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BHEL has made 800 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant in Karnataka.

• The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has made an 800 MW supercritical thermal power plant in Raichur District of Karnataka
• The power station is under the charge of Raichur Power Corporation Limited (RPCL), which is jointly a combination of the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL) and the BHEL.
• BHEL completes the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, and commissioning of this state-of-the-art supercritical project on turnkey basis.
• BHEL made supplies for all the critical equipment like the boiler, turbine, generators, electrical, key packages of the balance of plant.
• The major equipment for the project manufacture is done by BHEL at its Bengaluru, Trichy, Hyderabad, Jhansi, Thirumayam, Bhopal, Ranipet and Haridwar plants.

PM Narendra Modi has recently made an inauguration for India’s longest Chenani-Nashri tunnel.

• The inauguration of the India longest tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir was taken by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
• The tunnel is 9km long and is a great example of the government Make in India and Skill India initiative.
• This Tunnel is built at an elevation of 1200 meters on one of the most difficult Himalayan terrains.
• The tunnel is a part of a 286 km long g four lane of the Jammu and Srinagar National Highway.

Union Cabinet has made an approval in the signing of the new Air Services Agreement between India and Serbia.

• There are the latest signings of a new Air services agreement between India and Serbia.
• Serbia government can establish the direct operation to four metros in India like New Delhi and Mumbai and other two cities.

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Geetha Johri took charge as first woman head of Gujarat’s police force

• Indian Police Service Officer Geetha Johri takes the charge as the first women director general of police of Gujarat.
• The Home Minister of Gujarat has made an official announcement of it.
•  Johri the first women IPS of Gujarat cadre has become the first woman to head the Gujarat Police force.

Malala is the youngest person to address Canadian Parliament.

• The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau made an announcement that the youngest Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, will be addressing the country’s parliament.
• The young Pakistani activist Malala will also be receiving her honorary Canadian citizenship.
• Trudeau also said that he will be discussing girls empowerment through education with Yousafzai on the occasion.
• Malala won world praise with her campaign for female education and human rights advocacy.
• She is one among those six people to receive honorary Canadian citizenship.

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Union Cabinet makes an approval of the first Air services between India and Georgia.

• The Union Cabinet has made an approval for the signing of air services agreement between India and Georgia.
• The Union Cabinet has made an approval of the signing of air services agreement between India and Georgia.
• This agreement will help in establishing air connectivity between the two countries and also contribute to the expansion of trade.
• The cabinet meeting took place under prime minister Narendra Modi.

Raman Roy takes charge as the chairman of NASSCOM for 2017-2017 – Current Affairs April 2017

• The National Association of Software and Services Companies has made an announcement of Raman Roy as its new chairman.
• Roy is the Chairman and MD of Quattro.
• Raman is the member of NASSCOM’s Executive Council and was the vice-chairman in 2016-2017.

A ballistic missile that can hit any part of North Korea took test fire by South Korea.

• South Korea has successfully tested the home development missile.
• The missile is a range of around 800km which is long enough to hit any part of North Korea.
• The missile has a capacity to cover entire North Korea even it is fire from the southern part of South Korea.

Union Cabinet has made Five agreements with Bangladesh including Audio Visual Co-production.

• The Union Cabinet member Narendra Modi has made an approval of five agreements with Bangladesh including a part of the field of Judicial Sector.
• All these agreements have made a clear before the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India.
• The agreement is made on Audio Visual Co-production between India and Bangladesh.

International and More News – Current Affairs April 2017

After the completion of the ongoing West Indies series, Misbah-ul-Haq will announce international retirement.

• Pakistan Test Captain Misbah Ul Haq has made an announcement that he will retire from International Cricket after the ongoing West Indies Series.
• He said that he will be playing in domestic cricket.
• He is the captain of Pakistan ODI Cricket team until the retirement after the 2015 World Cup.
• Misbah has a record of scoring most runs without scoring a century in ODI Cricket.

As per Current Affairs April 2017 the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, PV Sindhu reaches best World No.2 ranking.

• PV Sindhu the Indian Rio Olympics Silver medalist has got the best career ranking of world no 2.
• Sindhu recently won the Indian open title after defeating her Olympic final rival Carolina Marin of Spain.
• She has gained these rank by performing good in the year 2016 and 2017.

Mukta Dutta Tomar takes the appointment as India’s Ambassador to Germany.

