Point-Wise Current-Affairs & GS (Includes Important PIB Updates) 2018 with Maps & Data- IAS, SSC etc

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 has been passes by Lok Sabha for the creation of funds under the public accounts of Centre and respectively State in the direction of compensatory afforestation.

• It also offers additional afforestation and penal compensatory affores

The 2016 World Championship title of Snooker has been won by the World’s no. one snooker player Mark Selby by beating China’s Ding Junhui with 18 - 14 score at finals played in Sheffield. With this Selby has won second title of the year 2016 after winning minor Gdynia Open event

New executive secretary of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) is UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has selected Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa. She will succeed the mandatory Christiana Figueres in July 2016 after her term ends.

Australian tycoon and computer scientist Craig Wright has publicly recognized himself as creator of virtual currency Bitcoin. He requested that he is the actual person behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin which was launched in 2009.

World’s Smallest (Nano) Thermometer has been invented by Scientists using DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) structures that can fold and unfold at specifically defined temperature functions. It was established by the scientists at the University of Montreal and in this regard the study

3^rd May is observed as World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) every year across the world to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press. The theme of 2016 is “Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms – This Is Your Right! ”

• This day also aims to prompt governments th

For plantation of trees alongside Railway Track on Railway Land Boundary the Union Ministry of Railways and Forest Department of Haryana & Punjab have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

• The MoU covers way for planting all over the place 5 lakh trees together with Railway

A prestigious Edgar A Poe award has been honored to an Indian-American journalist Neela Banerjee along with of her colleagues from Inside Climate News US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle has honored her with the awared during the annual White House Correspondents Di

2016 Russian Grand Prix has been won by German Formula One Driver Nico Rosberg from Mercedes team which was held at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia. With this Rosberg has won fourth consecutive win in the 2016 season and overall eighteenth championship title of F1 in his care

On 1^st May 2016 the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 came into force. Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) had notified 69 of the total 92 sections of the Act to bring it into force from 1 May 2016 in this regard.

Key necessities of Ac

A landmark Air Services Agreement has been signed by India and New Zealand to paving the way for introduction of direct flights between the two countries. In the presence of the President Pranab Mukherjee and the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, agreement was signed.

• The agr

Silver medal in the recurve team final of Archery World Cup held at the Yuanshen Stadium has been won by Indian women’s team in Shanghai, China and Women’s team include Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Laxmirani Majhi.

• In the finals match they lost to Chinese Taipei te

Shreya Iyer becomes first woman to win a National motorsport championship in Indian National motorsport championship 2016 Rally. Shreya has begun to ride bikes at the age of 17 and rode widely across India including the inaccessible Suru valley in the Himalayas.

About Shreya Iye

The Heart of Asia conference began in New Delhi with the objective of bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan. The Heart of Asia - Istanbul Processwas initiated to provide a stage to discuss regional issues, mainly promising security, political and economic collaboration betw

African footballer, Riyad Mahrez wins Professional Footballers Association’s Player of the Year award and became the first African footballer to win this award. Riyad Mahrez recieved the award at the Professional Footballers’ Association awards ceremony organized in London for th

K. Ashok Kumar, a research food engineer and scholar from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur wins the 2016 International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award (IPNSA). for his dedication in a research to support IPNI’s mission.

About K. Ashok Kumar:

Union Tourism Ministry has launched Web Portal for National Monuments Authority called NOC Online Application and Processing System (NOAPS) to provide easy clearance to get no-objection certificates for applicants.

About the web portal NOAPS:

• NOAPS web portal stands for NOC Onl

World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) is celebrated on 26^th April every year to recognize importance of intellectual property rights of patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright etc. to inspire innovation and creativity all over the world.

About World Intellectual Prop

The Finance Ministry has approved 8.7 percent interest on PF deposits for over five crore subscribers of retirement body EPFO, which is lower than 8.8 percent decided by the Central Board of Trustees (CBT).

About the decision made by Finance Ministry to lower the rate:

• The Cent

The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) deals with the Russian officials to sell parts of its heavy water to its northern neighbour. The announcement of selling heavy water to Iran was made by Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari.

About Iran’s deal with

The Parliament has passed the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to remove given right to Sahejdhari Sikhs to vote in the elections to members of the Board and the Committees. The amendment bill was passed first in the Rajya Sabha in March 2016 and later in the Lok Sabha in Ap

Mairaj Ahmed Khan from India has won the silver medal in the men’s skeet event at ISSF World Cup held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By winning at ISSF, Mairaj becomes first Indian shooter to win skeet medal for India at a World Cup.

Every Year, World Malaria Day is being observed on 25^th April across the world to acknowledge the global efforts to control disease malaria and to make aware the people with disease malaria which is caused by mosquitoes.

About World Malaria Day:

• This day is marked by World heal

Mouamba Clement has been appointed as Prime Minister of Congo, the Central African Country by Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso. Mouamba Clement will be responsible in this position for developing a new government in agreement with the 2015 constitution as per discussion wit

World-class tennis player Rafael Nadal from Spain has won the 2016 Barcelona Open title of Tennis. The Barcelona Open Title of year 2016 is Nadal’s overall 9^th Barcelona Open title and 69^th win from 101 finals on the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour.

• He also has wo

Every year 24^th April is celebrated as National Panchayati Raj Day across India by Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India first National Panchayati Raj Day in 2010.

About National Panchayati Raj Day:

• It also observed as passing of the Constituti

Sahapedia, India’s first online interactive heritage portal has launched by the Union Government in New Delhi, India. Aweb portal is specially designed web site that transports information together from varied sources in an even way.

• Early public web portals wereAOL, Excite, Net

Bollywood actor Salman Khan was appointed as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Olympics to be held in August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was chosen by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) from a list of two to three candidates.

India has officially approved the WTO’s (World Trade Organisation) Trade Facilitation Agreement which aims at easing customs procedures to increase business. To approve the agreement regarding trade facilitation, India’s WTO ambassador Anjali Prasad handed over agreement of accep

President Pranab Mukherjee has selected six renowned members to Rajya Sabha as per the provisions of Article 80 of the Constitution. the selected members are Mary Kom, Narendra Jadhav, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Suresh Gopi, Subramanian Swamy and Swapan Dasgupta

About the nominated six