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Tuesday, May 2

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 30, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • Yusra Mardini
    • She was appointed as the goodwill ambassador of UNHCR 
    • UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for refugees.
  • Swachh award
    • Aga Khan foundation has received the FICCI-India Sanitation coalition prize under the Swachh Bharat mission.
  • Sudarsan Pattnaik
    • He won the jury prize gold medal at the 10th Moscow Sand Art Championship 2017.
  • Yakshagana - Folk dance of Karnataka.
  • Grand Cordon  of the Order of the Rising Sun
    • Ashwani Kumar, the Union law minister has been selected for this award by the Japan.
  • Asian Snooker Championship 2017
    • Pankaj Advani of India has won the silver.
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Monday, May 1

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 29, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • April 29 - World Dance Day
  • DigiYatra
    • It is an initiative proposed by the Ministry of civil aviation, which makes the air travel completely paperless.
  • Kaviko Award - Muthulingam.
  • Frank Dubier - Veteran Jazz Trumpeter, who passed away recently.
  • Cyprus President's India Visit
    • Cyprus President-  Nicos Anastasiades visited India on an official tour.
  • Pope Francis Visited Egypt
    • Sheikh Ahmed al Tayeb is the iman of the Al-Azhar which is the highest muslim authority in Eygpt.
  • Operation Mansouri
    • It is launched by the Talibans to attack the foreign forces.
    • It is also termed as spring offensive.
  • Hero
    • It is the biography of Sachin Tendulkar written by Devendra Prabhudesai.
  • Kazakhstan's 3rd Consulate
    • Kazakhstan opened its 3rd third consulate in India in chennai.
    • Suraj Santakumar was appointed as its head.
  • Miss Teen Universe 2017 - Srishti Kaur from India
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TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 28, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • Corona Effect
    • It is an electrical discharge due to ionization of air surrounding a conductor.
    • It usually occurs in high voltage transmission lines characterized by a hizzing noise and a voilet glow.
    • It results in transmission loss.
  • En Charithiram
    • It is an autobiography of Tamil Thatha Uu Ve Swaminatha Iyer.
  • Kalpit Veerval
    • A 17 year old student from Udaipur became the first to score 100% in JEE Main Exam.
  • Vinod Khanna 
    • He is a bollywood actor and also served as present MP of  Loksabha.
    • He passed away recently.
  • First UDAN flight [Very Important]
  • World Press Freedom Ranking 2017
    • India Ranked 136th in the world Press freedom ranking 2017.
  • New chiefs appointed
    • CRPF Chief - Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar
    • ITBT Chief - R K Pachnanda
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Thursday, April 27

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 27, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • BSE Reach 30000 Pts
    • BSE's (Bombay Stock Exchange) Sensex reached 30000 pts for the first time.
  • Type 001-A
    • It is China's First domestically built aircraft carrier.
    • It was inaugurated at the Dalian Shipyard in China.
  • Anti-Romeo Squads
    • It is the moral policing drive launched by the Uttar Pradesh.
  • Vallur Thermal Power Station
    • It is located in Thiruvallur District.
  • Kayamkulam Thermal Power Plant
    • India's largest floating solar plant with 100 MW capacity is in Kayamkulam thermal power plant of Kerala.
  • Hana Katib
    • She is the first female judge of Israel in Muslim sharia court.


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TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 26, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • April 26 - World Intellectual Property Rights Day
  • China Bans Muslim Naming
    • The Chinese Govt prohibited parents to name children the following muslims names
      • Muhammed, Arafat, Jihad, Muhajid, Medina.
  • Wikitribune
    • It is an e-publication launched by Wikipedia.
    • It aims to fight fake news,
  • National Youth Athletics Meet 2017
    • Haryana State won the championship title.
  • Golden Globe Tigers award
    • Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd has won the Golden Globe Tigers Award for Excellence and Leadership in CSR 2017
  • Honoraray consulate in GIFT City
    • Belgium became the first country to open a honorary consulate in GIFT City of Gujarat.
  • New CRPF Chief
    • Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar was appointed as the new Chief of CRPF.
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Wednesday, April 26

