*Around
INDIA*
# Defence Minister, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman said that, the
Ministry’s website had been hacked; but India’s cyber security chief, Mr.
Gulshan Rai denied there was any breach and said several government websites
were down due to “hardware failure”
# Both the Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die [Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament during Budget Session 2018]
# 5 MPs belonging to YSRSC Party (Andhra Pradesh) submitted
their resignation letter to the Speaker, Ms. Sumitra Mahajan as centre not
granted “Special Category Status” to Andhra Pradesh
# Defence Ministry has initiated the formal process to buy 110
fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF) through a global tendering process
# Government banned the imports of the hormone oxytocin (also
called as “love hormone”) to stop its misuse in the livestock industry, where
activists say it causes hormonal imbalances and shortens the lives of milch
animals
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi asked the BJP MPs to spend a
night each in village where SC / ST make up majority
# BJP to observe fast on April 12 against the Opposition parties
for disrupting the Parliament
# Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Mr. Piyush Goyal
launched UTTAM (Unlocking Transparency by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal)
App for Coal Quality Monitoring.
# Union Ministry of Tribal affairs has approved establishment of
the first multipurpose “Van Dhan Vikas Kendra” in Bijapur District of
Chhattisgarh for value addition of Forest Produce
*TAMIL
NADU*
# The Madras High Court
orally asked why there are no age restrictions in India for those contesting
elections or the number of tenures a candidate is eligible for
# Appointment of Karnataka’s Mr. D. K. Surappa as Vice –
Chancellor of Anna University evoked strong opposition from all political
parties (except BJP and ruling AIADMK government) and in Facebook and Twitter;
Tamil Nadu government insisted that the State government has no role in the
appointment of the Vice – Chancellor
# Government launched Amma Free Wi-Fi zones in 5 cities of Tamil
Nadu. Amma Free Wi-Fi zones have been introduced at the following five
locations:
(01) Labour Statue at Marina,
Chennai
(02) Central Bus stand at Salem
(03) Central Bus stand at
Tiruchirappalli
(04) Gandhipuram Bus Stand in
Coimbatore
(05) Mattu Thavani Bus Stand in
Madurai
*STATES
SCAN*
# Andhra Pradesh: Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu
called upon the people to be prepared for Statewide protests against the denial
of Special Category Status to the State
# Kerala: Chief Minister, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the
“Huddle Kerala”, a two – day startup conclave in Thiruvannthapuram; in the
event, the Chief Minister was greeted by “Saya”, the robot
*BILATERAL
ISSUES*
# External Affairs Minister, M. Sushma Swaraj embarked on a three-day official visit to
Azerbaijan’s capital city Baku to participate in Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Ministerial Conference.
*WORLD*
# Malaysia: Parliament dissolved; elections to be held within
the next 60 days as per the Malaysian Constitution
# South Korea: Former President, Ms. Park Geun-hye was jailed
for 24 years for corruption
# Qatar: has introduced national service for women for the first
time
*ECONOMICS*
# 5% Uniform rate of GST to apply in all railway catering
services in trains or on stations
# Santosh Kumar Mohanty, an Executive Director of SEBI has been
elevated as whole – time member of SEBI; he would join G. Mahalingam and
Madhabi Puri Buch as the third whole – time member
# Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) has constituted a five-member working group (headed by Pragya
Sahay Saksena) to examine the taxation aspects related to High Net Worth
Individuals (HNWIs) who are migrating abroad to other jurisdictions.
*SPORTS*
# 2nd day of CWG 2018:
India won 1 Gold and 1 Bronze medals
- Gold: Sanjita Chanu in Women’s Weightlifting (53 kg)
- Bronze: Deepak Lather in Men’s Weightlifting (69 kg)
- As of now, India is at fourth place in medals table with (2 G
+ 1 S + 1 B); Australia leads the table with 41 medals (includes 14 Gold)
followed by England with 23 medals (includes 12 Gold) and Canada with 11 medals
# 11th edition of IPL begins today
*MISC*
# April 07: World Health Day; theme: “Universal health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere”
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