Yak 24Th April 2017 Of Import Daily Electrical Flow Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 24th Apr 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (24th April) is World Day For Animals In Laboratories (also known every bit World Lab Animal Day).
• This twenty-four hours was established inward 1979 by the British National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS).
• The engagement 24th Apr was chosen to break this day, every bit it marked the birthday of one-time NAVS president Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding.
• Theme of the Year 2017 : Vivisectors too Animals
  
• Today is Pinhole Photography day.
• India has move the world's fifth-largest armed services spender, witnessing a increase of some 8.5% inward expenditure inward 2016. According to the figures released past times the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, India's defense forcefulness expenditure stood at ₹3.6 lakh crore inward 2016. 
• Top 5 Largest Military Spenders inward the World :
• US 
• China
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• India
• Saudi Arabia has been appointed to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, an way which promotes sex equality too women empowerment. 
• Note : Recently, Saudi was also elected past times hole-and-corner ballot to the UN's Economic too Social Council (ECOSOC).
• Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued a majestic decree today restoring fiscal allowances for civil servants too armed services personnel. 
• Saudi had cutting ministers' salaries past times 20% too scaled dorsum fiscal perks for populace sector employees concluding twelvemonth to relieve coin at a fourth dimension of depression crude prices. 
• Afghanistan's Defence Minister Abdullah Habibi and Army Chief of Staff Qadam Shah Shahim have resigned from their positions subsequently over 140 soldiers were killed concluding calendar week inward the deadliest e'er assault past times Taliban on a armed services base. 

National Current Affairs

• Today (24th April) is National Panchayati Raj Day.
• This engagement marks a defining minute inward the history of decentralization of political ability to the grassroots level.
• Note : The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 that came into forcefulness amongst outcome from 24th April, 1993 has institutionalized Panchayati Raj through the village, Intermediate too District grade Panchayats.
• Bihar Legislative Assembly too Legislative Council today unanimously adopted the Bihar Goods too Service Tax (GST) Bill, 2017 along amongst Bihar Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2017. 
• Important Note : With the passage of the bills, Bihar has move the second state, subsequently Telangana, to ratify the legal framework for the rollout of the GST inward the state.
• Union Minister for Commerce too Industry Nirmala Sitharaman too MoS for Communications Manoj Sinha released coffee scented stamp stamps at the General Post Office inward Bengaluru. 
• The stamps, which are existence printed at the Bharat Security Press, volition live on priced at ₹100. 
• Important Note : Bharat introduced its commencement aromatic stamp, a ₹15 sandalwood scented stamp, inward 2006.
• The Indian Railways volition launch a double-decker educate in July for overnight journeys on high-demand routes including Delhi-Lucknow,.
• The Utkrisht Double-Decker air-conditioning Yatri (Uday) Express will characteristic nutrient too gulp vending machines, LCD screens, Wi-Fi speaker systems too 120 seats inward each of its coaches. 

Science & Technology

• Astronaut Peggy Whitson today broke the record for most cumulative days spent inward infinite by an American astronaut, surpassing Jeff Williams' tape of 534 days, NASA announced. 

Books & Authors

• Chetan Bhagat's novel 'Five Point Someone' has been included inward the novel syllabus for the academic session starting July inward Delhi University. 
• The 'Popular Fiction' newspaper volition live on offered to second-year undergraduate students every bit an elective. 
• Note : JK Rowling's 'Harry Potter too the Philosopher's Stone' too Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' volition also live on included inward the syllabus.

New Appointments

• Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's boy Prince Khaled bin Salman  has been appointed every bit the country's ambassador to the US. 

Awards & Honors

• Filmmaker-actor K Viswanath (87) volition live on conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2016.
• The award, which recognises outstanding contribution to the increase too evolution of Indian cinema, includes a Swarn Kamal too ₹10 lakh cash prize. 
• The five-time National Film Awards winner is known for films similar Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Swathimutyam.

Sports Current Affairs

• Younis Khan became the commencement Pakistani batsman too the 13th overall to score 10,000 Test runs subsequently reaching the landmark inward the commencement Test against the West Indies today.
• Malikaa Marathe, a 13-year-old national lawn tennis champion who nigh lost sight inward her correct optic when she was four, has move India's top-ranked instrumentalist in the All Bharat Tennis Association's (AITA) Under-14 category. 
• Marathe wore an optic spell on her skilful optic for 4 years too thence every bit to forcefulness the defected optic to start surgery again.

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