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 25, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • Maoists Attack
    • 25 CRPF Men were killed in a Maoists attack on April 24, 2016.
    • The attack happened in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
  • Tamil new year Awards 2016
    • Tamil Thai Award 2016 -Maanavar Mandram 
    • Kabilar Award - L K Agniputran
    • U Ve Sa Award - M A Venkatakrishnan
    • Kambar Award - Jayaraj
    • Sollin Selvar Award - B Manikandan
    • G U Pope Award - Vaideki Herbert
    • Umarupulavar Award - M Abdul Khader
    • Ilangovadigal Award - N Nanjundan
    • Amma Ilakiya Award - Hamsa Dhanagopal
    • Kanini Tamil Award 2015 -Selva Murali
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2016
    • K Vishwanath was named the 48th recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award.
  • Younis Khan
    • He became the first Pakistani cricketer to reach 10000 runs in Test matches.
  • Top Five largest Military Spenders in the World
    • India ranked 5th in the list released by Stocholm Peace Research Institute
      1. USA
      2. China
      3. Russia
      4. Saudi Arabia
      5. India
  • Goldman Environmental Award
    • The other name of this award is Green Nobel Prize.
    • Prafulla Samantra (an Indian social activist) has been announced the winner of this award from Asia region.
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TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 24, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  •  April 24 - World Lab Animal Day.
  • Abbreviation
    • PCPNDT Act 1994 - Prohibition of pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques.
  • Senior Citizen
    • The Union govt has planned to adopt 60 years as the age for Senior Citizens.
  • USS Carl Vinson Carrier
    • It is the name of the ship which was ordered by the US President Donald Trump to sail off the korean peninsula.
    • After this announcement, the North Korea threatened to strike it.
  • Monte Carlo Masters 2017
    • Singles
      • Rafael nadal won the title against Albert Ramos in the Final
    • Doubles
      • Rohan Bipanna and Pablo Chevas won the title against Feliciano lopez and Marc lopez.
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Tuesday, April 25

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 23, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • April 23 - World Book Day
  • India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge
    • It is a 150 Metre bridge to be constructed over the river Feni.
    • It connects Sabroom of Tripura in India with the Ramgarh of Bangladesh.
  • India's First Underwater Metro tunnel
    • India's first underwater metro tunnel is to be constructed under the Hoogly river.
    • The proposed metro project connects Howrah with Kolkatta of length 16.6km.
    • Of this 10.8 km stretch will run underground.
    • 520 Metre will be underwater/ under the river Hoogly.
  • Angad Thakur
    • He is a social activist from bihar.
    • He plead the passengers to buy ticket in train.
  • Roman Seleznev
    • He is a russian hacker who was sentenced to 27 Years in Prison.
    • It is the longest sentence given for hacking related activities in USA.
  • Pradan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
    • The Union govt has extended the last date for disclosing the undisclosed wealth under the Pradan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.
    • Last date: May 10, 2017.
  • World Bank Approved loan
    • The World Bank has approved the a loan of 2400 crores to augment the capacity of national waterway 1.
    • National Waterway 1: Haldia to Allahabad
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Sunday, April 23

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 22, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • April 22- Earth Day
  • Ameenpur Lake
    • It is located in Hyderabad of Telengana
    • It became the first site in urban area to get the biodiversity heritage site status.
  • Brahmos Test fired
    • The long range variant of Brahmos was successfully test fired from Teg, an Indian Naval ship.
    • This is Indian Navy's maiden testfiring of the Brahmos for attacking the target inland.
  • Nepal President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
  • Muttiah Muralitharan
    • He is a srilankan cricket player, who became the first srilankan to be inducted into the ICC hall of fame.
  • 457 Visa - Australia
    • It is a visa for foreign workers in Australia.
    • Australia recently scrapped this visa in order to tackle its own growing unemployment.


