Current Affairs April 4

April 4 -Current Affairs

1. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed sworn in as 33^rd Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

 – Appointed by President Pranab Mukherjee

2. Viktor Axelsen of Denmark defeated Chinese Taipei’s Tien Chen Chou to win the India Open Super Series badminton tournament men’s singles title.

3. Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu defeated reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin (Spain) to win her maiden India Open Super Series title.

– India Open Super Series started in 2007

– frequency:- Annually

– venue :- new Delhi

4. 4.Johanna Konta (Britain) defeated Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) to win the Miami Open (33^rd Edition) -the biggest title won by a British woman in 40 years.

5. Senior tennis player Leander Paes, along with his Canadian partner Adil Shamasdin, won the men’s doubles title of Leon Challenger Tennis Tournament.

– Venue :-  Mexico

6. India and Malaysia signed seven agreements, including in the areas of civil aviation and human resources development.

– Signed by Sushma Swaraj (External Affairs Minister) and Liow Tiong Lai (Transport Minister of Malaysia)

– Agreement Signed In the fields of Civil Aviation , HRD , Development of Urea & Ammonia Plants in Malaysia , Sports ,   Capacity Building Programme ,  Development in the field of Palm Oil , 4G tech Park in Andhra Pradesh

7. Noted Marathi author and filmmaker Ajey Jhankar passed away. He was 57.

– Sarkarnama (Famous Novel)

– He belongs to Pune

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8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s longest Chenani-Nashri Tunnel that links Kashmir Valley with Jammu by an all-weather route and reduces the distance by 31 kms. This tunnel is 9.2 km long.

– Cost :- Rs. 2500 crore

– CM :- Mehbooba Mufti

9. Mizoram became the 27th state to join UDAY scheme.

– UDAY :- Ujjwal Discom (Distribution Companies) Assurance Yojna

– Total Benefit  :- 198 Crore

– Power Deduction via LED Distribution

10. Roger Federer (Swiss) defeated Rafael Nadal (Spain) to clinch his third Miami Open title.

– Edition :- 33^rd

– Earlier Australian open 2017 won by Roger Federre by defeating Rafael Nadal