April 2017 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of April 2017 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.
30 April 2017 | Indian Current Affairs Famous Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan became the first Indian actor to deliver TED speech in Vancouver, Canada. |
29 April 2017 | Awards Current Affairs Chairman and Managing Director of Malayalam daily 'Mathrubhumi' M P Veerendra Kumar has been chosen for the seventh K Chandrasekharan Memorial Award for his contribution to the nation as a socialist, Parliamentarian, administrator and travel writer. |
28 April 2017 | Awards Current Affairs President Pranab Mukherjee awarded Rahul Bajaj with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President's Award for Lifetime Achievement. |
27 April 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs Senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar was appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on 26 April 2017. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar will be replacing acting DG Sudeep Lakhtakia. |
26 April 2017 | Awards Current Affairs India's youngest ever chancellor, Dileep K Nair, has received Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Foundation Kerala State award for the year 2016-17 for his excellent performance in the field of education. |
25 April 2017 | Sports Current Affairs 101- year-old Man Kaur won the 100 metres sprint in the World Masters Games. This is her 17th gold medal in her career. |
24 April 2017 | Awards Current Affairs Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has been awarded with the P C Chandra Puraskar. Satyarthi was honoured with the award for his global crusade against child slavery and exploitative child labour. |
23 April 2017 | Sports Current Affairs Haryana defeated Kerala after six years to win the team championship at the National Youth Athletics Meet. |
22 April 2017 | Awards Current Affairs Chinese scientist Yao Tandong has been awarded with the 2017 Vega Medal in Stockholm for his contributions to research on glaciers and the environment on the Tibetan Plateau. |
21 April 2017 | Awards Current Affairs Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan and former indian cricketer Kapil Dev will receive the 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards, at a ceremony on April 24. |
20 April 2017 | Sports Current Affairs Former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will become Sri Lanka's first cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. |
19 April 2017 | Indian Current Affairs India has jumped one spot to rank 8th in the 2017 AT Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index. |
18 April 2017 | Sports Current Affairs Sunrisers Hyderabad captain and Australian opener David Warner became the batsman with the most number of fifties in IPL after he smashed his 34th against Kings XI Punjab. |
17 April 2017 | Obituaries Current Affairs Emma Morano, the world’s oldest woman passed away. She was 117. |
16 April 2017 | Indian Current Affairs Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation-stone for the Rs 100 crore Dr B R Ambedkar Smriti Vanam (memorial park) at Inavolu village, marking the 125th birth anniversary of the architect of Indian Constitution. |
15 April 2017 | Awards Current Affairs Indian-origin aeronautics engineer Arvind Sinha from Australia has been honoured with the World's Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Leadership Award by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International. |
14 April 2017 | Obituaries Current Affairs Former Bihar minister Narsingh Baitha died. He was 100. |
13 April 2017 | Awards Current Affairs Film, 'The Golden Wing' has received the grand jury prize for best feature at the 'Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2017'. |
12 April 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs Electronics maker Micromax has roped in actor Anil Kapoor as its brand ambassador. |
11 April 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs Judge Neil Gorsuch is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court by Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, United States. |
10 April 2017 | Sports Current Affairs Indian team acquired the top spot by winning 12 medals, including four gold at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Tashkent. |
9 April 2017 | Indian Current Affairs India was ranked 40th among the 136 economies across the world in 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). In this edition of index, India has jumped 12 places from earlier 52nd position in 2015. |
8 April 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs Congo President Joseph Kabila has appointed Bruno Tshibala as the country's new prime minister. |
7 April 2017 | Indian Current Affairs India ranks ninth among 41 countries in bribery and corrupt practices in businesses, according to EY Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) Fraud Survey 2017. |
6 April 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs The Reserve Bank of India has appointed insider Malvika Sinha as Executive Director (ED) to replace B P Kanungo, who was appointed as the Deputy Governor on April 3, 2017. |
5 April 2017 | Sports Current Affairs Bangladesh’s T20 captain, Mashrafe Mortaza has announced his retirement from T20 internationals. The 33-year-old announced his decision at the toss before the first T20 between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. |
4 April 2017 | Obituaries Current Affairs Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar passed away here today after a brief illness. She was 84. |
3 April 2017 | Sports Current Affairs Roger Federer outclassed his age-old rival Rafael Nadal once again this season to clinch the Miami Open title 2017. Federer registered a 6-3, 6-4 win over Nadal to complete a hat-trick of titles in the tournament (after 2005 and 2006), and at 35 years and 7 months, became the oldest champion in Miami. |
2 April 2017 | World Current Affairs The World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) 2017 is on April, 02. The 2017 theme for the day is Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination. It was designated under by the United Nations General Assembly resolution “62/139. World Autism Awareness Day,” adopted on December 18, 2007. |
1 April 2017 | Indian Current Affairs The Gujarat assembly amended its cow protection act making the law stringent and even punishable with life term. The state assembly passed the amendment to the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act of 1954 providing for maximum punishment of up to life imprisonments and a fine of up to Rs five lakh. |
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