April 16,2019
Shankar School of Banking
April 22 , 2019
266
NATIONAL NEWS
India successfully Test Fires Sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay
• India has successfully test-fired first indigenously designed and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ from a test range in Odisha. The all-weather missile, with 1,000-kilometre strike range, can be launched from multiple
platforms.
Supreme Court bans mining along Kaziranga National park
• The supreme court has been banned all mining activities along the Kaziranga National park and catchment area of rivers originating in Karbi Anglong Hills in Assam.
Airtel & FICCI ladies organisation launched ‘My circle’ Women’s safety App
• Airtel and FICCI ladies organisation have collaborated to launch a new women’s safety app ‘My circle’. The new app is aimed at enabling and empowering women in any distressing situation as it can be used to send SOS alerts.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
UAE to host world’s First Artifical Intelligence Summit
• UAE will host the world’s first Artifical Intelligence (AI) summit to empower global dialogue on the future of government, business and society. The ‘AI everything’, will take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 30 April -1 May.
AWARD
Teena Thacker Wins Citi Journalistic Excellence Award
• Mint’s deputy editor Teena Thacker has been selected by Columbia University’s Graduate school of Journalism as the winner of the 2019 Citi Journalistic Excellence Awards for her story on Johnson and Johnson (j&j’s) faulty hip implants in India.
APPOINTMENTS
redBus Appoints Mahendra Singh Dhoni as Brand Ambassador
• Bus ticketing platform redBus appointed cricketer Mahindra Singh Dhoni as its brand Ambassador.
BK Nayak appointed FIH Health and Safety committee chair
• Bibhu Nayak from Odisha became the first Indian to be appointed chair of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Health and Safety Committee by the world Governing body.
• Belgium won the Hockey World cup 2018 that was held in India.
Mohammed Ishtayeh Appointed as the Prime Minister of Palestine