Current Affairs Update – 1st – 4th April, 2016

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs from 1st to 4th April, 2016. These are important for the upcoming NABARD Assistant Manager and SBI Clerical Grade Exam 2016.

• India and Germany’s Development
  Bank KfW on 1 April 2016 signed an agreement to provide loan assistance of 500
  million Euro (about 3750 crore rupees) for the modern and sustainable metro
  system for Nagpur city. This is the first German assistance to Metro project in
  the country.
• The loan period is of 20 years
  with a moratorium of five years and disbursal will be based on the progress of
  the project over three years.
• Costing 1240 million Euro (8680
  crore rupees), Nagpur Metro is the first metro to be financed under the
  Indo-German partnership for clean, socially inclusive and climate friendly
  mobility for people in cities. Work on Nagpur Metro is being executed by Nagpur
  Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL).
• Sanctioned by the Union
  Government in August 2014, Nagpur Metro Project envisages two corridors and
  they are 19.70 km North-South section from Automotive Square to Khapri and
  18.60 km long line between Prajapati Nagar and Lokmanya Nagar.

• India and Saudi Arabia on 3 April
  2016 inked five agreements to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two
  nations. The agreements were signed in Riyadh during the two day visit of Prime
  Minister Narendra Modi to Saudi Arabia from 2 April to 3 April 2016.
• The visit to Saudi Arabia was
  part of Modi’s three-nation visit to Belgium, the United States and Saudi
  Arabia from 30 March to 3 April 2016.

• Agreement on Labour Co-operation
  between the Ministry of Labour, Saudi Arabia and Ministry of External Affairs,
  India for recruitment of general category workers.
• Technical Cooperation Program
  between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Saudi Standards, Metrology
  and Quality Organization (SASO).

• Telecom operator Aircel has
  signed 2G intra-circle roaming agreement with state-owned BSNL on pan-India
  basis.
• “This is a first agreement
  between a state owned operator and a private telecom player. With this
  strategic tie up, both organizations will be able to enhance customer
  experience besides utilizing each other’s assets and network strength,” Aircel
  said in a statement today.
• The pact will lead to improved
  network connectivity as well as quality.
• The agreement will help Aircel
  widen its reach as BSNL has about 1.14 lakh mobile towers across country.
• BSNL has second highest number of
  mobile towers in the country and also premium 900 Mhz spectrum that it is using
  for 2G services. With continued investment BSNL expects to have around 1,35,000
  mobile towers, maximum owned by a company.

• Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL)
  on today said that it has become the top coal producer in the country by
  producing a record 138 mt of dry fuel in the financial year 2015-16,
  contributing 39 per cent to the incremental growth of Coal India Limited (CIL).
• The MCL that celebrates Silver
  Jubilee Foundation Day on today started its journey in 1992 as a 23 mt coal
  producing company and the youngest subsidiary of CIL, MCL said in a statement.
• The year ended March 31, 2016,
  remained an eventful year for MCL as it has become the flagship subsidiary of
  CIL, it said.

• The Department of Industrial
  Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 31
  March 2016 launched the Startup India portal http://startupindia.gov.in  and mobile app in New Delhi.

• The portal and mobile app provide
  timely information on various notifications and circulars issued by various
  Government ministries and departments, towards creation of a conducive
  ecosystem for Startups.
• They also provide information
  regarding incubators and funding agencies recognized for the purpose of
  recommending Startups.
• A comprehensive list of FAQs is
  also available to help Startups, Incubators and Funding Agencies use the portal
  and mobile app more effectively.

• The Startup India Hub was
  established within Invest India will be a single point of contact for the
  entire Startup ecosystem which would enable exchange of knowledge.
• The Hub will work in a hub and
  spoke model with Governments, VCs, Angel Funds, Incubators, Mentors, etc.
• It will assist Startups through
  their lifecycle, on all aspects, such as providing mentorship, incubator
  facilities, IPR support, funding etc.
• The Hub will be operational from
  10:00 AM to 5:30 PM on working days and can be reached via the toll free
  number: 1800115565 or the email ID: [email protected]

• Entities that fulfil the criteria
  as per the definition of Startup and are incorporated or registered in India,
  can obtain recognition as a Startup to avail various benefits listed in the
  Startup India Action Plan.
• The process of recognition is
  simple and user friendly and involves a single page application form that a
  user can fill either through a web interface or through mobile app.

