ISSUE 4 , APRIL 2016 TM where career starts www.toprankers.com 3 ACCOMPLISHMENT - JitendraJagota appointed Chairman of IDSA-12 - Vietnam Police Chief Tran Dai Quang sworn in as President-12 - Mehbooba Mufti took oath as first woman Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir-13 - Kallol Roy appointed CMD of Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam -13 - Myanmar Parliament approved Bill to grant PM-like role to Aung San Suu Kyi-14 - Justice (retd) Permod Kohli took over as Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal - 15 - NASA astronomers discovered Supermassive Black Hole weighing 17 billion Suns--15 - Hashim Thaci sworn-in as Kosovo‘s President -16 - Mother Teresa conferred with Founders Award posthumously in UK -17 - Lamborghini appointed Sharad Agarwal as Head of India Operations-17 - Hemant Kumar Ruia appointed CFO of Indus Towers-18 - Meeran Borwankar appointed Director General-18 - Union Government reconstituted IGNCA Trust;-19 - MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga appointed as member of US cybersecurity body -20 - SusmitaPande appointed as chairperson of National Monument Authority-20 - Inzamam-ul-Haq appointed Pakistan chief selector-21 - Deepak Mishra appointed as ADG of CRPF-21 -India‘s Durga Thakur promoted as International-22 - BCCI appointed Rahul Johri as its CEO-23 - Goa Govt appoints Justice PK Mishra as Lokayukta-24 - Centre appoints A Ajith Kumar as Rubber Board chief-24 ISSUE 4, APRIL 2016 tt 4 - Laos appoints new president, prime minister-25 - Tubman will become the first African-American and the first woman in more-26 - President nominated 6 eminent personalities to Rajya Sabha-26 - BhupendraKainthola appointed FTII Director-27 - India -born Reuben brothers top UK rich list-27 - Former Finance Minister Clement Mouamba-28 AWARDS - PM Modi conferred highest civilian award of Saudi Arabia-30 - President Pranab Mukherjee presented National Geoscience Awards 2014 -30 - Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned FBB Miss India World 2016 -31 - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won Global Indian of the Year 2016 award -31 - President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Padma Awards 2016 -32 - Ex-Army Chief General JJ Singh conferred highest French civilian honour-33 - Khadija Ismayilova to receive UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2016 -33 - T N Ninan gets Mumbai Press Club‘s lifetime achievement award -34 - Pulitzer Prize 2016 winners announced - 35 - President presented Hindi Sevi Samman Awards-36 - Radhika Apte won best actress award for ‚Madly‘ at Tribeca Film Fest 2016 -37 - Manoj Bajpayee to receive Dadasaheb Phalke award for ‘Aligarh’ -38 - Two Indians scholars got Highest Mongolian honour-39 - France honours Mikkelesen with top civilian Award-39 - Sudarsan Pattnaik bags gold medal at sand art contest in Moscow-40 TM where career starts tt 5 NATIONAL NEWS - Union Government Launches Start-up India portal and mobile app-41 - Kachabali village became first liquor-free village in Rajasthan-41 - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched Phase-42 - Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh-42 - World‘s first White Tiger Safari inaugurated in-43 - Bihar imposed complete ban on alcohol sales-43 - Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepre-neurship launched-44 - Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Manesar-Palwal section-45 - Foundation stone laid for first Horticulture University in Haryana-45 - Union Cabinet allowed Oil PSUs to have independent crude import policy-46 - Union Government notified Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 -47 - Union Cabinet gave ex-facto approval for implementation of One Rank One Pension-49 - Indian scientists developed eco-friendly nanotechnology for water purification-50 - National Sagarmala Apex Committee approves National Perspective Plan on Sagarmala-51 - Piyush Goyal Lays Foundation Stone for Underground Cabling Work-51 - India‘s rank unchanged at 19th among top 30 exporters-52 - Shan-e-Punjab becomes first train to have CCTV cameras-53 - B BTandon Committee constituted to monitor government-53 - Jharkhand Government announced to reserve 2 percent-54 - Haryana government decided to rename Gurgaon-55 - Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed Dance Bar Bill 2016 - 55 - Delhi government launched PoochhO-56 ISSUE 4, APRIL 2016 t 6 - Google, RailTel launched free WiFi service at Bhubaneswar-57 - Union Government released report of Technical Committee-57 - Central government fiscal 2015-16 statistics on foreign trade released-59 - Union Government released Commemorative Coin and Circulation -60 - Maharashtra to use hologram-61 - Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurates Regional-61 - Google Launches The New Chromecast And-63 - India Cleared Trade Facilitation Agreement of WTO -63 - Union Railway Ministry to set up Rs 1 lakh-64 - Goa government classified its country liquor,-64 - Laser