WEEKLY UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS 2017 (Apr 16 - Apr 22)

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The segment provides most important current events from 16 April to 22 April 2017. Below listed are the events in the news that will help the candidates to revise and remember the important news and events for UPSC Current Affairs.

April 22

  • What is the logic behind making Aadhaar mandatory for filing I-T returns, SC asks Centre
  • Govt. plans home delivery of petrol
  • OBC benefits to be restored to Gujjars in Rajasthan
  • Be enablers, Modi tells civil servants
  • India, South Korea to sign MoU to boost defence ties
  • India, EU discuss next summit
  • Indian Navy test-fires land attack version of BrahMos missile
  • Consumers get a free hand on hotel service charge payout
  • MPC warns of upside risks to inflation
  • After Mars, ISRO turns eye on Venus

 

April 21

  • IMD forecast: Clouds of prosperity
  • UN to issue commemorative stamps for International Yoga Day
  • Dialogue on stalled BCIM corridor set to resume in Kolkata
  • China’s Arunachal move ‘illegal’
  • Logistics pact with U.S. ‘almost done’
  • Centre promises election reforms
  • Anti-dumping duty likely on hydrogen peroxide
  • Railways seeks aid for unviable routes

 

April 20

  • Indian society is now more intolerant, says Justice J. Chelameswar
  • Modi shows red light to beacons of VIP privilege
  • PHFI loses FCRA licence for lobbying
  • ‘Govt. trying to finish off rural employment scheme’
  • China renames six areas in Arunachal
  • Trump administration orders review of Iran deal
  • State entities can seek loans overseas
  • A frog’s mucus could treat flu
  • First detailed global Internet atlas developed
  • 2022 Asian Games to open up arena for e-sports enthusiasts

 

April 19

  • Australia visa cut to hit Indian IT workers
  • Modi, McMaster discuss security
  • CPEC unrelated to Kashmir issue: China
  • Respecting national anthem non-negotiable: Government in Supreme Court
  • Hindi may be made compulsory till Class 10 in CBSE schools, Kendriya Vidyalyas
  • Leaders to speak more in Hindi
  • Phase I clinical trial of Zika vaccine to begin next month
  • ‘Improve punctuality of trains or face action’
  • Common duct policy’ soon

 

April 18

  • A walk down the battlefields of history
  • Canberra keen on joining naval games
  • SC raps States on massive police vacancies
  • Plea against pre-censorship of films
  • Telangana Cabinet clears bill to increase quotas for STs, Muslims
  • Narendra Modi hints at rules for doctors to prescribe generic drugs
  • ‘Smart glasses’ that mimic eye’s lens
  • Indian firm’s Zika virus vaccine 100% efficient in animal trials
  • Protect IP to find new cures
  • Energy: going where the wind blows

 

April 17

  • ‘Triple talaq misuse will lead to social boycott’ Muslim Personal Law Board sends out warning
  • Muslim sisters should get justice: PM
  • Election Commission seeks funds for paper trail units
  • Justice Karnan’s outrageous defiance
  • China-Nepal exercises don’t worry us: India
  • GNFC to facilitate digital transition of residential townships
  • CBI goes after shell companies Starts filing cases of financial fraud
  • Indian Railways draft policy aims at boosting tourism
  • Carpool for cleaner air

 

April 16

  • Farmers were being exploited and oppressed in different ways under Khurki and Teenkathiya systems, says Shri Radha Mohan Singh
  • IITs earmark 14% special quota for girls from 2018
  • Pneumonia vaccine for kids to be launched by April-end
  • Centre to promote use of technical textiles
  • Agri reforms soon to augment farm income

 

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