• Union Power, Coal and New and
  Renewable Energy Minister of State (Independent Charge) Piyush Goyal on 31
  March 2016 launched Vidyut PRAVAH- Electricity, Price Availability and
  Highlights mobile application in New Delhi. The mobile application provides
  highlights of the power availability in India on real time basis.
• The app will empower common
  people to demand 24X7 power from the states and will take transparency to the
  next level and make state governments more accountable.

• The main features include
  dashboard for All India summary, link for each states from All India Map and
  state specific pages on single click.
• It provides a wealth of
  information pertaining to the current demand met, shortages if any, surplus
  power available and the prices in the Power Exchange.
• The real time data and comparison
  with previous day or year data is also available.

• E-commerce giant Flipkart on 1
  April 2016 announced that it has acquired payments start-up PhonePe Internet
  Pvt. Ltd.
• The start-up PhonePe was launched
  in December 2015 by former Flipkart executives Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and
  Burzin Engineer.
• As per the deal of acquisition,
  PhonePe will function as an independent business unit. The details of the
  transaction were not disclosed, however, the deal is not cash transaction.
• PhonePe is Flipkart’s third major
  acquisition in payments, after it bought payments start-up NGPay in 2014, and
  FX Mart Pvt. Ltd, which owns a prepaid wallet licence, in August 2015.

• The Federation of Indian Chambers
  of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) announced on 1 April 2016 that it has inked
  a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australia India Business Council
  (AIBC). The MoU aims at strengthening and promoting business ties with
  Australia.
• The agreement was signed in the
  presence of the visiting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the Invest in
  India Round Table Conference in Melbourne, Australia.
• Key highlights of the MoU
• The agreement reinvigorates the
  ongoing relationship between the two organisations to further promote,
  facilitate and grow the trade and investment relationship between India and
  Australia.
• It also solidifies the
  partnership for the upcoming Engaging with India conference, which will be held
  on 16 May and 17 May 2016.

• Union Finance Ministry on 30
  March 2016 extended the safeguard duty on steel imports until March 2018. The
  duty was imposed to protect domestic manufacturers from cheap Chinese imports.
• The central board of excise and
  customs in its notification said that the duty will apply to hot-rolled flat
  products of non-alloy and other alloy steel in coils of 600 mm width. The
  safeguard duty will not be imposed on goods that are imported at minimum import
  price.
• The safeguard duty will be 20
  percent minus any existing dumping duty till September 2016, following which it
  will be reduced to 18 percent till March 2017, then brought down to 15 percent
  till September 2017 and eventually to 10 percent by March 2018.

• Union Government on 31 March 2016
  released the Indian Intellectual Property (IP) Panorama in New Delhi. It is a
  single window interface for information on Intellectual Property and guidance
  on leveraging it for competitive advantage.
• The Indian IP Panorama can be
  accessed on
• It seeks to increase awareness
  and build sensitivity towards Intellectual Property, among stakeholders in the
  SME sector, academia and researchers.

1. Importance of IP for SMEs,
2. Trademark,
3. Industrial design,
4. Invention and Patent and
5. Patent Information

• Amazon, the global e-commerce and
  cloud services firm, on 30 March 2016 commenced work on its biggest campus at
  Hyderabad in India. It is the largest campus outside the United States (US) for
  Amazon.
• The campus spread over 10 acres
  of land in Gachibowli is part of 2 billion dollar investment announced by the
  company in India.
• Telangana IT and Panchayat Raj
  Minister KT Rama Rao laid the foundation stone for this India’s biggest Campus.
• This is Amazon’s second
  significant investment in Telangana in one year. In June 2015, it had
  inaugurated one of its biggest fulfillment centres in Hyderabad.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4
  April 2016 returned to New Delhi after concluding his official visit to
  Belgium, United States and Saudi Arabia.
• During the five day tour from 30
  March to 3 April 2016 Modi met several leaders and also participated in two
  different summits, namely India-EU summit in Brussels and 4th Nuclear Security
  Summit in Washington DC.

