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Daily Current Affairs 5th April 2018 GK GS Bulletins
Daily Current Affairs GK GS Bulletins
1. Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani, with a net worth of $38 billion, is Asia’s third-richest man and is ranked 19 in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Apart from Ambani, there are 23 Indians in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index top 500 list, with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates holding on to the top two spots.
2. Veteran socialist leader, freedom fighter and former state minister Bhai Vaidya passed away. He was 89.
3. The 114th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) between India and Pakistan was held in New Delhi.
4. A Multi Modal Logistics Park at Balli Station near Madgaon in Goa state on Konkan Railway route was inaugurated by CMD Konkan Railway.
5. SBI Life Insurance has appointed Sanjeev Nautiyal as its new Managing Director and CEO. He replaces Arijit Basu.
6. A meagre two Indian institutions (the IIT Delhi and University of Delhi) figured in the world's top 200 universities, as per a joint study by industry body ASSOCHAM and think tank Yes Institute.
7. At the end of Financial Year 2017-18, 97.05 lakh subscribers have enrolled under Atal Pension Yojana.
8. JICA has signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide a loan assistance of Rs 500 crore.
9. NTPC has commissioned the first unit of 1,320 MW super-critical Meja thermal project at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.
10. Rafael Nadal has reached the top spot in the men's Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings.
