahad Fazil for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Best Child Artiste: Bhanita Das for Village Rockstars Best Popular Film:Baahubali: The Conclusion Dada Saheb Phalke Award: Vinod Khanna Best Action Direction:Baahubali 2 Best Choreography:Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (song: Gori Tu Latth Maar) Best Special Effects:Baahubali: The Conclusion Special Jury Award:Nagar Kirtan (Bengali) Best Debut Film Of A Director: Sinjar (Jesari) Best Short Film Fiction:Maiyat Best Film On Family Values: Happy Birthday Best Film for National Integration:Dhappa Best Educational Film: The Girls We Were And The Women We Are Best Anthropological Film: Name Place Animal Thing, Slave Genesis Best Cinematography: Eye Test, Don Best Adventure Film:Ladakh Chale Rickshaw Waale Best Editing:Mrityubhoj Best Music:Sword Of Liberty Best Narration:The Lion Of Ladhakh Best Book On Cinema: Matamgi Manipur Best Critic On Cinema Award: Giridhar Jha, Special Mention to Sunil Mishra Best Lyrics:March 22 (song: Mutthu Ratna) Best Music Director: A R Rahman for Kaatru Veliyidai 4 www.aspirantszone.com|Download AspirantsZonesMobile App | Follow us on Facebook www.aspira A2Z April 2018 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com Best Background Score: A R Rahman for MOM Best Make-Up Artiste: Ram Razak for Nagar Kirtan Best Costume: Govinda Mondal for Nagar Kirtan Best Production Design: Santosh Rajan for Take Off Best Editing:Village Rockstars Best Sound Designer and Re-Recordist: Samuel George, Justin A Jose for Walking With The Film Best On Location Sound Recordist:Unrserved Best Location Sound: Mallika Das for Village Rockstars Best Original Screenplay:Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Best Adapted Screenplay:Bhayankam Best Playback Singer (Female): Shasha Tirupati for Vaan Varuvaan) from Kaatru Veliyidai Best Playback Singer (Male): Yesudas for Poyi Maranja Kaalam from Viswasapoorvam Mansoor Special Mention Awards: Pankaj Tripathy for Newton Best Regional Films Awards (Best Hindi Film) :Newton Dada Saheb Phalke Awards 2018 Winners List Best Actor(Male): Akshay Kumar for Padman (Jury) and for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Best Actor(Female): Bhumi Pednekar for Toilet Ek Prem Katha Most versatile actress: Manisha Koirala Lifetime achievement award: Rakesh Roshan Saraswatibai Dadasaheb Phalke Best actress (Lifetime) award: Farida Jalal Best actress in a leading role (Padman) – Sonam Kapoor Best actor in a character role – Rajesh Sharma Best Playback singer (Female) – Neeti Mohan Best TV anchor- Aditya Narayan Jha Best entertainer (TV) – Manish Paul Best playback singer (Jury)- Bhumi Trivedi Best Stage Anchor- Siddharth Kannan Best producer (short films)- Sandip Marwah Most Entertaining Film (Sonu ki Titu ki Sweety) – Luv Ranjan Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018 Excellence Awards are given out by Mumbai-based Dadasaheb Phalke Foundation. Until last year, the awards were known as Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards.