21 April 2016 GK Updates

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Hi Friends ,In this post we will provide you 21April 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 21 April 2016 GK Updates :

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred awards to civil servants for excellence in implementation of Priority Programmes of the Government.
  2. Europe has become the world’s first region to wipe out malaria with zero cases reported in the year 2015.
  3. Indian Navyhas granted permanent commission toseven Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers who joined the service in 2008-09.
  4. Women were permitted entry to the ‘garbha griha’ of the Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik District ofMaharashtra.
  5. Govt. has decided Chandigarh to host the International yoga day.The first International Day of Yoga was observed world over by millions on June 21, 2015.
  6. Former WWE women’s champion and reality TV star Chyna (45-years) real name Joanie Laurer has died at her home in Southern California.
  7. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for operationalisation of newIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
  8. India and China have agreed to adhere to peaceful negotiations to settle the border issue and reach a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution.
  9. In recently released 2016 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI), India ranked 133rd out of 180 nations surveyed worldwide in terms of press freedom in 2015.
  10. President Pranab Mukherjee honoured the Chinese professor Ge Fuping with the George Grierson prize for his remarkable works done for the propagation of Hindi abroad.
  11. The Uttarakhand high court on revoke the imposition of President’ rule in the state and revived the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat, who has been asked to prove his majority on 29 April.
  12. Union Government has notified that theDepartment of Disinvestment is renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM).

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