Daily GK Updates - 8th April, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. North East ASEAN Business Summit inaugurated in Imphal: The first ever two day summit has been organised by Manipur Commerce and Industries Department (MCID) in collaboration with the Union Ministries of External Affairs and Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Indian Chamber of Service Industries (ICSI).

2. Government inaugurates ‘Namma Toilet’ in Delhi under Swachh Bharat Mission: To promote the Swachh Bharat Mission, Union Urban Development Minister Venkiah Naidu inaugurated ‘Namma Toilet’ in the national capital Delhi.

3. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minster dedicates 36 new CNG stations in Delhi and NCR.

4. Asia’s 50 most powerful businesswoman list topped by Nita Ambani: Reliance Industries Director Nita Ambani and State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya have been ranked top two in Forbes’ ‘Asia 50 Power Businesswoman 2016’ list, which acknowledges the inroads women are making in the business world, despite gender inequalities.

5. CCEA approved Andrew Yule proposal to convert Bank of Baroda’s loan into equity.

6. Snapdeal launches donation program ‘Sunshine’: It has partnered with 9 NGO’s to launch Snapdeal Sunshine, a platform where users can make donations to causes under education, health, sports, woman empowerment, disaster relief and old age care.

7. Rudy launches Transnational Skill Standards aligned to UK: Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy launches Transnational Skill Standards benchmarked to the United Kingdom across 82 identified job roles, aiming to support international mobility of Indian workforce.

8. Debraj Pradhan appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Norway.

9. Tamil Nadu Cricket Association has appointed D Vasu as its new director for a period of two years.

10. GoJavas appointed Amitabh Coomar as its new CEO.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. HP unveils World’s Thinnest Laptop: The American multinational information technology company HP Inc (Hewlett Packard) has launched eight new personal products including the world’s thinnest laptop having 10.4 mm thickness. 

2. HashimThaci sworn in as new President of Kosovo: The capital city of Kosovo is Pristina.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. India men win Asia Nations Cup Chess Tournament by defeating Vietnam in the finals played at Abu Dhabi.

OBITUARIES:

2. Veteran Journalist Yogendra Bali died at the age of 85 years.

3. American country music legend Merle Haggard died on his 79^th birthday.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS:

4. Book titled ‘The Kiss of Life: How a superhero and my son defeated cancer’ co-authored by Bilal Siddiqi and EmraanHashmi launched by ArvindKejriwal.