5 April – Current Affairs
- Ravindra Jadeja has been voted as the best player of India’s home season in a poll conducted by ESPNCricinfo.
– Best Bowler Nathan Lyon (Australia)
– Best Supposting Act :- Umesh Yadav (India)
– Best Debutant :- Haseeb Hameed (England)
– Best Visiting player :- Steven Smith (Australia)
- Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari released a book ‘The Great Deceit at Dawn’ by social activist Anushree Mukherjee (social activist) based on the ups and downs in Indian politics after independence.
- B P Kanungo took over as the 4th Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for 3 years.
– Other 3 Deputy Governors :- S.S. Mundra , N.S. Vishwanathan , Viral V Acharya
– Governor :- Urjit Patel
- A two-week long multi-national military exercise ‘Shanti Prayas III’ of the armies from 28 countries, including India and the US, concluded in Nepal.
– Duration :- 14 days
– Chief Guest :- Balkrishna khand (Defence Minister of Nepal)
– Nepal Capital :- Kathmandu
– Currency :- Rupee
– Presidentt :- Bidya Devi Bhandari
– PM :- Pushpa Kamal Dahal
- HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), an ambitious project of HRD. This ranking has been released in five categories, covering the overall ranking, college, university, management and engineering category. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru has topped in the ‘overall’ and ‘University’ categories.
– Overall Ranking :- IISC Bengaluru
– College :- Miranda House
– University :- IISC Bengaluru
– Management Institute :- IIM Ahmedabad
– Engineering :- IIT Madras
6. Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar passed away. She was 84.
– Belongs To Jaipur Gharana but born in Mumbai
- Long-serving national squash coach Cyrus Poncha has been chosen to receive the 2016 Asian Squash Federation ‘Coach of the Year’ award.
– ASF HQ :- Kuala Lampur
– President :- David Y.Y. Mui
8. Microsoft India rolled out ‘Teach Your Children’ program under Microsoft Aspire School Program Suite for advancing its efforts to digitally transform education in the country.
– Already 40 Schools Joined it
– HQ :- Washington DC
– CEO :Satya Nadela
– Founder :- Bill Gates And Paul Allen
- Indian and Malaysian firms signed 31 pacts envisaging investments of about USD 36 billion in sectors including construction, pharma and education.
– Capital of Malaysia :- kuala lumpur
– PM :- Najib Razak
– Currency :- Ringgit
- Canada’s prime minister has announced that Nobel laureate (Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2014) Malala Yousafzai will address the country’s Parliament. Here, she will be awarded with the honorary citizenship of Canada.