1.Appointment of judges: SC collegium clears pending files, 90 names :-
The Supreme Court collegium has cleared “every pending file” on appointments to higher judiciary. The names cleared by the collegium include lawyers and judicial officers. Sources said the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar held day-to-day sittings and cleared 90-odd names from among the pending names, while rejecting almost 40 per cent of the total names recommended by collegiums of various high courts, almost all of them for reasons of lack of integrity.
2.N. Srinivasan cannot represent BCCI in ICC meet: SC :-
The former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, N Srinivasan, cannot represent the Board at the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting next week as he has been held guilty for conflict of interest, the Supreme Court said on Monday.
3.Trump adviser visits Pakistan after massive airstrike :-
U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has met with Pakistani officials on his first visit to the South Asian country since the United States dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb on neighboring Afghanistan.
4.Maharashtra schools raise Rs 216 crore via crowd funding :-
An LCD projector worth Rs 78,000, a Lenovo laptop and Wi-Fi-enabled classrooms are the latest additions to this Marathi-medium government school at Dhekusim, a village of 1,800 people in Jalgaon’s Ambaner taluka, some 360 km northeast of Mumbai.
July 2015 and December 2016, school teachers in the state managed to raise a whopping Rs 216 crore from the public — funds that have been utilised for revamping classrooms, building new toilets and on digital initiatives, among others.
5.Police ask telecom companies to suspend 3G and 4G services in Kashmir Valley :-
The Jammu and Kashmir police has directed telecom companies to shut their 3G and 4G services in the Kashmir Valley as the state authorities feel there has been an attempt to spread fear and show security personnel in a bad light through online videos.
6.Wholesale inflation moderates to 5.70% in March :-
The annual rate of inflation based on monthly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) moderated to 5.7 per cent (provisional) for March 2017 thanks to decline in prices of fuel and manufactured products even as food prices hardened, data released on Monday by the commerce and industry ministry showed. The WPI inflation had touched a 39-month high of 6.55 per cent (provisional) in February, while it was -0.45 per cent in March 2016.
7.RBI to set up computer emergency response unit :-
The Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), which met on Monday, discussed the setting up of a Computer Emergency Response Team for the Financial Sector (CERT-Fin), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said.
8.Vohra heroics in vain; SRH win by 5 runs :-
Sunrisers Hyderabad have made a few changes. Afghanistan spinner Mohammad Nabi makes his debut, making it two Afghan players in the XI, including Rashid Khan. Barinder Sran and Siddharth Kaul replace Ashish Nehra and Bipul Sharma. For Kings XI, Ishant Sharma replaces Varun Aaron.
9.Protesting ‘low pay’, Ola, Uber drivers on strike today :-
In the second such action this year, Ola and Uber drivers have planned a one-day strike on Tuesday to protest “low pay”. The agitating union — Sarvodaya Drivers’ Association, which organised a 13-day long cab strike in the NCR in February this year, has called for the fresh strike demanding that cab fares be raised from Rs 6 per kilometre to Rs 20 per kilometre.
10.After itel, Transsion Holdings brings Tecno brand to India; debuts ‘i’ series :-
China’s Transsion Holdings, which operates a number of brands including itel, wants to play a larger role in the Indian smartphone market. The company on Monday introduced Tecno, a new brand which will cater to the fast-growing mid-range segment.
To begin with, the company has launched five smartphones in its “i”series – i5,i5 Pro, i3, i3 Pro and i7. The i5, i5 Pro, i3 and i3 Pro will be available from April 22 whereas the flagship i7 is slated to hit the market sometime in May. All these phones are priced between Rs. 7,990 and Rs. 14,990.
