Important Current Affairs April 01 One liner

2019-04-02

Important Current Affairs April 01 One liner

Odisha is celebrating 84 years of its foundation. The day is also known as ‘Utkal Divas’.
Telangana may get its first Unesco World Heritage Site, but it may be the Ramappa Temple at Palampet near Warangal.
Mozambique’s cyclone-hit city of Beira has confirmed its first death from cholera, as the number of cases of the disease has jumped to 517.
Japan names new era of Naruhito will be ‘Reiwa’.
Arab leaders condemn U.S. move on Golan.
ISRO launches EMISAT Successfully.
NASA’s Mars helicopter completes flight tests. The helicopter is scheduled to reach the surface of the Red Planet in February 2021.
Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank will merge with Bank of Baroda (BoB) to create the third-largest lender of the country after SBI and HDFC Bank.
Sohail Mahmood – Current High Commissioner of Pakistan to take charge as the next Foreign Secretary in Islamabad.
The government has extended the last date to link Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar number by six month till 30th of September.
Election Commission has approved a request of the Rural Development Ministry to revise the wages under the MGNREGA scheme from April 1.

Asian Airgun Championship

India have won 12 out of 14 gold medals so far. India currently have 12 gold, four silver and two bronze medals.
Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan bagged the 10m Air Rifle men and women’s individual golds.
Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix for Mercedes. Valtteri Bottas took second place.
Australia beat Pakistan in the final ODI with a 20-run victory and won the series 5-0.