Current Affairs Assam, North East, India – 14 April 2018

14 April 2018

ASSAM, NORTHEAST CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Assamese Film ‘Village Rockstar’ bagged the best film award at the 65th National Film Awards for 2017
• The people of Assam started celebration of Rongali Bihu festival to mark the beginning of the Assamese New Year on 15^th The first day of the 7 day festival is celebrated as Goru Bihu (Cattle Bihu) on 14^th April.

• The government of Mizoram and the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation have signed an agreement for investment and development of tourism in the north-eastern state.
• Tribal leader and renowned social activist Bikram Bahadur Jamatia  conferred with the first Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Integration Award for Social Service, instituted by the Tripura government

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INDIA, INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala from Haryana becomes India’s youngest ever gold medal winner in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) at the age of 15
• UAE cabinet has approved a bill guaranteeing equal pay for men and women
• Chandra Shekhar Ghosh has been re-appointed as MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank.
• ‘Newton’ has been selected as the Best Hindi Film at the 65th National Film Awards for 2017
• India ranks 130th in the latest 2018 Index of Economic Freedom.

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 3 crore on IDBI Bank
• Mary Kom becomes the first Indian woman boxer to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games
• Bhanu Pratap Sharma- has been appointed as the chairman of Bank Board Bureau recently.

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