22 April 2016 Current Affairs for Competition Exams

Justice PK Mishra appointed as Lokayukta of Goa.
On 20 April 2016 Justice PK Mishra, former Chief Justice of Patna High Court, was appointed as the Lokayukta of Goa.
MoU approved on Technical Cooperation between India and Bhutan.

On 20 April 2016 the Union Cabinet gave its approval for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bhutan.
The two nations will ink an agreement on technical cooperation in the field of capacity building, benchmarking and bilateral exchange in infrastructure engineering.

RBL became first private sector bank to open dedicated branch for Start-ups in India.
RBL is a scheduled commercial bank headquartered in the Kolhapur region of Maharashtra. RBL is one of the oldest private sector banks in India.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyaan merged with Khelo India.
The Union Government in the third week of April 2016 has merged Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA), launched by the UPA government, with the Khelo India programme for development of sports.

Signing of the Paris Agreement.
On 20 April 2016 the Union Cabinet, presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its approval for signing the Paris Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of Parties held in Paris in December 2015.

ISRO Scientists made world’s lightest material.
Scientists at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram indigenously manufactured the world's lightest synthetic material called ‘silica aerogel’ or ‘blue air’ or ‘frozen smoke’. It was in news in the third week of April 2016.

Department of Disinvestment renamed as DIPAM.
On 20 April 2016 Union Government notified that the Department of Disinvestment is renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management or DIPAM.

Europe became world’s first region to end malaria: WHO.
On 20 April 2016 the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the European Region became the first in the world to have achieved interruption of indigenous malaria transmission.

BCCI appointed Rahul Johri as its CEO.
On 20 April 2016 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed Rahul Johri as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Pulitzer Prize 2016.
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.