Important Current Affairs 2nd & 3rd April with PDF download

Hello friends, This is the Updates of Current Affairs  2 & 3 April 2017. This will helpful for tackling General awareness section in SBI, IBPS, SSC, UPSC Exams.

1. World Autism Awareness Day: 02nd April 2017

• The World Autism Awareness Day 2017 has been observed across the world on 2 April 2017. The 2017 theme for the day is “Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination”. 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.

2. Priti Patel awarded

• Priti Patel, Britain’s senior-most Indian-origin minister has received the ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Samman’.
• The award is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians and Patel has been awarded for her “exceptional contribution to national and international politics, her role in strengthening UK-India relations.
• The award is presented annually at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.

3. ICFMD inaugurated

• Union Agriculture minister Radha mohan Singh inaugurated the International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease (ICFMD) at Argul in Khurda district in Bhubhaneshwar.
• This centre will conduct research on how to control foot and mouth disease of cattle.
• This centre will serve as a regional resource laboratory for countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

4. Peggy Whitson creates record

• American astronaut Peggy Whitson made history when she floated outside the International Space Station(ISS) breaking the record for the most spacewalks by a woman.
• Whitson is making her 8th career spacewalk, surpassing the record of 7 previously held by Sunita Williams.
• The goal of the spacewalk is to continue upgrading the ISS for the arrival of commercial spaceships in the years to come.

5. Arunachal Pradesh permitted to use ALGs

• Defense Ministry has given permission to Arunachal Pradesh government to use the functional Advance Landing Grounds in the state for civilian purpose.
• The ALGs across the state have been developed by the Defence Ministry and are under the direct control of the Indian Air Force.
• Operations from Ziro, Mechuka, Walong, Aalo, Pasighat and Tuting Advanced Landing Grounds are being permitted.

6. Japan to assist India for infra projects

• Japan has committed an official development assistance of 371 billion yen under 2016-2017 for various infrastructure projects, including the dedicated freight corridor, in India.
• India and Japan have had a long and fruitful history of bilateral development cooperation since 1958.
• In the last few years, the economic partnership between India and Japan has steadily progressed.

7. Rail routes declared as Green Corridors

• The North Western Railway has declared the Barmer-Munawab and Pipad Road-Bilara rail routes in Rajasthan as Green Corridors.
• With this total number of green corridors has increased to three.
• The Green Corridor ensures zero toilet discharge on rail tracks as part of its commitment to clean environment under the ‘Swachh Rail-Swachh Bharat’ initiative.
• North Western Railway has declared the rail routes in Rajasthan as Green Corridors

8. El Salvador bans metals mining

• El Salvador became first country in the world to ban metal mining nationwide.
• The law imposes broad prohibition on the extraction of minerals to protect the nation’s allegedly quite fragile environment, water reservoirs and reduce social tensions.
• According to UN, El Salvador is one of the most densely populated countries and second-most environmentally degraded in America after Haiti.

9. India becomes associate member of IEA

• India has become part of IEA Association that will allow the country play a more “visible and influential” role in the global energy landscape.
• India’s engagement with the International Energy Agency has enhanced over the last two decades and the “Association” status would facilitate it to participate in meetings of the standing groups, committees etc.

10. IIT Madras signs MoU with Indian Army

• The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Indian Army have signed a MoU to identify the critical technological areas that can be enhanced in the armed forces.
• The MoU will facilitate IITM to achieve a better understanding of the critical technology requirements of the Indian Army through seamless interaction between the Army officers and IITM faculty.

 

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