18 April 2016 GK Updates

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Hi Friends ,In this post we will provide you 18April 2016 GK Updates .GK is very important for all the competitive exams.The current GK is very important for Banking and insurance exams such as IBPS PO and clerical exams ,SBI PO and clerical exam ,LIC AAO exam.These GK updates will be fruitful for Upcoming SBI clerical and all the state level exams.These GK updates are better than other website’s GK updates because These updates are in focus with SBI clerical exam.You don’t need in depth knowledge but should have idea about the subject and the news. This is the reason why we are not providing detailed news as aspirants will not be able to learn everything and due to grasping many point,he/she will forget the important points at the time of exam. So here is the 18 April 2016 GK Updates :

  1. World Heritage Day has been celebrated All over the world on 18th April.
  2. The Goldman Environmental Prizes 2016 winners were announced by the Golman Environmental Foundation.This Year’s Winners are :
    1.Edward Loure (Tanzania) 2.Leng Ouch (Cambodia)
    3.Zuzana Caputova(Slovakia) 4.Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera(Puerto Rico)
    5.Destiny Watford (USA) 6.Maxima Acuna (Peru)
  3. An USA Grand Jury has slapped a $940 Million fine on two Tata group firms Tata Consultancy Services and Tata America.The two firms were fined in a trade secret lawsuit filed against them by Epic Systems.
  4. The Summit in Doha between the world’s largest oil producing countries of the world ended without any agreement.
  5. Indira Gandhi International Airport will install World’s Largest Wooden Charkha(Spinning Wheel) at Terminal of the Airport.This will be India’s symbol of the Non Violence to the world.
  6. National Mission for Clean Ganga under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) announced the formal launch of Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (CGRBMS) in New Delhi.
  7. Dipa Karmakar becomes the first Indian To Qualify for the Rio Olympics.
  8. Foreign Direct Investment in India is increased by 37% to USD 39.32 Billion during 2015.
  9. Rafael Nadal has won the Monte Carlo Masters Title 9th time in his carrier.He defeated Gael Monfils by 7-5 5-7 6-0 in the final.
  10. The Brazilian’s Lower house of congress voted to impeach President Dilma Rousseff .The measure passed with more than 343 of 513 voted in favour of impeachment.The Measure will now go to senate.If senate votes in favour it will put the president on trial.
  11. From now ,The Banks has to share the transaction details in the standard format.This is because the revenue intelligence and the security agencies are looking seriously into money laundering and financial fraud cases.
  12. The I-League Footbaal Tournament has been won by Bengaluru FC.They Beat Salgaocar FC by 2-0 margin in a match played at the Kanteevera Stadium.
  13. Srilankan Off Spinner Rangana Herath has announced his retirement from One day and T-20 Cricket as he wants to focus only on the test format.
  14. Financial Software and Systems Private Limited has inked with 6 Banks Unified Payment interface to six banks across the country based on a hosted platform.
  15. Forbes has released First ever list of Global Game Changers .The List topped by Mark Benioff of salesforce.com .Three Indians are there in the list.Rahul Bhatia of Indigo Airlines is at 3rd Spot.Cyrus Poonawala of Serum Institute Pune is at 23rd place and Sunny Varkey of GEMS education is at 26th spot.
  16. A Konkani Museum will be set up at Mangaluru by Mandd Sobhan,a Konkani culture Organisation.

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