• In the first leg of his visit to
  Belgium, Modi was given a ceremonial welcome at Egmont Palace in Brussels.
  Brussels is the headquarters of European Union and NATO.
• He attended 13th India-EU summit
  and held meeting with Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel

• In the second leg of his tour to
  three nations, Modi visited the United States where he attended the 4th Nuclear
  Security Summit in Washington DC. The summit focused on a gamut of issues
  pertaining to nuclear security.
• The two-day summit highlighted
  achievements and commitments of several countries towards safeguarding nuclear
  devices and technologies and reducing the threat of nuclear terrorism.

• Prime Minister inspected the
  guard of honour at the Ceremonial Welcome in Riyadh.
• India and Saudi Arabia signed
  five agreements and MoUs.
• During the visit, Modi met with
  Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud a gold-plated replica of the Cheraman
  Juma Masjid of Kerala. Situated in Thrissur district, the mosque is believed to
  be the first mosque built in India by Arab traders around 629 AD.

• IIT-Madras was ranked number one
  amongst Research and Teaching Institutions in Engineering amongst several other
  similar institutions in India. The Rankings 2016 was released today by the
  Minister for Human Resource Development.
• The National Institutional
  Ranking Framework was created by the Ministry of Human Resources Development in
  2015, outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country.
• The parameters used for ranking
  broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and Resources,” “Research and
  Professional Practices,” “Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach
  and Inclusivity,” and “Perception”.
• IIM-Bangalore lead among
  management institutions.
• The National Institutional
  Ranking Framework (NIRF) covering 3,500 different institutes in four different
  categories was released by HRD minister Smriti Irani.

• India and Sri Lanka on 31 March
  2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide 150 fishing boats
  and fishing equipment to 300 Tamil fishermen from Mullaithivu in North Sri
  Lanka.
• The boats and equipment will be
  provided as a part of India’s development assistance programme in Sri Lanka.
• The MoU was inked in Colombo at
  the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development.
• Now, the Indian High Commission
  to Sri Lanka will float a tender to procure the items through a competitive
  bidding process. The project will cost 100 million Sri Lankan Rupees.

• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
  Kejriwal on 31 March 2016 launched the Phase I of Green Delhi initiative by
  planting trees at the Triangular Park at the ITO Chowk.
• The launch of the initiative is
  in tune with the Detailed Action Plan (DAP) that was submitted by the Delhi
  Government to the Supreme Court in December 2015.
• The DAP deals with the steps
  being taken to improve air quality and reduce air pollution in the National
  Capital.

• Vaccum cleaning of all Public
  Works Department (PWD) roads will be started at regular intervals starting from
  1 April 2016.
• To avoid dust rising from unpaved
  footpaths and central verges, the central verges of the 1260 kilometres of road
  maintained by the PWD will be bedded with grass and greenery. This initiative
  will include kutcha portion under flyovers.

• Union Minister for Environment
  and Forests Prakash Javdekar on 3 April 2016 inaugurated a White Tiger Safari
  at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.
• The Safari is situated adjacent
  to the Mukundpur Zoo which is spread over 75 hectares.
• The first of its kind safari has
  cost 50 crore rupees and is spread over an area of 25 hectares.
• With its inauguration, the safari
  houses three white tigers, including one male named Raghu and two females named
  Vindhya and Radha.

• The Shri Trimbakeshwar Devasthan
  Trust (STDT) passed a resolution on 3 April 2016 that bars all persons, men and
  women from entering the sanctum till the next decision.
• Only the traditional and
  hereditary priests will be allowed to enter the sanctum of the Trimbakeshwar
  temple in Nashik district of Maharashtra.
• A trustee said that owing to the
  geographical positioning of the temple, steps leading to the sanctum sanctorum
  are not be in the best of condition and therefore from now on both men and
  women devotees will not be allowed inside.

• Kachhabali village in Bhim tehsil
  of Rajsamand District became the first in Rajasthan to vote to close down its
  only liquor shop.
• The polling was conducted by the
  excise department of the state on 29 March 2016 and around 94% of the voters
  said that they want a complete ban on the sale of alcohol in the village.
• The vote was carried out under
  the Rajasthan Excise Rules, according to which any panchayat can decide to
  close a liquor shop in the village if 50% of its residents vote for it.
• The poll was the result of a
  campaign that started on Republic Day in 2016, led by Geeta, the sarpanch,
  under whose guidance a voting session had also been organised on 29 February
  2016.

