CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 3rd April )

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NATIONAL NEWS

4th Session of Indian-Ukarine working group on trade and Economic cooperation held in New Delhi.

  • Both countries should share the mandatory requirement to be fulfilled at the time of exporting or importing of any products to promote trade. 

WhatsApp launched India-focused fact-checking feature 

  • To combat fake news and rumours, enabling Users to check authority feature to combat fake news and rumours, enabling users to check authenticity of information received on platform by reporting forward to WhatsApp number 91-9643-000-888.

Central Govt. has set up a tribunal, headed by justice Chander shekhar of Delhi HC

  • To adjudicate if there exists sufficient cause to ban Jamaat-e-islamic Jammu and Kashmir(JeI) and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-yasin Malik faction.

ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL AWARENESS

GDP Growth Forecasts

  •  Asian Development Bank downgraded economic growth forecasts for Indian and Southeast Asia for 2019 as global risks from trade tensions to Brexit mount.GDP in India will Increase 7.2 percent, down from December forecast of 7.6 percent. Southeast Asia’s growth estimate was lowered to 4.9%.

RBI WAYS AND MEANS

  • RBI has set limits for ways and means Advances (WMA) for the half of FY 2019-20(APRIL 2019-SEP 2019) at 75000 crores.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

US based Health Effects Institute (HEI) and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) released report state of Global Air-2019.

  • India specific detail: Major PM 2.5 sources in India include household burning of solid fuels; dust from construction, roads, and other activities; industrial and power plant burning of coal; brick production; and transportation; and diesel-powered equipment.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2019 Global report on food crises report. 

  • Nearly two thirds of those of those facing acute hunger are in just 8 countries- Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, south Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.

APPOINTMENTS

  • Sana Dua appointed as brand ambassador for Lok sabha elections.
  • She appointed as brand ambassador for Lok sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. She was the first runner-up of Femina Miss India 2017 contest.

PERSON RESIGNED

  • Rajan Anandan- Vice President for GOOGLE India and south East Asia.
  • Abdelaziz Bouteflika – Algeria’s President. He will step down after over 20 years.

SPORTS

  • Indian squash player saurav Ghosh become the first Indian to move in top 10 squash world ranking.


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