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TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 21, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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  • April 21 - Civil Services DAy
  • Pongal in Virginia
    • The American State's general assembly has recognized the pongal as a harvest festival.
    • From 2018 onwards, Jan 14 will be celebrated as pongal day in Virginia.
  • Kovvada Nuclear Power Plant
    • It is the proposed India's biggest nuclear power plant to be set up in Andhra Pradesh.
  • Mongol Sat 1
    • It is the first sattelite of Mongolia launched recently.
  • China renames 6 places in its official records
    • China has renamed 6 places in Arunachal Pradesh on its official maps.
    • The names given by china are Wo'gyainling, Mila Ri, Qoidengarbo Ri, Mainquka, Bumo La and Namkapub Ri.
    • New and Old Names
      • Wo’gyainling - Ugyen Ling (birthplace of 6th Dalai Lama)
      • Mainquka -  Mechuka
      • Qoidengarbo Ri  - Choten Karpo Ri,
      • Bumo - Bumla.
  • UN to Issue stamps on Yoga.
    • The United Nations Postal Administration has planned to issue stamps showing 10 yoga postures to mark the International Yoga Day on June 21, 2017.

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Friday, April 21

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs in Tamil - April 2, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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    • டெப்பி சூறாவளி
      • இந்த சூறாவளி வடக்கு ஆஸ்திரேலியாவை சமீபத்தில் மார்ச் 2017-ல் தாக்கியது
    • நிலம் பூத்து மலர்ந்த
      • இது சங்க காலத்தைப் பற்றி மனோஜ் குரூர் என்பவர் எழுதிய ஒரு மலையாள புனைக்கதை ஆகும்
      • இது தமிழில் கே.வி. ஜெயஸ்ரீ என்பவரால் ‘நிலம் பூத்து மலர்ந்த நாள்’ என்னும் தலைப்பில் மொழிபெயர்க்கப் பட்டுள்ளது
    • மலேசிய பிரதமரின் இந்திய சந்திப்பு
      • மலேசிய பிரதமர் முஹமது நஜீப் பின் துன் அப்துல் ரசாக் ( நஜீப் ரசாக் ) இந்தியா வந்தார்
      • அவர் இந்திய பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடியுடன் பேசி இருதரப்பு ஒப்பந்தங்களில் கையெழுத்திட்டார்
    • ஆஸ்திரேலியன் கிராண்ட் பிரிக்ஸ் 2017
      • ஆஸ்திரேலியன் கிராண்ட் பிரிக்ஸ் பட்டத்தை செபாஸ்டியன் வெட்டல் வென்றார்
    • சம்பரன் சத்யாகிரஹா 100-வது வருட கொண்டாட்டம்
      • மகாத்மா காந்தியால் நடத்தப்பட்ட இந்த சத்யாகிரகத்தினை கொண்டாட பீகார் அரசு முடிவு செய்துள்ளது
      • இது ஏப்ரல் 17, 1917 அன்று indigo தோட்டக்காரர்களுக்காக நடத்தப்பட்டது
    • புத்தகம்
      • திரு மற்றும் திருமதி ஜின்னா – எழுதியவர் ஷீலா ரெட்டி
    • பி. இனியன்
      • இவர் தமிழ்நாட்டின் ஈரோடு மாவட்டத்தை சேர்ந்த செஸ் வீரர்
      • இவர் சர்வதேச செஸ் மாஸ்டர் பட்டத்தை கைப்பற்றினார்
    • உத்தரகண்ட் உயர்நீதி மன்றம் இயற்கை வளங்களை உயிருள்ள பொருட்களாக அறிவித்தது
      •  உத்தரகண்ட் உயர்நீதி மன்றம் பின் வரும் இயற்கை வளங்களை உயிருள்ள பொருட்களாக அறிவித்தது
      • பனிப்பாறைகள், ஆறுகள்நீரோடைகள்காற்றுஏரிகள்புல்வெளிகள்டேல்ஸ்காடுகள், ஈர நிலங்கள், வயல் நிலங்கள், நீரூற்றுகள்.
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    TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 20, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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    • Mathorubhagan
      • It is a novel written by Perumal Murugan.
      • The English translation of this book, 'One Part Women' has won the Sahitya Academy Award for translation in English.
      • It was translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.
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    TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 19, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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    • Marathi International Film Festival 2017
      • Five day Mararthi international film festival to be held in Stockholm of Sweden.
    • Narayan Sanyal
      • Veteran CPI (Moaist) Leader who passed away recently.
    • TN MLAs Ship travel
      • About 100 MLA's of TN, 14 Ministers and 4 MPs travelled in two ships to sea.
      • Name of the Ships
        1. INS Sumedha
        2. INS Chennai
      • Rocket Demonstration - INS Ranvir.
    • Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Award 2017
      • Archaeologist A.V. Narasimha Murthi was award the Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Award 2017.
    • Fuel Pump to remain Shut on Sundays - TN
      • The Tamil Nadu Petroleum dealers has planned to shut the retail fuel outlets on sundays with effect from May 14, 2017.
    • TN Arasu Cable Corporation ltd
      • It became the first state run multi operator to get the Digital Addressable system licence from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
    • 457 Visa
      • It is visa programme which was recently decided to cut by the Australia.
      • This visa allows the Austrialian companies to hire Skilled Indian Labour.
    • Violet Brown
      • A Jaimaican women who became the world's oldest women (117 Year old).
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    Thursday, April 20

    TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 18, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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    • Krishi Karman Award 2015-2016
      • Tamil Nadu has bagged the Krishi Karman Award for the year 2015-2016.
      • TN produced 130 lakh tonnes of food grains in the year 2015-2016.
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    Wednesday, April 19

    TNPSC Daily Current Affairs in Tamil - April 1, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - TNPSCGURU.IN

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      TNPSC Daily Current Affairs in Tamil, April 1, 2017 - www.TNPSCGURU.iN
      • நீதிபதி. இந்திரா பேனர்ஜி
        • இவர் சென்னை உயர் நீதி மன்றத்தின் தலைமை நீதிபதியாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்
        • இவர் சென்னை உயர் நீதி மன்றத்தின் இரண்டாவது பெண் தலைமை நீதிபதி ஆவர்
        • சென்னை உயர் நீதி மன்றத்தின் முதல் பெண் தலைமை நீதிபதி – காந்த குமாரி பாத்நகர்
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      Tuesday, April 18

      TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 17, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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      • Battle of Adyar (1746)
        • The war was held between the forces of the Nawab of Arcot and the french Army.
        • It was held on the banks of the Adyar Estuary on October 1746.
        • The french forces were led by Captain Louis Pardis.
      • R Sreenivasan
        • He is a famous sculptor who passed away recently.
      • Ma Aranganathan
        • He is a tamil writer who passed away recently.
        • He also published the magazine 'Munril'.
      • Vistadome
        • It is the glass railway coach which made its trail run in Vishakapatnam to Araku.
      • Indian Army chief : Bipin Rawat
      • National Security Advisor: Ajit Dowal
      • Prime Minister of Nepal : Pushpa Kamala Dahal 
      • Bahrain Grand Prix 2017
        • Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain grand Prix.
        • 2nd Place - Lewis Hamilton
        • 3rd place - Valtteri Bottas
      • Singapore Open 2017 (Badminton)
        • B Sai Praneeth (Ind) won the title against K Srikanth in the final.
      • Emma Morano
        • She is an Italian who held the oldest human being record passed away at the age of 117.
      • Cyclone Maarutha
        • It is the tropical cylcone which hit Myanmar.
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      Monday, April 17

      TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 16, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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      • Malabar Exercise
        • It is a joint trilateral naval exercise among India , Japan and the US.
        • Australia has requested the observer status for this exercise which scheduled to be held in July 2017.
      • Qalbu Maryam Mosque
        • It is the second mosque inaugurated in US which is completely led by woman.
        • It is located at Berkely in California.
      • Robert Taylor
        • He is a pioneer in modern computing who passed away recently.
      • 171 Million Dollars hacked
        • 171 Million US Dollars was hacked from the Union Bank of India in July 2016.
        • Chairman of Union Bank of India: Arun Tiwari.
      • Abbreviations
        • SWIFT - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
      • Kamala Awards 2017
        • It is awarded by the Crafts Council of India.
        • Awardees
          • Kabiraj Nayak - Shanta Prasad Award for excellence in craft 
          • M R Ranganatha rao - for contributions to crafts
          • Arun Pal - for craftmanship
          • Ketha Lakshmi
      • TN Tops MGNREGS
        • Tamil Nadu tops the list in generation of person days (39.59 crore) under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarentee Scheme for the financial year 2016-2017.
      • Telangana Reservation
        • Telangana Cabinet has recently approved for the increase in reservation for ST and Muslims
        • for Muslims from 5% to 12%
        • For ST 6% to 10 %.
      • Srinagar Byelection
        • Farooq Abdullah of  JK National Conference won the election.
      • Love Hormone - Oxytocin
      • Belle-II
        • It is the name of the experiment to be launched by the High energy accelerator research organisation of Japan.
        • In this experiment, highly intense electron and positron beams will be made to collide with each other.
        • As a result B-meson quarks will be produced.
      • Sultan Of Johar Cup 2017
        • It is scheduled to be held in Malaysia.
      • Dr. Mark Wainberg
        • He is a pioneer in AIDS/HIV Drugs, who passed away recently.
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      Sunday, April 16

      TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 15, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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      • Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar Sikh Temple
        • Located in Dubai sets Guinness World Records by serving free breakfast to over 600 people from 101 nationalities.
      • S Nandagopal
        • He is famous sculptor who passed away recently.
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      TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 14, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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      • Malala Yousafzai
        • She is a nobel laureate from Pakistan who was given the honorary Canadian Citizenship.
        • She became the 6th person in the world to get the honorary Canadian Citizenship.
      • Birth and Death Certificate
        • The Madras high court directed that the issue of birth and death certificates can be ordered only by the Executive magistrate not below the rank of RDOs (Revenue Divisional Officer) .
      • Book
        • Let's eradicate Completely, the Semai Karuvelam Tree - It is a book which contains a essays about Semai Karuvelam.
        • It was compiled by Advocate Commissioner K Swamidurai and Professer S Vincent.
      • Mother of all bombs
        • It is the nick name of the US's largest non-nuclear bomb 'GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb'.
        • Weight: 21600 pounds
        • US Army dropped this bomb targeting the IS in Nangarhar province of Afghan.
      • Rajnivas
        • It is the name of the website launched by the Lieutenant governor of Puducherry Kiren Bedi for grievance redressal.
        • Address: www.rajnivas.py.gov.in
      • Habibganj Station
        • It is located in Bhopal of Rajasthan.
        • The Railways has planned to hand over this railway station to private for operating it.
        • It would become the first railway station in India to be operated by the private players.
      • Koradi Thermal Power Plant
        • It is located in Nagpur of Mumbai.
        • Capacity: 3300 MW.
        • It was dedicated to the nation recently.
      • Sachin - A billion Dollar Dream
        • Film About - Sachin Tendukar directed by James Erskine
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      TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 11, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

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      TNPSC Current Affairs - April 11, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams - TNPSC April 2017 Current Affairs.

      • Neil M Gorsuch
        • He sworn in as the 113th Judge of the Supreme court of US.
      • US Masters 2017 (Golf)
        • Sergio Garcia (Spain) won the title against Justin Rose (UK) in the final round.
        • Green Jacket was also presented to the winner.
      • Anantnag
        • It is a Lok Sabha constituency located in Jammu and Kashmir.
        • Recently the bypoll which was scheduled to be held on April 12 was postponed to May 25 after broke out of large scale violence.
      • Australian PM : Malcolm Turnbull
        • Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited India on an official tour.
      • Nakshe Portal
        • It is a web portal set up by the Survey of India, which is India's official Map Maker.
        • This portal have more than 7000 maps.
        • The Survey of India announced that the persons with aadhaar can only access the 3000 maps of the 7000.
        • The Survey of India was set up in 1767.
        • It recently celebrated its 250th anniversary of foundation.
      • The Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill 2016
        • The lok sabha has passed the amendment bill recently.
      • Silk Road Train
        • The First freight trian from UK to Britain was flagged off from the London Gateway Container port.
        • It will reach Yiwu of China after 18 days journey of over 12000 km distance.
        • Earlier the first train from china to UK reached on Jan 18 2017.
        • It will travel across several countries like
          • France
          • Belgium
          • Germany
          • Poland
          • Belarus
          • Russia
          • Kazakhstan.
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