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10 APRIL
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2017
Mega Draw Of Lucky Grahak Yojana & Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana Being Held
Today At Rashtrapati Bhavan
 President Pranab Mukherjee will today draw the lots for mega draw of the Lucky Grahak Yojana
and the Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Three mega prizes for consumers
worth 1 crore rupees, 50 lakh and 25 lakh rupees and three for merchants worth 50 lakh, 25 lakh
and 12 lakh rupees would be announced, at the event through the 100th mega draw. These winners
will be felicitated by the Prime Minister on 14th of April in Nagpur, on the occasion of Ambedkar
Jayanti.
26 Projects Worth Rs. 2100 Cr Approved For Namami Gange Project
 The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved 26 projects worth Rs.2,154.28 crore
under the Centre's 'Namami Gange' programme, aiming to reduce the river's pollution load. As part
of the projects, the NMCG will set up sewage treatment plants and develop sewage network in four
Ganga basin states, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and Delhi.
Russian Frigate Armed With Cruise Missiles Heading To Mediterranean
 A Russian frigate armed with cruise missiles was reportedly heading to the Mediterranean a day
after the first direct military strike by the US against the Syrian regime. Russian state media
reported that the frigate, the Admiral Grigorovich, would call at a logistics base at Tartus, Syria.
Russia also pledged to help strengthen Syria's air defenses after the US strike on the Shayrat
airbase in western Syria.
Iranian President Calls For Formation Of Intl. Fact-Finding Committee To
Investigate Chemical Weapons Attack
 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for the formation of an international fact-finding
committee to investigate the chemical weapons attack in the northern Syrian town of Idlib that
killed at least eighty-seven people. During a speech in Tehran today, Mr Rouhani warned that US
missile strikes in response risked escalating extremism and instability in the region. Tehran is
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's main regional ally and has provided military and economic
support for his fight against rebel groups and Islamic State terrorists
India's Foreign Exchange Surges To 369.95 Billion US Dollars
 India's foreign exchange surged by a whopping 2.02 billion US dollars to 369.95 billion US dollars
in the week that ended on 31st of March 2017. A RBI press release has informed that foreign
currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves rose by 2.08 billion US dollars to 346.32
billion US dollars. In the previous week too, the reserves had shot up by 1.15 billion US dollars to
367.93 billion US dollars.
Loan Waiver Schemes Undermine Honest Credit Culture
 Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel today said that farm loan waivers undermine and
impact honest credit culture and discipline leading to crowding out of private
borrowers.Elaborating, he said loan waivers endanger moral hazard and entails transfer from tax
payers. Therefore, there is a need to create concensus so that loan waiver promises are eschewed.
64th National Film Awards Announced In New Delhi
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Akshay Kumar was awarded as the Best actor for his movie, ‘Rustom’.‘Neeraja’ was
awarded as the Best Hindi Movie of 2016.‘Dangal’ fame, Zaira Wasim bagged the award
for Best Supporting Actress. '‘Pink’ was named as the ‘Best Movie on Social
Issues’.Director, Priyadarshan was the head of the jury for the 64th National
Awards.National Film Awards were constituted in 1954 and are awarded yearly by
Directorate of Film Festivals.
Malala Yousafzai Set To Become Youngest UN Messenger Of Peace
 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will appoint 19 years old Malala as
the Messenger of Peace for UN.As a peace messenger, Malala will help to promote
education of girls across the globe.She is also the youngest recipient of Nobel Peace
Prize.Jane Goodall, Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Douglas, Musicians Yo Yo Ma,
Daniel Barenboim also serve as the Messenger of Peace.
Asian Development Bank Expects Indian Economy To Grow To 7.4% In
2017-18.
 For financial year 2017-18, Asian Development Bank has projected India’s growth
forecast at 7.4%.ADB expects the growth rate to improve to 7.6% in 2018.India reflected a
growth rate of 7.1% for 2016-17.
Bhimaraya Metri Appointed As The Director Of IIM Trichy
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Metri will take over the office from Prafulla Agnihotri, who is also the founding director
of IIM Trichy.Before taking charge as IIM Trichy Director, Metri served as the Dean of
L&T Institute of Project Management at Vadodara.Besides this, he has also served as
Professor in-charge of PhD programmes at BITS Pilani, Professor and Dean at MDI
Gurgaon, IMI New Delhi as well
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