Current Affairs April 2016

30th April, Current Affairs:

• The fifth phase of the West Bengal Assembly election held today for 53 constituencies across the state. 
• Supeme Courts denies extending more the date for converting diesel car to CNG cars in Delhi­NCR which means that all Diesel cabs in Delhi will go off roads from 1st May, 2016. 
• NDRF team sent to Uttarakhand after massive forest fire covers more than 890.79 hectares of forest land in Kumaon and Garhwal.

National Film Award Winners, 2016

National Film Award Winners, 2016

Best Actor Amitabh Bachchan (Piku)
Best Actress Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)
Best Film Baahubali
Best Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani)
 

Current Affairs March 2016

31st March, Current Affairs:
• 18 people killed and over 50 injured after an underconstruction flyover collapsed at Girish Park area in Kolkata.

30th March, Current Affairs:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Brussels, Belgium.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel today Premotely launches Asia's biggest telescope, the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) which is located at Devasthal near Nainital in Uttarakhand. The telescope is built with Belgian assistance.
• Seven CRPF jawans have been killed in an attack by the Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada.
• The Union Government announced that inoperative employees provident fund (EPF) accounts will also earn interest from 1st April.

Top Headlines - 06.04.2016

Top Headlines - 06.04.2016
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1. The Reserve Bank cut the key interest rate (repo rate) by 0.25 per cent and introduced a host of measures to smoothen liquidity supply so that banks can lend to the productive sectors and indicated accommodative stance going ahead.

Making CRR- 4%, SLR-21.25%, Repo Rate- 6.5%, Reverse Repo Rate- 6% and MSF- 7%.

CRR- 4%, SLR-21.25%, Repo Rate- 6.5%, Reverse Repo Rate- 6% and MSF- 7%.

Vocabulary Words - 06.04.2016

Vocabulary Words - 06.04.2016
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1. OBNOXIOUS (ADJECTIVE): offensive

Synonyms: abominable, repulsive

Antonyms: lovable, decent

Example Sentence: