Current Affairs Video, April 2016, 16 April–22 April 2016

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• IHF promoted Durga Thakur as International Outdoor Umpire
• Laureus World Sports Award 2016 conferred
• Maharashtra government banned digging of bore wells beyond 200 ft
• International Day for Monuments and Sites observed
• App ‘Itihaasa’ chronicling Indian IT journey launched
• Gymnast Dipa Karmakar qualified for Rio Olympics 2016
• Earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on Richter scale struck Ecuador
• The 13th Islamic Summit Conference concluded in Istanbul
• International Mother Earth Day observed across the world
• Europe became world’s first region to end malaria: WHO
• ISRO Scientists made world’s lightest material ‘Silica Aerogel’
• Union Government merged Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyaan with Khelo India
• RBL Bank became first private sector bank to open dedicated branch for Start-ups
• Union Government renamed Department of Disinvestment as DIPAM
• Pulitzer Prize 2016 winners announced