• Under the
first Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17, the repo rate was reduced
by 25 basis points to – 6.5 percent
• The Union
Ministry of Environment Forests And Climate Change on 5 April 2016 notified
Solid Management Rules, 2016, which will replace - Municipal Solid Waste
(Management & Handling) Rules, 2000
• India’s
expenditure on military in 2015 was 51.3 billion dollars, as per a study of the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This was - 3.1% of
global spending
• With 596
billion US dollars spending, this country stood as the biggest military spender
in 2015 – The USA
• The
researchers of this university successfully managed to 3D print chemically
active structures that could help in mitigating pollution – American University
• The
cricketer, who was part of the Ranji Trophy-winning Mumbai team of 1983-84
under Sunil Gavaskar, died on 4 April 2016 is - Ranjan Baindoor
• The former
Executive Director of the Nuclear Power Board who died on 5 April 2016 is -
Myneni Hari Prasad Rao
• The
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2016 was observed across
the world on - 6 April 2016
• The state
that imposed a total ban on alcohol is - Bihar
•
Researchers from the University of Georgia and Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev developed - The world's smallest diode
• He was
named as the captain of the men’s ICC World Twenty20 team of the tournament on
4 April 2016 - Virat Kohli
• In a
first, this Indian was appointed to Panasonic’s global executive council -
Manish Sharma
• Indian
scientists developed eco-friendly nanotechnology which is basically a
biopolymer, which uses a naturally occurring substance for water purification -
Chitosan
• The
fastest train of India that flagged off on 5 April 2016 from Delhi’s Hazrat
Nizamuddin station is - Gatimaan Express
• Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) in its first bi-monthly monetary policy review for the
2016-17 fiscal on 5 April 2016 cut key interest rates by - 25 basis points
• He was
presented with the Award for Excellence as part of National Geoscience Awards
2014 by the President Pranab Mukherjee - Prof. Ashok Kumar Singhvi
• He was
elevated as the managing director of Go Airlines (India) Ltd. - Wolfgang
Prock-Schauer
• On 1 April
2016, this city became the first in the country to operationalise special
purpose vehicle to execute its smart city initiative - Bhubaneswar
• This
US-based firm agreed to buy Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s majority shareholding
in Mphasis Ltd. for over 7000 crore rupees - The Blackstone Group
• The
cricket team that topped the women team rankings in the recently released
International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Test, ODIs and T20 – Australia
• The former
cricketer on 4 April 2016 resigned from the position of head coach of Pakistan
Cricket team - Waqar Younis
• Delhi High
Court in Joginder Singh vs State (NCT of Delhi) on 4 April 2016 held that
keeping a criminal case pending for indefinite period amounts to violation of
constitutional rights of the accused under this article - Article 21 (right to
life)
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