Current Affairs April, 2017

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of the Collaborative Agreement with French National Research Agency (ANR), France.

India was ranked third for the third year in a row in a doping violation report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for 2015.

Japan has officially recognized bitcoin and digital currencies as legal money along the lines of other fiat currencies with effect from April 1, 2017.

The board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cleared a proposal to introduce banknotes of Rs200 denomination.

• No of beneficiaries under Ujjwala Yojana crosses 2 crore mark: Government
• Pune director’s film ‘Avyakta’ makes it to Cannes
• Geetha Johri takes over as first woman head of Gujarat’s police force

Aliza Knox, Twitter̢۪s head of Asia-Pacific business announced her retirement from the company.

The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau announced on 3 April 2017 that the youngest Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, will be addressing the country̢۪s parliament on 12 April 2017.

Indian Police Service officer Geetha Johri was appointed as the first woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Gujarat. She will be taking over this position in addition to her present post as Managing Director of Gujarat Police Housing Corporation.

26-year-old Omkar Modgi̢۪s maiden short film Avyakta (Unexpressed) has been shortlisted for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee of the FIFA banned Brayan Jimenez, the former President of the Guatemalan Football Association (FENAFUTG) for life.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the Union Defence Ministry has approved proposal to procure fresh batch of Barak surface-to-air missiles (SAM) for the Indian Navy̢۪s warships from Israel.

The number of beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for providing free of cost LPG (cooking gas) connections to BPL households has crossed 2 crore mark since its launch in May 2016.