17 April – Current Affairs
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation-stone for the Rs 100 crore Dr B R Ambedkar Smriti Vanam (memorial park) at Inavolu village, marking the 126th birth anniversary of the architect of Indian Constitution.
– A Buddhist Dhyana Kendram (Meditation Hall),Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Library and Open Air Theatre are some of the other features of the Smriti Vanam - Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kiran Multi Super Speciality Hospital and Research Center in Surat.
– Kiran Multi Super Speciality Hospital and Research Centre is built by a private trust “Samast Patidar Aarogya Trust”. - Robert Taylor(Australia), a pioneer of Modern Computing and the Internet, died. He was 85.
4. The Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, is going to launch its own portal and mobile app by Union HRD Minister Shri. Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi.
– The portal will act as one-stop for States’ Higher Education Plans, decision of the States’ Higher Education Councils and details of the resources under this scheme.
- Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu laid the foundation stone and dedicated various Railway Initiatives to the nation at Rail Sadan, Bhubaneswar through video conferencing.
– He flagged-off ‘Vistadome Coach’ in Vishakhapatnam It is India’s First Train with Glass Ceiling, LED Lights and Rotatable Seats.
– Cost :- 3.38 crore
– Seating Capacity:- 40 persons
– Route :- Visakhaptnam to Araku,
– he laid Foundation stone for Mechanized Laundry under BOOT (build, own, operate, transfer )Model at Visakhapatnam.
– BOOT (build, own, operate, transfer) is a public-private partnership (PPP) project model in which a private organization conducts a large development project under contract to a public-sector partner, such as a government agency.
– He also Inaugurated Life Line Express at Sindhudurg (Maharastra)
- The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report, that nearly two billion people currently drink contaminated water in the world.
– WHO HQ :- Geneva, Switzerland
– WHO Director General:- Margaret Chan
- Viraj Sagar Das, son of Akhilesh Das, the late Chairman of the Indian Badminton Association, was elected the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association.
- A memorandum of understanding was signed for the capacity expansion of the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam. The MoU was signed among Paradip Port Trust, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Numaligarh Refinery Limited.