Current Affairs April 15

15 April – Current Affairs

1. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French civil aviation authority DGAC (Directorate General For Civil Aviation, Paris) further technical cooperation between the two countries.

– France Currency :- Franc      – France President :- Francois Hollande      – PM :- Bernard Cazeneuve

2. Actress Alia Bhatt has been featured in Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list. She is the only Bollywood actress who has made it to this year’s list.

– This List Contains 20 Categories

– It is started in 2011

– This year 600 personalities are included in this list

–  Forbe’s Founder :- B.C. Forbes

– HQ :- Newyork (USA)

– CEO :- Michael Perlis

3. Former Bihar minister Narsingh Baitha died. He was 100.

– He was minister in Congress Government

4. Nepal and China started the joint military exercise ‘Sagarmatha Friendship-2017’. This is the first-ever joint military exercise between both the nations.

– Nepal Capital :- Kathmandu   – Currency :- Rupee    – PM :- Pushpa Kamal Dahal   – President :- Bidhya Devi Bhandari

– China Capital :- Beijing    – Currency :- Renminbi , Yuan       President :- Xi Jinping      – PM :- Li Keqiang

5. Malayalam actor Munshi Venu passed away. He was 63.

–  Famous Films :-  Pachakuthira (2006), Salt n pepper (2011) , Kanyaka Talkies(2013)

6. Jharkhand Police has initiated “Tare Zameen Par” programme to enlighten children in Naxal-affected areas in the Palamau district of Jharkhand.

– Jharkhand Capital :- Ranchi     CM:- Raghubar Dass         Governor :- Draupadi Murmu

7. Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that nearly four crore subscribers of the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) will get 8.65% interest on their provident fund deposits for 2016-17.

– EPFO Head :- V.P. Roy

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 3,300 MW Koradi thermal power plant (Nagpur) to the nation on the occasion of 126^th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

9. A film ‘Afternoon Clouds’ directed by Payal Kapadia, a third-year student of the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) has been selected for Cinefondation of upcoming Cannes Film Festival (France) scheduled Between May 17 and May 28( 70^th Edition).

– Gilles Jacob, president of Cinefondation has confirmed the selection and has invited Kapadia for presentation of her film at Cannes,