1. Tomar takes charge as India’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.
2. Mukta is 1984 batch Indian Foreign Service Officer.
3. She has also done as the Consul General of India in Chicago.

Astronomers say that they have Possibly made a discovery of twin Venus.

• Astronomers have made a discovery on a Venus like Planet which is 219 light years away.
• The discovery is made using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.
• The newly discovered planet is seen closing orbiting a dim low-temperature star.
• Planet which found is slightly larger than Earth.

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Anuja Ravindra Dhir of Indian origin is the first non-white judge at London Court

• Anuja Ravindra Dhir is the first non-white Judge of the Old Bailey Court in London.
• The Old Bailey Court in London is the Central Criminal Court that houses 15 Judges including 10 men and five Women.
• Dhir born in Dundee and made his study in Harris Academy.
• In 2010 she became a Queen Counsel.

Latest Current Affairs April 2017 is Malala Yousafzai the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace.

• United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has given Malala Yousafzai as UN Messenger of Peace.
• Nobel Laureate Malala the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace.
• She has got an honour with Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize in 2012.

Aditya Birla Nuvo is merging with Grasim Industries.

• The Shareholders of Grasim Industries Limited, Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited and Aditya Birla Financial Services has made an approval of merging with ABNL with Grasim.
• Grasim is the number 1 cement company in India with the largest selling brand.
• It is the third largest telecom operator in the country.

UN Cheif Guterres names Achim Steiner as their new administrator of UNDP.

• Achim Steiner is the new administrator by the UN Chief Antonio Guterres.
• Steiner is chosen for the position over several other candidates including the French Environmental Minister Segolene Royal.
• Before Joining the UNEP he is serving as the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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India and Russia have made a MoU for cooperation in Science and Technology.

1. The Union Cabinet has said that they have met an agreement of MoU between India and Russia for the cooperation in the field of science and Technology.
2. In this MoU, both sides will have an agreement on various manners like Exchanging information about conducted conferences, forums.
3. The MoU will remain valid for 5 years.

US drops Mother of All Bombs on ISIS Caves in Afghanistan.

1. The United States made a drop of its largest non-nuclear bomb ever in combat on an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan.
2. The bomb was dropped around 7 PM local time in Afghanistan.

Key Highlights

• MC-130 aircraft drops the bomb, which the bomb operation is held by the Air Force Special Operations Command.
• President Donald Trump praises the military for the bombing and calls it a successful mission.

Current Affairs April 2017 – Mukulita Vijayawargiya takes charge as Full Time Member of IBBI.

1. Mukulita Vijayawargiya took charge as full Time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in New Delhi.
2. She will look after Administrative Law Wing of IBBI, Information Technology, Limited Insolvency Examination, National Insolvency Examination, Finance and Accounts and Communication.

Important Highlights:

• Vijayawargiya has an experience of 35 years in various fields of law.
• She has a touch with the drafting of more than 100 legislative proposals in the legislative department.
• She has served as a member of Indian Legal Service.

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Al-Kausar the Indian ship which was a hijack was released

1. The Indian Ship Al Kausar which is on a hijack by the pirates has got a release.
2. Pirates made hijack of the ship in Socotra Island.

Current Affairs April 2017 is that Robert Taylor the famous person in the field of Internet and Networking has taken his last breath.

1. Robert Taylor the Modern Computing and Internet pioneer passes away on 13th April 2017.
2. He was 85 years old.
3. He has done a major role in the creation of the internet and modern computer.

About Robert Taylor :

• He made a help in the development of modern computer mouse
• when he was the project manager at NASA in 1961.
• In the creation of ARPANET in 1966, he plays a crucial role.
• He has a present for a prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 1999.

Emma Morano the oldest person who is at the age of 117 passes away.

1. Oldest person of world Emma Martina Luigia Morano passes away on 15th April 2017.
2. She has a Guinness World Records titles for Oldest living person and Oldest living woman. She was 117 years old.
3. Her childhood was in Vercelli and then has to move to Maggiore, Italy.
4. She lived through the World War I and World War II.
5. In 2011 she got an honour with Order of Merit Award by the Italian state.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar launches the RUSA web portal and Mobile App.

1. Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) web portal and mobile app took a launch by Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar.
2. Minister also launches the 17 facilities under this scheme in 14 states which include a Cluster University in J&K, Micro ATM facilities, New Professional Colleges and Equity Initiatives.

