Current Affairs Update – 6th April, 2016

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the important Current Affairs of 6 April, 2016. These are important for the upcoming SBI Clerk and NABARD Assistant Manager exam 2016.

• Delhi-based e-commerce
  marketplace, ShopClues, announced that it had signed an MoU with National
  Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC), to support its
  e-Karobar initiative.
• The initiative tries to increase
  the market for artisans and craftsmen belonging to the minority community.
• Shopclues will turn training and
  technology partner for NMDFC.
• The e-commerce company will train
  artisans on merchandising, quality management and packaging through classrooms
  that will be conducted either on the phone or through video conferencing.
• In addition, the products made by
  NMDFC beneficiaries will get a separate page “E-Karobar” on the
  marketplace.

• The government on Wednesday
  approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between India and Sweden on
  technical cooperation in the railway sector.
• The MoU was approved by the Union
  Cabinet, which met here under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Narendra
  Modi.
• According to the statement, the
  MoU will enable technical cooperation in railways policy development, regulations
  and exchange of knowledge.
• In addition, the MoU entails
  cooperation in areas such as, freight operations in cold regions, capacity
  allocation and optimisation of maintenance.

• The Union Government on 5 April
  2016 constituted a high-level committee to suggest ways to strengthen the
  border protection along the border with Pakistan. It will also address the
  issue of gaps and vulnerability in border fencing along Indo-Pakistan border.
• The committee will be headed by
  former Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and will submit its report in three
  months.
• The mandate of the committee is
  to study all types of gaps in fencing and all other vulnerabilities in the
  International Border on Indo-Pakistan Border. It will suggest comprehensive
  approach to fix the gaps in fencing and other vulnerabilities on interim and
  permanent basis.
• The government’s move comes three
  months after terrorists belonging to Pakistan-based terror group
  Jaish-e-Mohammed had breached the Indo-Pak border in Punjab and attacked the
  Pathankot airbase killing seven security personnel.

• Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben
  Patel on Wednesday officially launched the state-wide implementation of
  National Food Security Act, which has been renamed as ‘Maa Annapurna Yojna (Scheme)’
  by the state government.
• Though the Food Security Act was
  passed during the UPA regime at the Centre, Patel, in her speech at a grand
  launching function at Sanathal village near here, did not mention anything
  about the Act and sought to give all credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
  who according to Patel, envisioned the scheme.

• The Bihar Government on 5 April
  2016 decided to impose a total ban on alcohol in towns and cities.
• The decision to ban sale and
  consumption of India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in municipal and town council
  areas with immediate effect was taken at a Cabinet meeting.
• No licence will be granted for
  sale and consumption of alcohol in places such as hotels, club and bars in
  towns and cities with immediate effect. However, the Army cantonment areas will
  be out of it as they regulated the sale and consumption of alcohol in their own
  way.

• The Scientists team from the
  Institute of Advance Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati in Assam
  developed an eco-friendly nanotechnology for water-softening applications.
• The report was published online
  on 30 March 2016 in the joural Nanoscale and the authors are Upama Baruah and
  Achyut Konwar of IASST

• The green technology is the first
  of its kind with potential to act as a biodegradable and green material for
  water-softening applications
• It can be used in civic water
  treatment plants for generating potable water.
• The technology is basically a
  biopolymer, which uses a naturally occurring substance called Chitosan.

• National Association of Software
  and Services Companies (Nasscom) on Wednesday announced the appointment of CP
  Gurnani as its chairman for 2016-17.
• He will take the new role as
  chairman of Nasscom effective from Wednesday. He will succeeds B V R Mohan
  Reddy, who served as chairman of Nasscom for the previous finacial year.
• Gurnani is part of Nasscom’s
  Executive Council and is the managing director and chief executive officer of
  Tech Mahindra. As chairman of the Executive Council he will lead and assist
  Nasscom in catalysing the growth of the Indian technology and services industry
  and enabling the fulfillment of its future goals and aspirations, the industry
  body said in a statement.

