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National
Union Government launched Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index for Persons with
Disabilities
Kachabali village in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan, has become the first in state to
vote in support of closing down the only liquor shop in the village.
Mumbai to get its first Arbitration Centre
Telangana Road Transport Authoritys Mobile App M-Wallet launched
India's fastest train, the Gatimaan Express, is scheduled to hit the tracks on April 5.
Maharashtra first state to join national cancer grid
Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as Jammu and Kashmirs First Woman CM
Vidyut PRAVAH App for common people to demand power
Bihar government imposed a complete ban on foreign and local liquor across the state,
becoming the fourth dry state in India after Gujarat, Nagaland, and Mizoram.
Mumbai has got its first air-conditioned suburban local train, built at a cost of 54 crore.
Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited, Indias first SPV on smart city, started operations
Thirty three-year-old C Devi is the first transgender person to contest in Tamil Nadu's
assembly elections
Union Health Minister JP Nadda launched the first indigenously developed natural
latex-based female condom, 'Velvet'
OneRyder launches bike taxi service in Delhi
ECoR becomes largest freight loading railway zone
India 6th biggest military spender in '15: SIPRI
Rajasthan becomes the first state in India to clear land title Bill
Gurgaon to get Indias first Metrino Pod Taxi project
Meteorological Department to start Indias first heat index
Supreme Court allows common entrance test for all medical courses
Centre to Issue Universal ID-Cards for Differently-Abled People
Green UP Clean UP Programme: Five crore trees to be planted in UP
Prime Minister to inaugurate 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation
The Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government has renamed its largest city Gurgaon
to Gurugram and The neighbouring Mewat district will now be known as Nuh
Shan-E-Punjab Express Becomes the First Train Fitted with CCTV Surveillance Cameras
Delhi Government bans chewable tobacco for a year
PM Modi to inaugurate Indias first ever Maritime Summit
Government to allow Pakistan Hindus to buy property, open bank accounts
Indian Railways use drones to assess project
Worlds largest charkha to be on display at Indira Gandhi International airport
Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma released a Commemorative Coin of Rs.
200/ and a Circulation Coin of Rs. 10/- on Tatya Tope on the occasion of his Martyr
Day.

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Union Government renamed Department of Disinvestment as Department of

Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM)
Dr. Mahesh Sharma Unveils Gold Finial at Humayuns Tomb
Government merges Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan with Khelo India
Simhastha Kumbh mela 2016 begins in Ujjain
Delhi government announces 'Premium Bus Service'
Centre to provide plastic park to Andhra Pradesh
New Rules notified by Government to revamp Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act
PM lays foundation stone for Indias biggest power plant - Patratu Vidyut Utpadan
Nigam Limited in Jharkhand
Panic button mandatory for phones from '17
National Emergency Response System to be launched soon
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified Mumbai as the noisiest city
in the country, followed by Delhi, Chennai, and Bengaluru.
First Human Milk Bank in Delhi-NCR launched
Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) aims to make Aadhaar as identifier to
settle PF claim
Naval detachment set up at Lakshadweep
Nagaland's Kohima declared 'smoke-free city'
Border Security Force to unveil tallest national flag near Attari-Wagh Border
Ski India opens new amusement park in Delhi
Rahuri in Ahmednagar becomes first to have digi-locker
Indian Air Force (IAF) for the first time took part in Exercise Red Flag

New Appointments
Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam appoints Kallol Roy as new CMD
Rajiv Gauba took over as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Urban
Development.
Congress senior MLA J Geeta Reddy was appointed as the Chairperson of the Public
Accounts Committee (PAC) of Telangana.
GoAir elevated Wolfgang Prock-Schauer as Managing Director
NASSCOM appointed C P Gurnani as Chairman for 2016-2017
Indian Manish Sharma appointed to Panasonics Global Executive Council
Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson named as Iceland Prime Minister
Vietnams new Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has been formally voted in by
parliament.
Ashwani Prashara to be HR chief of Reliance Industries hydrocarbon business
Ajay Lalcheta, the 32-year-old native of Porbandar, has been named the captain of
Omans national cricket team
Patricia Scotland takes over as Commonwealth Secretary-General
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Amitabh Coomar appointed as CEO of GoJavas

