| 1. World Book & Copyright Day being observed on 23rd April. The day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of reading and promote publishing and the protection of copyright around the globe. It is a yearly event organized by the UNESCO. |
| 2. GST can boost India’s GDP growth by up to 4.2% ,According to Federal Reserve. As lower taxes on manufactured goods will bump up output and make products cheaper, a U.S. Federal Reserve paper said.GST, it said, could reduce inefficiencies in the production process while eliminating the current compounding effect of different central and state levies. Dubbed as the biggest tax reform since Independence, GST will unify at least 10 indirect taxes into one to be collected at State and central levels. |
| 3. Tata Motors has introduced buses featuring AMT technology. AMT (automated manual transmission) technology aimed at high-traffic urban use. The feature would be provided on the Starbus and Ultra brand of buses, ranging from 12 metres and 9 metres and priced at ₹21 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi) onwards. |
| 4. A biometric attendance system will be placed in Uttar pradesh government offices upto the block level. Apart from this, a board be put up at every village panchayat, which will have information about contact details of the village pradhan and details of the ongoing works |
| 5. A new Earth Virtual Reality (VR) feature has launched by Google. feature allows users to visit any address in the world and fly over it in 3D with the help of a headset system .Using a new updated feature on Google Earth VR, people can choose their own destinations, as long as they know the address or name of the location. |
| 6. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will start selling mutual funds and insurance products of other companies by early 2018 . Nearly 100 firms, both domestic and foreign, have evinced interest in partnering the government-promoted IPPB. In an interview to PTI, Singh said that IPPB will start full-fledged operations in every district of the country by September 2017. The bank had launched its pilot project with a branch each in Raipur and Ranchi on January 30 this year. |
| 7. Australia wants a LEMOA with india. India has said that it would first like to get the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Understanding (LEMOA) with the U.S. operational. India and Australia have been expanding their military-to-military cooperation, especially in the maritime domain, given their shared interests and concerns in the Indian Ocean, with the rapid expansion of China’s naval presence in the region. |
| 8. Ministry of External Affairs has made a provision enabling people to apply online for passports in Hindi. The move comes after President Pranab Mukherjee recently accepted recommendations made in this regard by the Committee of Parliament on Official Language through its ninth report. The report was submitted in 2011. The panel had suggested that bilingual forms should be made available by all passport offices and forms filled in Hindi should also be accepted. |
| 9. A new financial assistance scheme for input investment for farmers unveiled by Telengana. he scheme would cost about Rs.8,000 crore a year to the exchequer. The scheme to be launched in May 2018, from the kharif season next year, would cover all farmers irrespective of their land holding. Farmers would be given Rs.4,000 per acre for cultivation of kharif and an equal amount for rabi crops and fruit orchards as input investment. |
| 10. Rafael Nadal become the first player to win 10 tournaments at the same venue in the Open era. Defending champion Rafael Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters for an unprecedented 10th time, easily beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-3 in the final . |
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