• The Department of Empowerment of
  Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) of the Ministry Social Justice and
  Empowerment on 31 March 2016 launched the Inclusiveness and Accessibility
  Index.
• The index seeks to help the
  industries and corporates to participate in the Accessible India Campaign (AIC)
  by voluntarily evaluating their readiness for making the workplace accessible
  for Persons with Disabilities.

• It enables the organisations to
  introspect over their inclusive policies and organisational culture in aid of
  PwDs, employment of such workforce and adaptations to meet the needs of PwDs.
• The index toolkit aims at
  assessing the current stage of inclusiveness and accessibility of persons with
  disabilities by an organisation.
• It can also act as a guide for
  taking progressive steps to increase support, inclusiveness and accessibility
  towards persons/employees with disabilities.
• It can be applied and used by
  organisations irrespective of their size and scale.

• Mehbooba Mufti was on 4 April
  2016 sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) at Raj
  Bhawan in Jammu. The swearing-in ceremony was presided over by J&K Governor
  NN Vohra.
• With this, the Peoples Democratic
  Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti became the first woman CM of J&K.
• Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP)
  legislator Nirmal Singh took oath as Deputy Chief Minister.

• Senior IAS officer and Additional
  Chief Secretary to Odisha government R Balakrishnan has been appointed as
  Chairman of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL), the special purpose vehicle
  (SPV) set up to execute projects for making the state capital a smart city.
• Bhubaneswar, which became the
  first city to have its SPV take off, had also topped the list of first batch of
  20 smart cities selected by Urban Development Ministry in January this year.
• BSCL will have authorised a
  capital of Rs 500 crore, divided in to 5 crore shares of Rs 100 each.
• Of this, Odisha government and
  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation will have a share of Rs 112.50 crore each
  while Bhubaneswar Development Authority will contribute share capital of Rs 250
  crore.

• Wadia-group run budget airline
  GoAir has elevated its chief executive officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer to the
  post of managing director. The redesignation takes place as the airline
  prepares for an initial public offer. Prock-Schauer will continue to hold post
  of CEO as well.
• Prock-Schauer, who joined the
  airline last June, will hold the managing director’s post along with airline
  promoter Jeh Wadia. An airline spokesperson confirmed Prock-Schauer’s
  appointment as the managing director and added that it was subject to statutory
  approvals. The airline did not share reasons behind the move. Prock-Schauer was
  chief executive officer of Jet Airways for six years till 2009.
• Industry watchers said with these
  changes GoAir wants to demonstrate stability and consistency in its top
  management and indicate it is ready for massive expansion.

• Indian Direct Selling Association
  (IDSA) on 29 March 2016 named Jitendra Jagota, Director Legal & Government
  Affairs at Avon Beauty Products, as its Chairman.
• Jagota succeeds Rajat Banerji,
  who serves as National Head, Corporate Affairs at Amway India.
• Jagota was appointed the Chairman
  during the Association’s new Executive Committee was announced at the General
  Body Meeting held in New Delhi.
• The new Executive Committee
  comprised of Vivek Katoch as Vice Chairman, Rajat Banerji as Treasurer, and
  Rini Sanyal as Secretary.
• The elected members of the IDSA
  will each serve one-year term for financial year 2016-17.

• Congress senior MLA J Geeta Reddy
  was on 31 March 2016 appointed as the Chairperson of the Public Accounts
  Committee (PAC) of Telangana.
• She will be the first woman
  legislator to be appointed for the post in India.
• Previously, Congress MLA Patolla
  Kista Reddy was the first chairman of PAC of newly formed Telangana State.
  After his death, the post was occupied by Ramreddy Venkat Reddy who was also a
  senior leader from Congress. But the position fell vacant again after Venkat Reddy
  passed away on 4 March 2016 due to illness.