Sharad Agarwal appointed as head of Lamborghini India Pvt Ltd
Hashim Thaci sworn in as Kosovos new president
Vasu will be appointed as the new director of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA)
Academy for a period of two years
BS Yeddyurappa to be BJP Karnataka state President
Twitter is appointing PepsiCos chief financial officer Hugh Johnston to its board and co-
founder and managing director of website lastminute.com Martha Lane Fox will serve
as a director.
Tausif Monif joins Lambda as President Global Operations
Hemant Kumar Ruia appointed CFO of Indus Towers
Ex-Chhattisgarh HC Judge N K Agarwal likely to be next Haryanas new Lokayukta
Virat Kohli becomes brand ambassador of Futsal league
Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Temir Sariyev resigns
Maharashtras IPS officer Meeran Borwankar appointed Director General of Bureau of
Police Research and Development
Ravindran takes charge as new Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) Chairman
Deepak Kashyap appointed as anti-corruption official in BSNL
Kyrgyz parliament confirms new government under PM Sooronbai Jeenbekov
Barrack Obama appoints MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga to key administration post
Kyrgyz parliament confirms new government under PM Sooronbai Jeenbekov
PCB Could Appoint Dean Jones as Chief Coach
Flipkarts chief product officer Punit Soni, a high-profile catch from Silicon Valley, quits
Ajay Devgan, Kajol to be Andhra tourism ambassadors
Soumen Mitra takes over as new Kolkata Police Commissioner
Vijay Shekhar Sharma appointed chairman of IAMAI payments banks group
Boxer Mary Kom appointed as AIBA ambassador
Sushila Karki has become the first female acting Chief Justice of Nepals Supreme Court
ending the male domination in higher posts in the judiciary
Susmita Pande appointed as chairperson of National Monument Authority
New Prime Minister of Ukraine - Volodymyr Groysman
First woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Gujarat - Geeta Johri
Chairman of the senior selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board - Inzamam-ul-
Haq (Former Pakistan cricket team captain)
Newly promoted to international outdoor umpire by the International Hockey
Federation (FIH) - Durga Thakur (India)
Lokayukta of Goa government - P.K. Mishra (former Chief Justice of Patna High Court)
New acting President of BMW India - Frank Schloeder
Chairman of Kerala-based Rubber Board - A Ajith Kumar (Senior IAS officer)
Additional Director General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - Deepak Mishra
New the chief executive officer (CEO) at Tata Steel UK - Bimlendra Jha
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New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) - Rahul
Johri
New President of Laos - Bounnhang Vorachit (Communist Party chief)
New Prime Minister of Laos - Thongloun Sisoulith (foreign minister of Laos)
The next Ambassador of India to Mongolia - T.Suresh Babu
New Executive Chairman of Centrum group (one of the largest domestic financial
services company) - Jaspal Bindra (ex-Asia Pacific CEO Standard Chartered Bank)
The new Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) - Bhupendra Kainthola
The High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago - Shri Bishwadip
Dey
The first Ambassador for Girl Child (AFGC) under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Project
- Pankaj Kumar (Nagaland Chief Secretary)
Indian contingents Goodwill Ambassador for 2016 Rio Olympics - Salman Khan
New Bowling coach of Australia - Allan Donald
New Director General (DG) of Railways Protection Force (RPF) - Surender Kumar Bhagat
Chief selector of the Sri Lankan Cricket team - Sanath Jayasuriya
Second Goodwill Ambassador for 2016 Rio Olympics - Abhinav Bindra (the 2008
Olympic Gold medallist shooter)