Current Affairs April 2017

Sagar Baheti India’s first visually impaired runner to complete Boston Marathon.

1. India’s Sagar Baheti becomes the first Visually Impaired Indian runner to complete the historic Boston Marathon.
2. Sagar completes the 42.16 kilometres distance in just over four hours.
3. In 2013 he has been diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease a type of macular degeneration that eventually leads to blindness.

UP Government renames the Gorakhpur and Agra Airports.

1. The UP Government in their third meeting cabinet has made changes in Agra and Gorakhpur Airports.
2. During the meeting the cabinet also made an approve of the decision to open 20 new agricultural centres.
3. The Agra Airport takes the rename after RSS Ideologue Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport.

TAL Manufacturing unveils the BRABO which is first made in India Industrial robot – Current Affairs April 2017

1. TAL Manufacturing Solutions unveils BRABO which is India’s first conceptual designed and manufactured articulated industrial robot
2. BRABO stands for “Bravo Robot” developed indigenously for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in India.
3. TAL Manufacturing Solutions is own by the subsidiary of Tata Motors.

Highlights of BRABO

• The manufacturer and the design of the robot took place at the TAL’s Pune factory.
• It also made a development to repeatedly perform high volume, dangerous and time-consuming tasks ranging from the handling of raw materials to package finish products.

India and South Korea are linked MoU for defence shipbuilding.

• India and South Korea inked MoU to enhance cooperation in the field of defence shipbuilding.
• Ashok Kumar Gupta, Secretary Defence Production from Indian side and Chang Myong Jin from South Korea side were present at the occasion.
• This will also enhance the strategic partnership between two countries.

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At Jakarta India and Indonesia first energy forum has taken place.

• First ever India and Indonesia Energy Forum has taken place in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Union Minister Piyush Goyal was present at the occasion from Indian side while from Indonesia side Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan is present in the event.
• This meeting took place with an aim to discuss policy framework and investment opportunities in India and Indonesia.

As per Current Affairs April 2017, P C Chandra Puraskaar 2017 is an honour given for Kailash Satyarthi.

• Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi will have a presentation with P C Chandra Puraskar for his efforts against child slavery and exploitative child labour.
• With a trophy, he got a citation and cash amount of 10 lakh at a ceremony which took place in Kolkata.
• Kailash Satyarthi is a founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, which works for rights of children from 144 countries.
• He is presented with a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.

Prince Khaled the Saudi Arabia King’s son takes the charge as US Envoy.

• Saudi Arabia’s King Salman made an announcement of stating the appointment of his son Prince Khaled bin Salman bin Abdulaziz as the Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States (US).
• Prince Khaled is a former F-15 pilot and he also took part strikes in 2014 in the US led coalition.

Sulkhan Singha takes charge as new DGP of Uttar Pradesh.

•  IPS officer Sulkhan Singh takes the appointment as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh.
• He is 1980 batch IPS Officer and is currently serving in the Training Department of UP police.
• He came over Javeed Ahmed for this top post as Javeed Ahmed has a transfer to the Director General of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Army Constabulary.

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NASA from New Zealand launches the NASA Super Pressure Balloon.

• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launches its football stadium size and heavy lift Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) from Wanaka, New Zealand.
• The balloon will float for 100 or more days at 110000 feet across the globe in the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitude band.
• It will observe a broad swath of the Earth’s atmosphere to detect the UV fluorescence from the deep space cosmic rays coming in from above the sky.
• This Balloon is made together by NASA and Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility teams.

On 26th April 2017, China’s first home built aircraft carrier hit the water.

• China launches its first domestically built aircraft carrier transferring the ship from a dry dock into open water in Dalian, a port city in China’s Liaoning Province.
• The launch ceremony was held at 9 am in the morning, three days after the 68th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
• Aircraft is larger than the Liaoning.
• It is 315 m long and 75 m wide and it has a cruising speed of about 31 knots and a displacement of 70,000 tonnes.
• It has enough space on the deck for helicopters and other aircraft.

To improve India’s communication system ISRO is launching 5 satellites.

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch five communication satellites by 2017 end.
• The confirmation has come from the organisation’s chairman, A S Kiran Kumar.
• Kumar said that the main objective behind the launch is to improve the communication system within the country.
• The specific use of the satellites would be made to improve the number of available transponders for communications.
• This move will significantly enhance India’s communication capability.

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(April 2017 Current Affairs – Current Affairs of Apr 1st to 30th)