Current Affairs One liner, 28 April 2017

• The Oscar-winning director of the movie The Silence of the Lambs who passed away recently is - Jonathan Demme

• The country that became the first in world to ban metals mining is - El Salvador

• The shorts film selected by UNESCO to screen as a part of the World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Indonesia is – Azaad

• The theme of the 2017 World Press Freedom Day that will be celebrated by the UNESCO in Jakarta, Indonesia is - Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies

• Uma Bharti has launched a new water conservation scheme for – Bundelkhand

• President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 52nd Jnanpith Award to this eminent Bengali poet- Sankha Ghosh

• The Indian cultural centre located in this country recently organised a seminar to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two nations - Egypt

• B S Sandhu was appointed as the new Director General of Police of this state- Haryana

• This country has become the first country to open an honorary consulate office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) – Belgium

• The person was conferred by the CII President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement by the President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 April 2017 - Rahul Bajaj

• Lawmakers of this country had approved package of security measures, partially ban burqa – Germany

• The first Indian city that has won Pierre L’enfant Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017 instituted by the American Planning Association is - Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha

• The Supreme Court has dismissed the Centre's curative petition seeking a recall of its verdict giving police the liberty to probe the role of armed forces in alleged encounter cases in areas where - AFSPA is in force

• The internet giant that acknowledged that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures - Facebook Inc.

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