Current Affairs Assam, North East, India – 22 April 2018

22 April 2018

ASSAM, NORTHEAST CURRENT AFFAIRS

N Biren Singh, Manipur Chief Minister has said that the helicopter service will be launched from May 15 in Manipur
Assamese writer and journalist Homen Borgohain and poet Nilamoni Phookan were honoured with the prestigious Rashtrakavi Kuvempu National Award 2017 . The Rashtrakavi Kuvempu National Award , instituted by Rastrakavi Kuvempu Pratisthana of Kuppali (Karnataka) is given in the name of Kannada writer and Jnanpith Award winning litterateur KV Puttappa, popularly known as Kuvempu.

A cyclist from guwahati named Arshel Akhter has been appointed the ‘Bicycle Mayor’ of Guwahati by BYCS, an NGO based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance (The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018) to give for death penalty to those convicted of raping a child below the age of 12 and life term for raping a girl below age of 16.

Tim Bergling (28), popularly known as DJ Avicii of Sweden , has passed away in Muscat, Oman on April 21, 2018.
World’s oldest Japanese supercentenarian, Nabi Tajima (117), has passed away in Kikai, Japan on April 21, 2018. She was born on August 4, 1900,
Bengaluru FC has won the 2018 Indian Super Cup Football tournament defeating East Bengal by a margin of 4-1
The Chinese dragon ‘Son of Dreams’ has been declared the official mascot of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China.

Daniel Ricciardohas won the 2018 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix tournament
Karan Johar become the first-ever Indian Filmmaker in Madame Tussauds Collection
End Plastic Pollution is the theme of the 2018 World Earth Day

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