• Kallol Roy on 31 March 2016 was
  appointed the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut
  Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI).
• Roy assumed the position
  following the superannuation of Perumal Chellapandi.
• Kallol Roy had served as the Head
  of the Research Reactor Maintenance Division, Reactor Group, BARC. He was
  responsible for total maintenance management of all plant systems and
  equipment, carrying out modifications and upgrading mechanical and electrical systems
  and computerising various plant systems.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was
  on 3 April 2016 conferred the King Abdulaziz Sash honour by Saudi Arabia. It is
  the highest civilian honour of the country.
• The prestigious award was awarded
  by King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Royal Court in Riyadh where the two nations
  heads held extensive talks on a range of bilateral, regional and international
  issues.
• The award is named after
  Abdulaziz Al Saud. He was the founder of the modern Saudi state. It is awarded
  to citizens of Saudi Arabia and foreigners for meritorious service to the
  Kingdom.
• The other prominent personalities
  who were conferred with this award earlier are Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
  Abe, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, Russian
  President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

• PEN America on 31 March 2016
  announced that it will confer the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award upon
  imprisoned Egyptian novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji.
• The award will be presented to
  Naji at Pen America’s annual Literary Gala on 16 May 2016 at the American
  Museum of Natural History in New York.
• PEN America’s 16 May 2016
  Literary Gala will also salute Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling with the 2016
  PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award for engendering a love of
  literature among children worldwide.
• Naji is the author of three books
  and a journalist at the state-funded Akhbar al-Adab literary magazine.

• West Indies on 3 April 2016 won
  the ICC Cricket World T-20 Men’s Cup 2016. In the final clash at Eden Gardens,
  Kolkata, West Indies defeated England by 4 wickets.
• England batting first was bowled
  out at a score of 155 for 9 wickets and in reply to the target West Indies
  scored 161 at the loss of 4 wickets in 19.4 over.
• Player of the match – Marlon
  Samuels (West Indies)
• Player of the series – Virat
  Kohli (India)
• With this win, West Indies became
  the only team so far to win the ICC World Twenty20 title twice, having secured
  it last in 2012.

• West Indies Women’s on 3 April
  2016 won their maiden Women’s Cricket World T-20 title. In the final clash at
  Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Indies defeated reigning champions Australia by 8
  wickets.
• Batting first Australia was
  bowled out at a score of 148 for 5 wickets and in reply West Indies scored 149
  at the loss of 2 wickets in 19.3 over.
• Player of the match – Hayley Matthews (West Indies Women)
• Player of the series – Stafanie Taylor (West Indies Women)

• Victoria Azarenka of Belarusia
  and World No 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia won women’s and men’s singles titles of
  the 2016 Miami Open at the Crandon Tennis Center in Miami on 2 and 3 April 2016
  respectively. 
• Novak Djokovic defeated Kei
  Nishikori of Japan 6-3, 6-3 in the men’s final while Victoria Azarenka defeated
  Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-4, 6-4.
• Djokovic won his sixth title in
  Miami and became the first player to win three straight Miami titles since
  Agassi from 2001-2004.
• This championship title made him
  the new career ATP Masters 1000 title leader. Behind him comes Rafael Nadal
  with 27 titles, Roger Federer with 24, and Andre Agassi with 17.

• Indian boxer Shiva Thapa on 1
  April 2016 won silver medal in the 56 kilogram category at the Asian/Oceania
  Qualifying Tournament in Qian’an, China.
• Thapa defeated Kazakhstan’s
  Kairat Yeraliyev in the semi-finals to earn the medal.
• With this win, the 22-year-old
  Thapa became the first Indian boxer to book a seat in the Rio Olympics. 
• In the final clash, Thapa faced
  0-3 defeat to Thailand’s Chatchai Butdee. Butdee is the reigning Asian champion
  while Thapa is a World Championship bronze-medallist.

• The World Autism Awareness Day
  2016 was celebrated across the world on 2 April 2016. The 2016 theme for the
  day is Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and Neurodiversity.
• World Autism Awareness Day is an
  internationally recognised day, encouraging Member States of the United Nations
  to take measures to raise awareness about children with autism throughout the
  world.
• It was designated by the United
  Nations General Assembly resolution 62/139. World Autism Awareness Day, passed
  in council on 1 November 2007 and adopted on 18 December 2007.
• This resolution was passed and
  adopted without a vote in the UN General Assembly, mainly as a supplement to
  previous UN initiatives to improve human rights.

• International Day of Mine
  Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action was observed on 4 April 2016 across the
  world. The theme of the year 2016 is Mine Action is Humanitarian Action.
• The theme of the day draws people
  across the world to work together to advance the goal of a world free of the
  threat of mines and explosive remnants of war. It is because mine action saves
  lives.

