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Current Affairs Headlines of 01st April, 2018
→ Chandra Bhushan Kumar has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner.
→ China successfully sent pair of twin Beidou-3MEO satellites – Beidou-30 and Beidou-31 –into space as part of its third and final stage of launching its domestic Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
→ External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the 9th India-Japan Strategic Dialogue in Tokyo.
→ Fino Payments Bank plans to set up multi-utility Android-based mPOS devices across 10,000 banking points throughout the country in a phased manner.
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→ Google celebrated the 153rd birth anniversary of Anandi Gopal Joshi, India’s first female doctor on 31st March.→ Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the Smart India Hackathon Grand Finale 2018 -Software edition in New Delhi.
→ India & Pakistan held the meeting on Indus water treaty. This will be the 114th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) that looks into the sharing of the waters of the Indus since the treaty was signed by the two countries in 1960.
→ India received its first LNG cargo from the US under a long-term supply deal when a ship carrying super-cooled natural gas arrived at Dabhol in Maharashtra.
→ International Yachting Festival was inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh on 29th March. The festival is being conducted by Andhra Pradesh Government and is being held from March 29 to April 1.
→ Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain, will lead SunRisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2018.
→ Long Term Capital Gains Tax To Come Into Effect From 01st April.
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→ Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan a state-wide campaign will be launched from April 1-14 for registration of unorganized labourers.→ Madhya Pradesh’s Kadaknath Chicken Gets Geographical Indication Tag.
→ NASA To Send First Mission To Study ‘Heart‘ Of Mars.
→ Nepal’s Central Bank has allowed other commercial bank in the country to borrow money from foreign banks and financial institutions to finance sectors such as agriculture and infrastructure projects.
→ OLX, India’s leading online classifieds, launched its consumer safety initiative, “OLX Webwise”.
→ Pak successfully test fires Submarine Launched Cruise Missile BABUR.
→ Point Nemo is the watery graveyard for titanium fuel tanks and other high-tech space debris and is officially called an “oceanic pole of inaccessibility”.
→ Public Financial Management System (PFMS) achieved a historical record-breaking volume of Digital Transactions on 28th March.
→ Rivigo is tying up with YES Bank, IDFC and 10 other financial institutions to make cheaper funds available to truck owners and operators on its platform.
→ Scientists have discovered a new process that can switch off inflammation in the human body. They found that “itaconate”, a molecule derived from glucose, acts as a powerful off-switch for macrophages.
→ Several budget proposals, including the reintroduction of the tax on long-term capital gains (LTCG) exceeding Rs. 1 lakh from the sale of shares, will come into effect from April 1.
→ SpaceX has confirmed successful deployment of all 10 communications satellites to low-Earth orbit.
→ Tamil Nadu: Unique Nilgiri Mountain Railway to run special train services from 31st to till June 24.
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→ The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the continuation of Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) and City Compost Scheme beyond 12th Five Year plan till 2019-20.→ The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for enhancing the scope of Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY).
→ The first long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) US cargo from the Houston-based Cheniere Energy Inc. arrived at the Dabhol LNG terminal in Maharashtra.
→ The government approved the restructuring of National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
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