• The Stockholm International Peace
  Research Institute (SIPRI) on 5 April 2016 released Trends in world military
  expenditure, 2015 report.
• As per the report, while the USA
  remained as world’s biggest spender in 2015, India moved up one spot in the
  global rankings to reach the sixth position in terms of military expenditure.

• World military expenditure
  totalled almost 1.7 trillion US dollars in 2015, an increase of 1 per cent in
  real terms from 2014. This was the first increase in military spending since
  2011.
• The increase reflects continuing
  growth in Asia and Oceania, Central and Eastern Europe and some Middle Eastern
  states.
• At the same time, spending
  decreased in Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Thus, the global
  military expenditure picture is mixed.
• The United States remained by far
  the world’s biggest spender in 2015, despite its expenditure falling by 2.4 per
  cent to 596 billion US dollars.
• India moved up one spot in the
  global rankings to reach the sixth position in 2015 for military spending.
• India had 3.1 percent share of
  world military expenditure of the 15 states with the highest spending in 2015.
• India’s military spending in 2015
  was 51.3 billion US dollars or 2.5 percent of national GDP. It was an increase
  of 0.4 percent compared to 2014.

• International Conference on Zero
  was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France from 4 April – 5 April 2016.
  It was hosted by the permanent delegation of India to UNESCO along with Pierre
  and Marie Curie University.
• The inauguration of the
  Conference was held at Pierre and Marie Curie University on 4 April 2016 while
  all other sessions were held at UNESCO headquarters.
• The International Conference will
  share the rich and remarkable history of mathematics, through the participation
  of some brilliant minds, resonating with the UNESCO’s mandate to advance,
  transfer and share knowledge for the greater global good.
• The bronze statue of the great
  Indian mathematician and astronomer Aryabhata who is the living symbol of ancient
  wisdom was unveiled by the Union Minister at the UNESCO headquarters.

• UNESCO’s General Conference
  President Stanley Mutumba Simataa and UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova on
  4 April 2016 signed two new recommendations on Education and Training that
  reflect new global trends and support the Education 2030 Framework for Action
  at UNESCO Headquarters inParis.
• The two recommendations are
  Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education (ALE) and the Recommendation
  concerning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

• The revision of these key international
  instruments responds to the request of Member States to adapt them to reflect
  new educational, social, economic, cultural and political trends.
• The Recommendations were enthusiastically
  adopted by Member States at the 38th session of the General Conference held in
  Paris, in November 2015.

• China on 6 April 2016
  successfully launched a bullet-shaped retrievable scientific research satellite
  SJ-10 (Shijian-10). The satellite was launched aboard Long March 2-D rocket
  from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern China’s Gobi desert.
• The satellite was launched with
  an aim to help scientists in their study of microgravity and space life
  science.
• It is the second of four
  scientific satellites under a CAS space program. Unlike the other three, SJ-10
  is returnable. SJ-10 is the 25th such retrievable satellite launched by China
  in the past decades.

• The International Day of Sport
  for Development and Peace (IDSDP) 2016 was observed across the world on 6 April
  2016.
• On the occasion of the IDSDP
  2016, the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP)
  launched a campaign Let’s play for Sustainable Development Goals.
• The campaign
  seeks to encourage organisations and individuals who carry out SDP initiatives
  to take a picture or a short video of their team or beneficiaries with a SDG
  card that best describes their activity.

• Myneni Hari Prasad Rao,
  considered the Father or Architect of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS),
  died on 5 April 2016 in Chennai due to old age ailments. He was 88.
• Born on 21 July 1927 in Edlalanka
  village near Avanigadda, Rao had worked as the Executive Director of the
  Nuclear Power Board (now known as NPCIL) of DAE, Mumbai, for three years.
• He
  had also served for many years as a member of Southern, Western and Northern
  Indian Regional electricity boards.
• In 1984, Rao was honoured with
  the Padma Shri. He was also awarded with the Sanjay Gandhi for contribution in
  Science and Technology in 1983.

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