• A new investigation by the
  International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and more than 100
  other news organisations around the globe reveal offshore links of some of the
  planet’s most prominent people, including over 500 from India.
• “In terms of size, the
  Panama Papers is likely the biggest leak of inside information in history –
  more than 11.5 million documents – and it is equally likely to be one of the
  most explosive in the nature of its revelations,” the consortium said of
  its investigation published on Sunday.
• In India, The Indian Express ran
  several pages of the investigation reports alleging among other names that
  bollywood superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were directors in
  companies in Panama. The two did not immediately respond despite efforts to
  contact them. Rai’s media adviser told the newspaper that the information was
  false.
• In 2004, India legally allowed
  investments abroad by companies, and later individuals, through the Liberalised
  Remittance Scheme.

• The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit
  concluded on 1 April 2016 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center,
  Washington, D.C., United States.
• The fourth edition of the
  conference, which commenced on 31 March 2016, succeeded the 2014 Nuclear
  Security Summit. The summit was organised by the Nuclear Energy Institute
  (NEI).
• The summit was attended by over
  50 World leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At the summit, the
  world leaders pledged to reduce nuclear stocks and protect the active
  inventories from falling into the hands of terrorists, which could prove to be
  catastrophic. However, leaders or representatives of Russia, North Korea, Iran
  and Belarus remained absent from the summit.

• The former A.C. Milan defender and
  Italy manager Cesare Maldini died on 3 April 2016 in Milan, Italy. He was 84.
• At club level, Maldini won 4
  Serie A league titles and 1 European Cup with Milan. Internationally, he played
  for the Italian national team, earning 14 caps and participating in the 1962
  World Cup.
• As a coach, he had a successful
  career in charge of the Italian Under-21 side, winning the European Under-21
  Championship a record three consecutive times.

• Ranjan Baindoor, former Bombay
  Ranji Trophy allrounder, passed away here on Monday morning. Baindoor was 60.
• Baindoor was the chairman of the
  MCA under-19 selection committee.
• Baindoor underwent a prostrate
  operation last January, but still travelled to see the Mumbai under-19 team in
  action against Uttar Pradesh in the Cooch Behar Trophy final at the Sachin Tendulkar
  Gymkhana at Kandivali.
• Baindoor played four matches for
  Railways in 1974-75 and 12 matches (267 runs & 19 wkts) for Bombay from
  1975-76 to 1983-84. He was in the Sunil Gavaskar led Ranji Trophy winning
  Bombay against Delhi in 1983-84. After being hit on his right hand in the
  second innings, Baindoor, did not bowl and thereafter he retired from first
  class cricket.

• British entertainer Ronnie
  Corbett, best known for BBC comedy sketch show The Two Ronnies, died on 31
  March 2016. He was 85.
• Corbett achieved prominence in
  David Frost’s 1960s satirical comedy programme The Frost Report and subsequently
  starred in sitcoms such as No – That’s Me Over Here!, Now Look Here and Sorry!.

• Patty Duke, an acclaimed actress
  who won an Oscar for her role of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, died of
  sepsis from a ruptured intestine on 29 March 2016. She was 69.
• Duke struggled with mental
  illness, having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1982. Later, she turned
  up to be an advocate of mental health issues and wrote a book highlighting
  bipolar disorder and its treatments. She also used her fame to fight for others
  struggling with the disease.

• Zaha Hadid, the first woman to
  receive the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) gold medal, died on 31
  March 2016 due to heart attack in Miami. The Iraqi-born British architect died
  at the age of 65.
• In 2004, Hadid became the first
  woman and first Muslim recipient to win the Pritzker Prize, known as the Nobel
  for architecture.

• Veteran journalist and writer
  Babu Bharadwaj died of cardiac arrest on 30 April 2016 in Kozhikode. He was 68.
• Bharadwaj had been a part of
  prominent print and television media in Kerala. Kalapangalkkoru Grihapadam, a
  novel penned by him, won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 2006.
• Bharadwaj’s other famous works
  include Pravasiyude Kurippukal, Shavaghoshayathra (novelettes), Puppet Theatre
  (short story collection), Pravasiyude Vazhiyambalangal and Adrushya Nagarangal.
• The writer had also produced a
  Malayalam movie named Iniyum Marichittillatha Nammal in 1980. It was directed
  by Chintha Ravi.

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