International
Ebola threat comes to an end in West Africa
France operation Sangaris comes to an end in CAR
India will institute its first Chair in the Arab world at Egypts third largest university
AinShams University (ASU) in Cairo.
North Korea has officially announced that it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter,
South Korean and "sex and adult" websites.
Worlds first public dengue vaccination programme launched in Philippines
Tigers declared functionally extinct in Cambodia
International Conference on Zero held in Paris
UN Agencies publicized Global Report on Urban Health
Dubai to deploy drones to catch people littering
American becomes Japan's 1st paid foreign ninja
Myanmar Parliament approved Bill to grant PM-like role to Aung San Suu Kyi
China bans most imports of North Korean goods over nuclear, missile tests
San Francisco mandates paid paternity leave
Shakespeares First Folio discovered on Scottish island
China, Sri Lanka to redefine Colombo Port City project
Dubai to build tower taller than Burj Khalifa
Chinese researchers introduce Graphene based all-weather solar cell
World tiger count rises for 1st time in 100 yrs
French lawmakers passed a bill banning paying for sex
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Japan plans to test fingerprints as currency

Obama to designate monument honouring Women's equality
G7 Foreign Ministers' meet ends in Hiroshima
Japan to get world's first invisible train
International Defence Expo opens in Malaysia
14th meeting of Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China held in Moscow
13th Islamic Summit Conference concluded in Istanbul
First-ever Investment Framework for Nutrition and Call for Immediate Action launched
by global leaders
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Infectious
Diseases, Japan sign Letter of Intent
Death toll has risen to 77 in the powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck
Ecuador
Trump's firm to build office tower in Gurgaon
G20 seeks crackdown on tax havens, shell firms
India ranked 133rd in 2016 World Press Freedom Index
Europe becomes worlds first region to end malaria: WHO
Malaysia introduces e-visa for Indian tourists
Belgium to give citizens anti-radiation pills
Marvel and Cartoon Network park to open in Dubai
China developed world's first graphene electronic paper
Turkey's new Constitution will guarantee Secularism: PM Ahmet Davutoglu
Russia launches first rocket from new cosmodrome
Taiwan finds 4,800-year-old fossil of mother cradling baby

Sports
Virat Kohli registers most half-centuries in T20Is
New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott has announced his retirement from one-day
international cricket.
Kenyas Kotut and Jepkesho win Paris Marathon
Sarfaraz Ahmed named as Pakistan's T20I captain
Novak Djokovic now has most ATP Masters titles
India beat Japan 2-1 in Sultan Azlan Shah opener
Indian men won Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament
Luis Figo to launch Indian Premier Futsal League
Asias biggest hockey tournament to celebrate its Silver Jubilee
Saina sinks to World No. 8, Srikanth out of top 10 in BWF ranking
Rio de Janeiro to host 1st Video Game Olympics
Kento Momota and Ratchanok Intanon won 2016 Yonex Sunrise India Open
badminton titles
FIFA released Coca-Cola World Rankings 2016
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Poster of Sachin Tendulkar's biopic released

Tamil Nadu Premier League to be launched soon
Danny Willett, first Briton to win US Masters golf 2016
India beat Canada to earn first win at Hawkes Bay Cup
ICC and Emirates Airline renewed deal for additional seven years
English Snooker legend Steve Davis retired
International Hockey Federation (FIH) announces new structure of int'l hockey events
from 2019
Former England opener Robert Key retires from professional cricket
Nico Rosberg wins Chinese GP for sixth straight Formula One victory
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar 1st Indian gymnast to qualify for Olympics
India finish 2nd in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Inzamam-ul-Haq resigns as Afghanistan coach
World Anti-Doping Agency revoked accreditation of Moscow Antidoping Center
Vishnu Vardhan is first Asian Tennis Tour champion
Leicester, Tottenham dominate PFA Team of 2016
The Olympic torch for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games was lit at an ancient Greek site
Tajamul Islam, a seven-year-old girl from Kashmir's Bandipora district, is set to become
the first Indian to participate in the World Kickboxing Championship.
Mairaj wins India's first skeet medal at a shooting World Cup
Russia defeated China to win gold at World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
India to host 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships
Riyad Mahrez became first African footballer to win PFA Player of the Year
Japan unveiled Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympics emblems
Deepika Kumari equals world record at Archery World Cup

