16 April – Current Affairs
- Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli became the fifth batsman to hit 150 sixes in the Indian Premier League.
1st :- Chris Gayle(RCB)
2nd :- Rohit Sharma (MI)
3rd :- Suresh Raina (Gujarat Lions)
4th :- Ab De Villiers(RCB)
- National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Development Commissioner (Handlooms) under Ministry of Textiles signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi. The objective of signing this MoU is to help Scheduled Caste weavers and their families.
- Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE, Noida) has inked a pact with University of New South Wales(Sydney Australia)for building an advanced transportation technology and systems.
- Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani won his seventh Asian title by defeating Sourav Kothari in the final of the Asian Billiards Championship.
– Given by Asian Confedration of Billiard Sports
– Venue :- Doha Qatar
- Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Girish Chandra Saxena died. He was 90.
- UAE batsman Shaiman Anwar has become the first player from the country to score a century in T20Is.
– Birth Place:- Sialkot, Punjab (Pakistan)
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the new BHIM-Aadhaar platform for merchants in Nagpur.
– a merchant interface linking the unique identification number to the Bharat Interface for Money mobile application—at Nagpur on the 126th birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
– To avail this service, a customer has to first link his bank account to his Aadhaar number. To make a payment, all he has to do is select the bank’s name and enter the Aadhaar number. His fingerprint will serve as the password to authenticate the transaction.
- Mumbai Indians’ all-rounder Kieron Pollard became the fifth batsman to score 7,000-plus T20 runs(Without Century).
– On the Top :- Chris Gayle with 9997 Runs
- Indian-origin aeronautics engineer Arvind Sinha from Australia has been honoured with the World’s Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Leadership Award by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International.
- The Congress launched ‘Quest for Equity’ website on the occasion of Dr B.R. Ambedkar on his 126th birth anniversary.
– that hosts Babasaheb’s work and provides a platform for data, research and legislation on issues related to SC/STs.