Daily GK Updates - 4th April, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. India ranked 6^th in top 10 largest manufacturers list: UN report: According to a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) report, India ranked 6^th among the world’s top 10 manufacturing countries which the US was ranked 1st.

2. PM Narendra Modi conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour: He was conferred with Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour-the king Abdulaziz Sash.

3. IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore top the list of best Indian universities: According to the list, IIT Madras is the top engineering college followed by IIT Mumbai and IIT Kharagpur. IIM Bangalore is the top management college followed by IIM Ahmedabad at rank no.2 and IIM Calcutta at rank no.3.

4. World’s largest oil firm Aramco to invest in India: India and Saudi Arabia have vowed to substantially boost investments and their trade ties as PM Modi invited cash-rich Saudi firms to invest in infrastructure and form joint ventures for oil exploration. 

5. Blackstone to acquire HP’s 60% stake in Mphasis.

6. Vedanta sets Guinness World Record for mass plantation by planting 2,08,751 saplings at a single location in less than an hour.

7. World’s first White Tiger Safari inaugurated at Mukundpur in Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

8. India, Saudi Arabia signed five agreements in the field of labour co-operation, technical co-operation, financial intelligence, investment promotion co-operation etc. to boost bilateral co-operation.

9. Union Government notified Hazardous Waste Management Rules, 2016.

10. Trimbakeshwar Temple Trust barred entry for all men and women from entering the sanctum till the next decision.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action observed across the world on 4^th April 2016 with theme ‘Mine action is humanitarian action’.

2. Vietnam Police Chief Tran Dai Quang sworn in as the 9^th President of the nation. 

3. Planet KELT-4Ab with triple-star system found: A research team of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics published a paper in The Astronomical Journal on their findings of a stable orbit planet with a triple-star system.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. Miami Open Title 2016 won by Novak Djokovic: The world no.1 from Serbia defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan to grab the trophy.

2. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia to win the Miami Open Title 2016 in the women’s singles category.

3. Germany’s Nico Roseberg of Mercedes won 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix: Capital of Bahrain is Manama.

OBITUARIES:

4. Renowned American Actor Larry Drake passed away at the age of 66.

5. Former AC Milan player from Italy Cesare Maldini died at the age of 84.