Important Current Affairs 10th April 2018

Important Current Affairs 10th April 2018

Current Affairs 10th April 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

IGI entry in the world's 20 busiest airports

●        New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has also been included in the list of the 20 most busy airports in the world.
●        India ranked 16th in the list of Airport Council International (ACI) 's busiest airport in 2017
●        Operated by GMR, this airport was ranked 22nd in 2016, that is, last year it rose six places.
 

Committee for Uniformity in Skill Development
 
●        The State Government has constituted a committee to bring uniformity in the schemes introduced for skill development and entrepreneurship development by various departments and corporations.
●        The Chairman of the Committee will be the Additional Chief Secretary of the Industry Department. Secretaries of different departments have been made members.
●        This committee will review the skill development plans being run by all the departments.
●        The committee has to submit a report in one month after studying the methods to avoid duplication and to bring uniformity.
 

Alstonia plantation banned
 
●        The Forest Department has banned the planting of Alstonia plantation within the city.
●        A white flower emerges above it, which is harmful to asthma sufferers.
●        If the asthma sufferer lives near this plant, then he has trouble breathing.
●        The Alstonia plant in India is also called Black Board Tree, Indian Devil Tree, Saptaparni and Queen of the Night.
 

CM Khattar approves installation of water ATMs in cities of Haryana
 
●        In Haryana, ATMs will not only get money but also clean drinking water.
●        Such water ATMs will be installed in all the public places in the cities of Haryana.
●        There will be three types of water ATMs in the municipal areas of the state.
●        Under this, the municipality will install such a water ATM itself.
●        In the second option, this ATM will be given to the agency to run, while in the third option will be of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
 
Tata Trust accused of violating tax rules
 
●        The Parliamentary panel has recommended the Tata Trust to be investigating the allegations of violation of the tax laws.
●        The panel has said that Tata Trust has preferred foreign institutions like Harvard Business School instead of Indian Universities.
●        The Public Accounts Committee of Direct and Direct Taxes has recommended this kind of sub-committee.
●        The leader of this committee is BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.

New QR code released by UIDAI
 
●        Base Authority UIDAI has introduced new QR code for digital signature for e-base.
●        It will now also have photos with the base holder's demographic information.
●        This will facilitate offline verification of the basis.

4 women completed 17000 km journey with bike in 56 days
 
●        Four lady bikers of Telangana completed 16,992 kms of successful journey in 56 days and returned here.
●        During this time he passed through 6 countries.
●        In order to promote tourism in India, especially Telangana, they started this journey from Bangalore on February 11.
 

Current Affairs 10th April 2018: SPORTS

Second gold in table tennis
 
●        In the Commonwealth Games 2018, India has won another gold medal in table tennis.
●        This Gold Team has come to the event.
●        Harmeet Desai and Sainiyan pair defeated Nigerians by 3-0 in the doubles and named Gold India.
●        In order to enter the final, the Indian men's team defeated Singapore 3-2.
●        Indian men team in table tennis won gold medal 12 years later.

Billabong won the Hargopal title
 
●        Billabong Academy defeated the Turf Academy by 3 wickets and named the 11th Hargopal Under-23 Cricket Tournament.
●        Abhishek Goswami was named Best Tournament of the Tournament, Harsh Tyagi Best Bowler and Rajesh Sharma Man of the Tournament.

Lucknow wins Overall Trophy of Karate Championship
 
●        In the Major Major Amiya Tripathi Memorial Sub Jr. Child and Girls Karate Championship, Lucknow captured the Overall Trophy with the highest eight gold medals.
●        Lucknow team won 8 gold, 3 silver and 16 bronze medals in the championship ended on Sunday at Rock Garden Karate Academy in Jankipuram.
●        At the same time, the team of Varanasi with seven gold, eight silver and eight bronze medals and the team of Gautam Buddha Nagar remained at the third place with six gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals.

Indian Badminton Mixed Team won gold for the first time in 40 years
 
●        On Monday, India won gold at the Badminton Mixed Team event in Commonwealth Games.
●        In the final, he defeated three-time champion Malaysia 3-1.
●        In this event India has won gold after 40 years, because this event was included in the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 1978.
●        India has now 20 medals in the Badminton Commonwealth Games.

Current Affairs 10th April 2018: DEFENSE

Ministry of Defense has signed a deal worth 639 crores for bulletproof jacket
 
●        The Ministry of Defense signed a deal worth Rs 639 crore with a defense firm on Monday to provide 1.86 lakh bulletproof jackets for the army.
●        The ministry said in a statement that the agreement was finalized after successful trial.
●        SMPP Pvt Ltd got the contract to provide bulletproof jacket.

Current Affairs 10th April 2018: AWARDS

Javed Akhtar gets 'Shantidoot' award
 
●        Screenwriter, lyricist and social worker Javed Akhtar has been given the 'Shantidoot' award by Vishal Joshi of Varanasi's Sankat Mochan Temple.
●        This award is given to the extraordinary people who work for peace.
●        Javed Akhtar was given the award on Friday.

Current Affairs 10th April 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

70 killed in chemical attack in Syria
 
●        At least 70 people were killed in a suspected chemical attack in the last town of Duma, occupied by rebels of Eastern Dive of Syria.
●        More than 75 people were suffocated, while thousands of people had to suffer from breathing difficulties.
●        Barrel bomb with a helicopter toxic nervous agent Sarin was dropped.

Current Affairs 10th April 2018: ECONOMY

300% increase in collector rate in Gurgaon
 
●        The revenue department has increased the collector rate. The new rate will apply today.
●        According to new rates, the collector rate has increased by 300 percent in many residential areas of the city.
●        The collector rate of the commercial property has also been doubled.
 
HDFC raised interest rates by 0.20
 
●        HDFC has made its debt expensive.
●        The bank has increased its interest rates by 0.20.
●        The bank has said that the new rates of loan have become effective from 1st April.