NDA Exam I 2016 – 17th April 2016
(Current Affairs)

Person in News:
•The head of the Norway’s Consulate General of Mumbai that was reopened on after four decades of closure- Torbjorn Holthe
•The actor and writer of Oscar winning Chariots of Fire screenplay who died (November 2015) - Colin Welland
•The author of the book, Interlinking of Indian Rivers that was released by CWC Chairman AB Pandya- Radha Kant Bharati
•The Bollywood actor selected to be the chief guest of the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) that will be held in Goa – Anil Kapoor
•The famous football player with whom Tata Motors signed as Global Brand Ambassador for its passenger vehicles – Lionel Messi (Argentina)

International News:
•He was ranked at number 1 position in the Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People 2015 - Vladimir Putin
•He was ranked at 73rd (last) position in the Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People 2015 – Margaret Chan
•The country which declared state of emergency in the country citing threat to national security (November 2015) - Maldives
•The country rejoined as a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - Indonesia
•The multilateral agency released the Asian Economic Integration Report 2015 - Asian Development Bank

National News:
•The state which announced to provide the Soil Health Cards to all farmers by March 2017- Madhya Pradesh
•The state government which hiked the daily minimum wages of skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers in various sectors- Assam
•The state government which relaxed its two-child policy for government employees- Rajasthan
•The state government which approved APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for pregnant and lactating women- Maharashtra
•Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ranked at which position in the Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People 2015 – Ninth
•The research project launched by PM Narendra Modi (5 November 2015) - Imprint India

Sports News:-
•The first female jockey who won Melbourne Cup (November 2015)- Michelle Payne
•The Indian boxer who ranked world no 2 in the international ranking in 56 kg category - Shiva Thapa
•The team topped the FIFA World Ranking in Men's category released in November 2015 - Belgium
•Who won the 32nd Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament which was concluded on 5 November 2015 in Jalandhar- Indian Railways
•Who was temporarily relieved himself as the president of World Chess Federation on 6 December 2015 - Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

NDA Exam I 2016: Current affairs set- 1