12 April – Current Affairs
- Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as the new judge of the US Supreme Court.
- Sunita Sharma and B Venugopal were appointed as Managing Directors in Life Insurance Corporation of India.
– LIC HQ :- Mumbai
– Chairman :- V.K. Sharma
- Global e-commerce company eBay and Flipkart, have agreed to jointly pursue opportunities in the Indian market. Under this agreement, eBay will make a USD 500 million cash investment and sell its eBay.in business to Flipkart in exchange for an equity stake in Flipkart.
– Flipkart HQ :- Bengaluru CEO :- Kalyan Krishnamurthy
– eBay HQ :- USA CEO :- Devin Wenig
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull inaugurated TERI-Deakin Nano biotechnology research centre in Gurugram.
– The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of India and Deakin University in Australia
- A new web portal ‘nakshe’ was launched by the Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi, on the occasion of 250th anniversary of Survey of India (SoI).
– The Survey of India is India’s central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying.
– SoI Established in 1776 By East India Company
– HQ :- Dehradun
- Runaya Metsource(Vedanta Group) has signed an agreement with Russian Aluminium firm “UC Rusal” for a 50:50 joint venture in India.
– The JV(Joint Venture) is first of its kind startup with a focus on high-end manufacturing and will produce high technology aluminium paste and powders in India,
– Vedanta Group CEO :- Naivedya Agrwal
- According to the Randstad Salary Trends Study 2017, Bengaluru has been ranked the top-paying city for professionals in India.
– 2nd :- Mumbai – 3rd :- Hyderabad – 4th :- Delhi
- Reliance Power signed project agreements with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for Phase I of the 750 MW liquefied natural gas power project at Meghnaghat, near Dhaka.
– Reliance also Colleborate with Petrobangla to establish 500 LNG terminal in Bangladesh
- Colson Whitehead’s famous novel ‘The Underground Railroad’ has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
– Time :- 16 Years to write
– Drama :- “Sweat” written by Lynn Nottage
– Associated With Country USA
– Presented By :- Columbia University
- The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named Intel as its Innovation Partner (Technological Enhancement) for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2017, beginning from June 1.
– ICC HQ :- Dubai , UAE
– Chairman :- Shashank Manohar
– CEO :- Dave Richardson