Schemes-
Low cost and environment-friendly solar lighting device, Solar Jyoti, launched
The Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya (OAV)
project at Sasan Ambagaon village in his home constituency Hinjli in Ganjam district
Schemes to Distribute Energy Efficient Smart Agriculture Pumps & Fans in Andhra
Pradesh launched
Government to launch two schemes National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps
Programme and National Energy Efficient Fan Programme to provide farm pumps, fans
Anandiben Patel launches Maa Annapurna Yojna
Delhi government launched PoochhO Carpool app to help people during odd-even
scheme
Jharkhand Government launched Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana for widows
LED Bulb Ujala Yojana inaugurated in Bhopal

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Economic & Business

Adani Aero Defence ties up with Elbit, Alpha for unmanned aircraft systems
Star India to launch Hotstar service overseas
Ola launches free in-cab 'Auto-Connect Wi-Fi'
Amazon commenced work on its biggest campus in Hyderabad
Flipkart acquires mobile payment startup PhonePe
The largest ever blue diamond to be auctioned, the "Oppenheimer Blue", will be for
sale at Christie's in Geneva on May 18.
Nifty launches new index for mid and small cap stocks
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%
India less prone to external shocks: Moody's
Mercedes-Benz India records highest ever sales
FreeCharge to enable payments for e-rickshaws
Ola introduce e-rickshaws on its platform
Snapdeal launches donation program 'Sunshine'
HP unveils world's thinnest laptop
Jackie Chan gets wax statue in Jaipur
30% of state public enterprises loss-making: RBI
Credit Suisses Emerging Consumers scorecard 2016 topped by India
India adds 3,000 MW solar capacity in FY16, beats 2,000 MW target
Panasonic, US-based AES to install Indias first energy storage project in Haryana
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) sticks to auctioning all spectrums in
700MHz band
Noble Travels launches online visa assistance portal VisaforSure
17 major oil producing countries to meet in Doha
Tata Steel launches internal carpooling platform
No service tax on payments for spectrum purchased before April 1
Apple partners WWF to launch 'Apps for Earth'

Banking
SEBI raises FPI investment limit
Banks adopt new rate formula
Those earning Rs 50 lakh a year must declare assets
NABARD FY17 borrowing estimated at Rs 50k cr
Nita Ambani most powerful businesswoman in Asia: Forbes
PM Narendra Modi still topper among the Indian middle class: ET-TNS survey
SBI lowers home loan interest rate to 9.45%
World Bank initiated Climate Action Plan
App-only bank with no branches to launch in UK
Bharti Airtel get payments bank licence from RBI

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National Payments Corporation of Indias (NPCI) Unified Payments Interface (UPI) was
launched by RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
RBL becomes first private sector bank to open dedicated branch for startups
Punjab National Bank top mobilizer under Gold Monetization Scheme
ICICI Bank open to investing in startups
Morgan Stanley downgrades Bank of Baroda and ICICI Bank
RBI tweaks norms on Bank fraud provision
Banks to share details in standard format
Government approves 8.7% interest on Employees Provident Fund for 2015-16
SIDBI clears 1,000 Crore for early-stage startups
IFMR Capital initiates first Capital Market Transaction for MUDRA
Punjab based Capital Local Area Bank First small finance bank starts operations
NABARD lent 1000 crore rupees to Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC)
for wheat procurement
Bank of Japan keeps interest rates unchanged
Experian India launches new fraud solution for banking and insurance
Development Bank of Singapore(DBS) Bank launches mobile-only bank

