Current Affairs 8th April

1. North East ASEAN Business Summit Inaugurated In Imphal. 
-› The first ever two day North East-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Summit was inaugurated at the City Convention Centre in Imphal, Manipur.

-› Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed was the chief guest at the inaugural session of the Summit.
-› The main highlights of the Summit include a Regional conference on “Ease of Doing Business”, “Agro and Food Processing : Potential and Challenges” and a “Session on Empowering MSME in North East”.

2. Govt. inaugurates 'Namma Toilet' in Delhi under Swachh Bharat Mission
-› To promote the Swachh Bharat Mission, Union Urban development Minister Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated 'Namma Toilet' in the national capital.
-› The mission targets to establish 2 lakh 56 thousand public toilets by 2nd October 2017.

3. Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister dedicates 36 new CNG stations in Delhi & NCR.

4. Asia’s 50 Most Powerful Businesswoman List Topped By Nita Ambani. 
-›Reliance Industries director Nita Ambani and State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya have been ranked top two in Forbes’ “Asia 50 Power Businesswomen 2016” list, which acknowledges the inroads women are making in the business world, despite gender inequalities.
-› According to list, 6 other Indian business women have also been included in the list- at no. 14-Mu Sigma CEO Ambiga Dhiraj, 16- Dipali Goenka CEO Welspun India, 18- Vinita Gupta CEO Lupin, 22-Chanda Kochhar ICICI Bank Managing Director, 26-Vandana Luthra VLCC Health Care Founder, 28- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Biocon Founder.

6. CCEA Approved Andrew Yule Proposal To Convert Bank of Baroda's Loan Into Equity


7. Snapdeal launches donation program ‘Sunshine’. 

8. Hashim Thaci Sworn In As New President Of Kosovo. 

9. Union Minister Rajiv Pratap  Rudy launches Transnational Skill Standards aligned to UK. 

10. Debraj Pradhan appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Norway. 

11. TNCA(Tamil Nadu Cricket Associaton) Has Appointed Mr. D. Vasu As Its New Director. 

12. Book Launched By Arvind Kejriwal Co-Authored By Imran Hashmi. 
-› Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has launched the book "The Kiss of Life: How a superhero and my son defeated cancer" in New Delhi.
-›  The book is written by Bilal Siddiqi and co authored by Emraan Hashmi.

13. GoJavas Appointed Amitabh Coomar As Its New CEO. 

14. Veteran Journalist Yogendra Bali Is No More. 
-› Mr. Bali has written many books which include The Communal Bogey' with foreword by late prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, 'Chandra Shekhar: A Political Biography,' 'Pawan Chamling: Daring To Be Different,' and 'Sri Satguru Ram Singh Ji and Freedom Movement of India'.