Yak 27Th April 2017 Of Import Daily Electrical Flow Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 27th Apr 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (27th April) is International Guide Dogs Day. 
• India slipped 3 places to last placed 136th among 180 countries inwards the 2017 the world press liberty rankings. 
• India was simply 3 places higher upward Islamic Republic of Pakistan as well as a rank below Palestine.
• Top 10 Countries inwards the List : 
• Norway
• Sweden
  
• Finland
• Denmark
• Netherlands
• Costa Rica
• Switzerland
• Jamaica
• Balgium
• Iceland

MOUs & Agreements

• India and Sri Lanka today signed an MoU on economic cooperation in the presence of PM Narendra Modi as well as his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe. 
• The MoU proposes Indian investment inwards a port, fossil oil tank farm, highway as well as railway projects inwards Sri Lanka.

National Current Affairs

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) system for regional flying connectivity past times flagging off the initiative flying from Shimla to Delhi. 
• Under UDAN, regime volition connect modest towns past times air with 50% airplane seats' fare capped at ₹2,500 for a one-hour journeying of 500 kilometres. 
• UDAN volition connect over 45 unserved as well as under-served airports.
• The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad has decided to initiate a 'Ghar Wapsi' (Home Coming) drive for de-radicalisation of misguided youth of the state.

New Appointments

• The Centre today appointed RK Pachnanda as the new Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) strength chief. 
• He is a 1983 batch Indian Police Service officeholder of West Bengal cadre as well as had before served equally the Director General of National Disaster Response Force. 
• The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) today appointed Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar as its new chief.
• Note : The CRPF had been functioning without a full-time master copy for closed to 2 months. 
• Nita Ambani has been made a member of International Olympic Committee's Olympic Channel Commission, which handles IOC's digital platform. 
• Besides the Olympic Channel, she has likewise been made a fellow member of IOC's Olympic Education Commission. 
• Note : In August concluding year, Nita became IOC's offset Indian adult woman fellow member afterwards beingness elected at the 129th IOC Session inwards Rio de Janeiro.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) volition presently position into circulation novel ₹5 coins to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Allahabad High Court as well as New ₹10 coins to commemorate the 125th twelvemonth of National Archives of India. 
• The RBI said the existing coins inwards this denomination shall likewise locomote out on to last legal tender.
• Digital payments startup Paytm has partnered with metallic refinery MMTC-PAMP to launch a 'Digital Gold' characteristic to permit users to purchase as well as sell gilt digitally.
• Paytm claims users volition last able to purchase 24K 999.9 Gold starting from ₹1. 
• The gilt tin last abode delivered inwards the shape of minted coins or last stored inwards MMTC-PAMP's vaults.
• The Centre has sanctioned structure of over i lakh to a greater extent than houses for the urban misfortunate with an investment of ₹4,200 crore nether the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).  
• Note : With this, the Centre has forthwith approved structure of over 18.75 lakh houses for Economically Weaker Sections inwards 2,151 cities as well as towns across the province since June 2015.

Sports Current Affairs

• FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed that Video Assistant Referees (VAR) volition last used at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. 
• The technology volition last used alone for decisions involving goals, penalisation kicks, cherry-red cards as well as false identity. Video assistance was introduced for the offset fourth dimension inwards a FIFA contest at the Club World Cup inwards Nippon concluding December.
• Hyderabad-born wicketkeeper-batsman Ibrahim Khaleel has been included inwards the USA team for the ICC Division Three World Cricket League tournament which volition last held inwards Republic of Uganda inwards May.
• Sujal Kahar, a 12-year-old football game enthusiast as well as goalkeeper from Mumbai, has been shortlisted to stand upward for Republic of Republic of India at the global Football For Friendship (F4F) social programme. 
• It volition last held inwards Russia's St Petersburg inwards July. 
• Note : Republic of Republic of India volition bring together the F4F programme for the offset fourth dimension as well as volition participate with over threescore other countries.

Deaths

• Veteran histrion Vinod Khanna (70), who was reportedly suffering from cancer, passed away today.
• Khanna was likewise the sitting Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur for the Bharatiya Janata Party. 
• The actor, who appeared inwards films including 'Amar Akbar Anthony' as well as 'The Burning Train', is likewise a recipient of the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Hollywood manager Jonathan Demme (73), best known for directing the 1991 Oscar-winning celluloid 'The Silence of the Lambs', passed away today. 
• Other films directed past times him include 'Swing Shift' (1984), 'Something Wild' (1986) as well as 'Married to the Mob' (1988).

Careers

• The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today declared the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2017 on its official website. 
• Rajasthan's Kalpit Veerwal emerged equally the topper, scoring 360 out of 360 marks inwards the examination.

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