Yak 21St April 2017 Of Import Daily Electrical Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 21st Apr 2017

International Current Affairs

• India has won elections to 2 subsidiary bodies of a United Nations organ focussed on social as well as economical issues. 
• India, along amongst 12 other members, was elected to the Committee for Programme as well as Coordination (CPC), a subsidiary trunk of the United Nations Economic as well as Social Council (ECOSOC). 
• India, along amongst xix other nations, was too elected past times acclamation to the International Narcotics Control Board for a four-year term offset Jan side past times side year.
• Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made sweeping changes to Citizenship laws unveiling tighter requirements for novel applicants.
• This statement follows the recent scrapping of the 457 visa computer programme for unusual workers, which was used majorly past times the Indians. 
• Iran's old two-term president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been disqualified from re-running inwards Iran's presidential elections inwards May.
• The listing has approved vi politicians to run, including the incumbent, Hassan Rouhani as well as excluded over 1,600 other nominees who had applied to run for president, including all 137 woman someone candidates.
• Saudi Arabia's Labour Ministry issued an club to restrict occupation inwards shopping malls solely to Saudi nationals. 
• Note : Currently, Saudi's retail sector employs fifteen lakh workers, of whom solely three lakh are Saudis. 
  

National Current Affairs

• Today (21st Apr 2017) is Civil Service Day. 
• It is observed past times all Civil Services.  
• Purpose of this twenty-four hours : To rededicate as well as recommit themselves to the crusade of the people.
• The twenty-four hours provides an unique chance for introspection equally too for working out futurity strategies to bargain amongst the challenges beingness posed past times the always changing times.
• All polling booths for the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections have been declared tobacco-free by the Delhi State Election Commission, inwards a initiative of all inwards the country. 
• The Supreme Court has observed that it cannot transcend orders to convey dorsum the Kohinoor diamond from the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland as it is a holding exterior the country. 
• The apex courtroom too said it cannot restrain the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland from auctioning the holding which is there. 
• The Supreme Court inwards its latest ruling has laid upwards 25% of the internet salary as the maintenance to endure paid past times a married adult man to his estranged wife. 
• The Court has observed that the alimony paid to a adult woman must endure “just as well as proper” as well as must endure sufficient plenty to ensure that a adult woman lived amongst dignity afterwards separating from her husband.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• American fiscal services company Mastercard has created a credit bill of fare amongst a built-in fingerprint scanner, allowing its users to brand payments past times scanning their fingerprint instead of providing a PIN or a signature. 
• The bill of fare is no thicker than a normal credit card. 
• It plant amongst all existing chip-and-PIN readers as well as is currently beingness trialled inwards South Africa.
• The authorities is considering a plan for the dwelling identify delivery of stone oil products to consumers if they brand a pre-booking, Petroleum Ministry announced today. 
• Union Petroleum Minister : Dharmendra Pradhan

Science & Technology

• China successfully launched its first unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft today. 
• The launch provides an "important technological basis" for developing a permanently manned Chinese infinite station past times 2022.

Awards & Honors

• PM Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma are the solely Indians named inwards TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People listing for 2017. 
• Modi achieved this feat for the 3rd fourth dimension inwards the final iv years, having featured on the listing inwards 2014 as well as 2015. 
• Sharma was featured inwards this year's 'Titans' listing which includes Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Sports Current Affairs

• Cricket is amidst the 62 sports excluded from the 2018 Asian Games to endure held inwards Jakarta, Indonesia. 
• The Olympic Council of Asia said it was reducing the number of events from 493 to 431 to lessen the burden on organisers. 
• Note : Skateboarding as well as surfing are amidst other eliminated sports, patch at that topographic point would endure lesser events inwards others.
• Barcelona's Brazilian forrard Neymar Jr and US' four-time Olympic golden medallist Simone Biles choose been named inwards TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2017.
• The listing too features American football game business office instrumentalist Colin Kaepernick, widely known for protesting the States national anthem during NFL games.

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Note : Current Affairs of 22nd, 23rd as well as 24th volition endure available soon. 

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