Science & Technology

Scientists reveal Zika structure for first time
MIT creates technology for password-free Wi-Fi
New method that can assess chemotherapy in 8 hrs
Microsoft allows Skype integration into apps
Tab launched with Aadhaar authentication support
Planet with pure oxygen atmosphere discovered
Ballast water conveying obtrusive species to Indian coasts
Indian Scientists develop biopolymer for water purification
Facebook adds dedicated video section to its app
China launched SJ-10 retrievable space science probe
Google launches Android Auto in India
ISRO, NASA to jointly launch satellite to study earthquakes and their patterns
New planet with triple-star system found
Researchers developed worlds smallest diode
Indian scientists developed eco-friendly nanotechnology for water purification
FB enters hyperlocal services market in India
World's first 3D-printed drug unveiled
Scientists change colour of photons in diamond
Google launches Android Studio 2.0
SpaceX makes its first-ever sea landing
Nuclear Fuel Complex sets new world record
Indian selected for NASA's Innovation programme
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Twitter acquires employee-manager feedback startup Peer

Scientists find new Zika-linked brain disorder
Endangered bird spoon-billed sandpiper spotted in China
Amazons most expensive Kindle, Oasis, launches in India
Apple makes unique iPad Pro for charity auction
China unveils new humanoid robot 'Jia Jia'
First expandable habitat installed on International Space Station(ISS)
Scientists create fish-inspired lens to see in the dark
IIT Delhi researcher developed Novel device for sepsis diagnosis
Scientists have identified three new species of mouse lemurs in Madagascar, taking the
total number of known mouse lemur species to 24.
Sahapedia, Indias first open source encyclopedia to the Art and culture is now live
NASA successfully tests 3D-printed rocket engine
ISRO Scientists made worlds lightest material Silica Aerogel
Microsoft Translator app adds image translation
Endangered asiatic wild dogs spotted in China nature reserve
NASAs Juno spacecraft to arrive at Jupiter on July 4
China successfully launched Kunpeng-1B Sounding Rocket
Indias very own GPS is ready with seventh navigation satellite launch
ISRO launches navigation satellite IRNSS-1G
Chinas first security robot AnBot unveiled at the ongoing China Chongqing Hi-Tech
Fair

Books & Authors

Emraan Hashmi's book The Kiss Of Life-How A Superhero & My Son Defeated Cancer
A State in Denial Pakistans Misguided and Dangerous Crusade authored by veteran
journalist BG Verghese was re-released during a discussion organised by the India
International Centre, New Delhi.
Scott Kelly to write memoir titled Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey to
Mars
The making of India: The untold story of British Enterprises authored by Kartar Lalvani

Obituaries
Zaha Hadid, the first woman to receive the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
gold medal, died on 31 March 2016 due to heart attack in Miami.
British entertainer Ronnie Corbett, best known for BBC comedy sketch show The Two
Ronnies, died.
Former Bombay Ranji player Ranjan Baindoor passes away
Merle Haggard, an American country music legend, dead at 79
Myneni Hari Prasad Rao, Architect of Madras Atomic Power Station, died
Veteran Journalist and Author Yogendra Bali passes away
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Former Union Minister C Silvera passes away

Woman biker Veenu Paliwal dies in road accident
Malian photographer Malick Sidibe dies aged 80
Punjab lokpal Justice J.S. Sekhon passes away
Finance Ministers PRO & Former Journalist D.Ravinder passes away
Salsa great Ismael Quintana dies at 78
Everybody Loves Raymond star Doris Roberts dies at 90
Bill Campbell, Legendary Silicon Valley Mentor, Dies at 75
Papa Wemba: Congo music star dies after collapsing on stage
Chyna, Former WWE womens champ, passes away
'James Bond' director Guy Hamilton passes away
Musician Prince Rogers Nelson dies aged 57
Comedian Victoria Wood dies aged 62
Police horse 'Shaktiman' dead
Tubby, dubbed as the world's 'greenest dog' after entering into the Guinness Book of
Records for sniffing out 26,000 plastic bottles for recycling, died in the UK
Kerala cartoonist V T Thomas passed away
China human rights campaigner Harry Wu dies
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Founder Amanullah Khan dead at 82
Thailand former Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa died

