TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 4, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - TNPSCGURU.IN

TNPSC Current Affairs - April 4, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams

• National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2017
• The 2nd edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2017 was published recently.
• Category wise toppers follows
• Common Overall Ranking 2017
1. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
• University Ranking 2017
• 1st - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• 8th - Anna University Chennai.
• Management Institutes Ranking 2017
• 1st - Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• Engineering Institutes Ranking
• 1st - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
• 2nd - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay
• 3rd - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
• 8th  - Anna University, Chennai
• Colleges Ranking 2017
• 1st - Miranda House, Delhi    
• 2nd - Loyola College, Chennai    
• 4th  - Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli
• 10th - The Women's Christian College, Chennai
• Pharmacy College Ranking 2017
• 1st - Jamia Hamdard, Delhi
• 9th - SRM, Chennai

• Barak Missile
• It is a Long Range Surface to Air Missile.
• Developed jointly by Israel and India.
• Barak means Lightning in Hebrew language.

• Kishori Amonkar
• She is a famous HIndustani classical vocalist who passed away recently.

• Egypt President : Abdel Fattah al Sisi

• Colombia Landslides
• Due to flooding and landslides over 250 were killed in Colombia.

• Rashid Khan
• He is an Afghanistan Cricketer.
• He became the youngest to take 50 wicket in ODI at 18 Years and 185 days of age.

• Prithika Yashini
• She was the first transgender in India to become Sub-Inspector.
• She was posted as a sub inspector in dharmapuri.