walls activated along India-Pakistan-65 - Parliament passes Constitution Scheduled-65 - Gujarat announces 10% quota for economically-66 - Parliament passes Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 -67 SPORTS - Boxer Shiva Thapa qualifies for Rio Olympics-68 - Wheelchair Motocross World Cup 2016 to begins From April 23 -68 - Germany’s Nico Rosberg won 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix-69 - West Indies defeated England to win ICC World T20 Men’s title-70 - West Indies won Women‘s title of ICC World T20 2016 -70 - Indian men won Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament-71 - Lee Chong Wei defeated Chen Long to win Malaysian Open 2016 -71 - Dwayne Bravo first bowler to claim 300 wickets in T20s-72 TM where career starts 7 - Mary Kom named as AIBA ambassador for Women’s World Boxing Championship-72 - Anthony Joshua won International Boxing Federation title-73 - Dipa Karmakar became first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics-73 - Australia won 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup-74 - Rafael Nadal defeated Gael Monfils to win-74 - Nico Rosberg won 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix-75 - Laureus Sports Awards 2016: Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams win top honours-76 - BCCI to host first day-night Test against New Zealand this year-77 - Wrestler Sandeep Tomar on 24 April 2016 secured an Olympic-77 - India to host 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships-78 - Mairaj Ahmed Khan wins silver medal at ISSF-78 - Mohun Bagan and JejeLalpekhlua named FPAI Player of the Year-79 - Riyad Mahrez became first African footballer to win PFA Player of the Year-79 - Garima Won gold at Commonwealth judo Championship-80 - Shreya 1st woman racer in national Rally Championship-81 - Allan Donal appointed Australia‘s bowling coach-81 ECONOMICS - Google Fiber announced home phone service with unlimited local calls.-82 - Bharti Airtel buys spectrum from Aircel for Rs. 3,500 crore-82 - Tata Steel to sell part of UK business to Greybull Capital-83 - RBI gave in-principle approval to Airtel payments bank-84 - Pepsi-Cola sign got historic landmark designation in New York-85 - Suzlon buys five firms for solar operations-85 - RBL Bank became first private sector bank to open dedicated-86 ISSUE 4, APRIL 2016 t 8 - Uber partners with FICCI, Gujarat Tourism for soft skill-86 - Videocon d2h, Vodafone m-pesa tie-up-87 - DBS Bank to soft launch mobile banking in India-88 DEFENCE - Indian Air Force to participate in Red Flag exercise-89 - Panagarh airbase renamed after former IAF chief Arjan Singh-89 - Russia test-fires nuclear-capable missile-90 - Indo-Mongolia Joint Military Exercise, Nomadic Elephant – 2016, commenced - 91 - Naval Detachment Inaugurated at Androth Island-91 - Indian Naval Ships Veer and Nipat decommissioned-92 - Russia launches first rocket from new Vostochny-92 OBITUARIES - British comedian Ronnie Corbett passed away-93 - Renowned Iraqi-British Architect ZahaHadid died-93 - Former AC Milan player Cesare Maldini died-94 - Former Mumbai cricketer Ranjan Baindoor dies aged 61 -94 - Hollywood actress and screenwriter Barbara Turner died-95 - Malian photographer Malick Sidibé dies aged 80 -95 - Salsa music pioneer Ismael Quintana died-96 - Five time Emmy winning actress Doris Roberts died-96 - Music legend Prince Rogers Nelson died-97 - Thailand former Prime Minister BanharnSilpa-archa died-97 TM where career starts 9 SCIENCE - Asia’s largest optical telescope Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-99 - SpaceX successfully landed its rocket on a floating drone ship for the first time-99 - Scott Kelly to write memoir titled Endurance:-100 - Scientists discovered way to forecast earthquakes-101 - Europe becomes world’s first region to end malaria: WHO-102 - 1st fossilized heart in prehistoric animal found in Brazil--102 - ISRO Scientists made world’s lightest material ‘Silica Aerogel’ to keep soldiers warm in Siachen-103 - Japan successfully tested its first stealth fighter X-2 jet-104 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP - India Signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank for USD 250 Million -105 - India signed agreement with Germany’s KfW for 500 million Euro loan to Nagpur Metro-105 - India, Saudi Arabia signed five agreements to boost bilateral co-operationt-106 - India, Maldives signed six agreements to deepen bilateral cooperation-107 - India, US agreed on Logistics Exchange Agreement-108 - India and Sweden inked MoU on technical cooperation in rail sector-109 - Memorandum of Understanding between India and United Arab Emirates-110 - India and Mauritius signed MoU to cooperate in Traditional-111 - Union Cabinet approved MoU on Technical Cooperation between India and Bhutan-112 - India, France launch $1 Trillion Potential Solar Programme under ISA112 DAYS AND DATE - International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2016 observed-114 - International Day of Human Space