MOUs & Agreements

India and Sri Lanka have signed an MOU to supply 150 boats and fishing equipment to
the fishermen of Mullaitivu.
ISRO sign an MoU with the AAI to provide scientific parameters for construction of
airports
SIDBI signs MoU with LIC for Fund-of-Fund operations
MoU between India and Bangladesh on cooperation in the field of Fisheries
Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences inks MoU with Centres PSU
Sri Lanka to sign MoU with Japan, India for collaboration in Science & Technology
Indian School of Business, Singapore Management University ink MoU
India, Mauritius ink MoU to promote Traditional Medicine
MoU on Youth Exchange Programmes with Foreign countries
MoU between India and Bhutan on Technical Cooperation in the Field of Capacity
Building, Benchmarking and Bilateral Exchange in Infrastructure Engineering
Union Cabinet approved MoU between India and Papua New Guinea on cooperation in
health and medical science

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Awards & Honours

Jailed Egyptian Novelist Ahmed Naji to receive PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award
Vishwanathan Anand to be honoured with Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award
CSIR Features in the Thomson Reuters Top 50 Indian Innovator Companies
Mother Teresa conferred with Founder's Award
IIT- Kharagpur wins National IP Award
Khadija Ismayilova selected for 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom
Prize
Priyanka Chopra to be conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2016
Rajinikanth, Sania, Priyanka get Padma awards
Indian-South African judge Navaneetham Pillay bags top French honour
Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned Miss India 2016
Priyanka to get Phalke Film Foundation's Award
Leonardo named best actor at MTV Movie Awards
Delhi among top 50 future-ready cities of world
T N Ninan gets Mumbai Press Clubs lifetime achievement award
President Pranab Mukherjee presents Hindi Sevi Samman for 2012-14
Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams bag top honours at Laureus World Sports awards
Chinese professor Ge Fuping honoured with George Grierson prize for promoting Hindi
Indian diplomat Amitav Banerji honoured by Cyprus
Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston named 'World's Most Beautiful Woman'
Mahatmas granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee gets French honour
Google India awarded most attractive employer in India, in Randstad Award 2016
TCS in UKs Times Top 50 employers for women list
Anti Slavery Crusader Harriet Tubman to be first African-American on US Dollar
Radhika Apte wins best actress award at Tribeca Festival
Jeetendra, Ranveer win Dinanath Mangeshkar Award
Politician NK Singh gets Japans prestigious national Award
Actress Sonam Kapoor has become the first Bollywood celebrity to launch her own app
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Acquires EQUIS Accreditation
Mongolia conferred its highest civilian honour "North Star" on two Indian scholars,
Lokesh Chandra and Mansura Haider, for contribution to Mongolian studies
Swat activist Tabassum Adnan wins 2016 Nelson Mandela Award
Jagendra Singh gets press club award for bravery in Journalism
Pakistan radio journalist Misha Euceph selected for prestigious WHCA scholarship
Sudarsan Pattnaik bags gold medal at Sculpture Championship in Moscow

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Indian Institute of Technology Scholar K Ashok Kumar wins International Award on

Plant Nutrition
Hollywood Actor George Clooney awards new humanitarian prize to Burundi
Orphanage Founder
RedInk award for T N Ninan
Murray's Cromlix most luxurious Scottish hotel
Ram Rahim gets Dadasaheb Phalke Foundation award

Important days
April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day, Theme: Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion
and Neurodiversity
April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
April 5 - National Maritime Day
April 6: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
April 7 - World Health Day
April 12 - World Aviation & Cosmonauts Day
April 13 - Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day
April 14 - B.R.Ambedkar Remembrance Day
April 17 - World Haemophilia Day
April 18 - World Heritage Day
April 21 - World Creativity and Innovation Day, National Secrataries day, National Civil
Services Day
April 22 - World Earth Day
April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day, World English Language Day
April 25 - World Malaria Day, Italy Liberation Day
April 26 - World Intellectual Property Day
April 28 - International Workers Memorial Day, World day for Safety and Health at work
April 29 - World Dance Day
April 30 - International Jazz Day

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