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Daily Current Affairs 13th April,2018

The 65th National Film Awards were announced in Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.This year, the jury is being headed by director Shekhar Kapur.
1. Best Anthropological film : Name Place Animal Thing, Slave Genesis
2. Best Critic on Cinema: Girdhar Jha (Swarn Kamal)
3. Special Mention: Mhorkya (Marathi), Hello Arasi (Oriya), Take Off (Malayalam), Newton (Hindi)
4. Best Ladakhi Film: Walking With The Wind
5. Best Jasari Film: Sinjar
6. Best Tulu Film: Paddayi
7. Best Odiya Film: Hello Arsi
8. Best Kannada Film: Hebbet Ramakka
9. Best Hindi Film: Newton
10. Best Bengali Film: Mayurakshi
11. Marathi Film: Kachcha Limbu
12. Best Malayalam Film :Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
13. Best Telugu Film : Ghazi
14. Assamese Film: Ishu
15. Best Tamil Film: To Let
16. Best Gujarati Film : Dhh
17. Best Action Direction: Abbas Ali Moghu for Baahubali 2
18. Choreography : Ganesh Acharya for 'Gori Tu Latth Maar' for Toilet - Ek Premkatha
19. Best Special Effects: Baahubali 2
20. Best Music Director: Kaatru Veliyidai
21. Best Background : Score Mom
22. Special Jury Award : Nagarkirtan
23. Best Lyrics: JM Prahalad for Muthuratna song
24. Best Make Up Artist : Ram Rajjak (Nagarkirtan)
25. Best Production Design: Santhosh Raman (Malayalam movie Take Off)
26. Best Screenplay (Original) : Sajeev Pazhoor (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
27. Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : JAYARAJ (Bhayanakam)
28. Best Dialogues: Sambit Mohanty (Hello Arsi)
29. Best Cinematography: Bhayanakam
30. Best Cameraman: Nikhil S Praveen
31. Best Playback Singer: Shashaa Tirupati for Kaatru Veliyidai.



Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Dr Ambedkar National Memorial in New Delhi. 

The National Highways Authority of India has signed an agreement for the upgradation of Yagyi – Kalewa section of highway in Myanmar to two lanes with an earthen shoulder among 
India, Myanmar,Thailand.


Veteran Hindi film actor Shri Vinod Khanna was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema.




President Ram Nath Kovind has returned to New Delhi after three African nations tour of Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and Zambia. Mr Kovind and his Zambian counterpart Edgar Chagwa Lungu laid the foundation stone of Lusaka traffic Decongestion Project.



India has jumped 13 places in the last one year to 130th spot in the latest annual Index of Economic Freedom released by a top American think-tank the Heritage Foundation.



Tejaswini Sawant won India its fifth shooting gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Finals in Gold Coast, Australia.


Fifteen-year-old shooter Anish Bhanwala became India's youngest gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, winning the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Finals with a record score at Gold Coast, Australia.


Nineteen-year-old Naman Tanwar won India its first boxing medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze in the men's 91 kg category.



Wrestler Bajrang Punia won his first Commonwealth Games gold medal, defeating Wales' Kane Charig by technical superiority in the men's freestyle 65 kg final in Gold Coast, Australia.


IIT-Delhi installs India’s first 5G lab


World’s first long-distance electric bus line began service on April 12, 2018 in Paris, France.This bus line has been presented by Flixbus, a brand which offers intercity bus service in Europe.It will link Paris to France’s northern city of Amiens, undertaking a 160 kilometres journey within two hours.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have approved USD $ 140-Million loan to improve the rural road connectivity and management for residents in Madhya Pradesh, India.



Sripriya Ranganathan was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea.


Bhanu Pratap Sharma was appointed the Chairman of Banks Board Bureau (BBB) by the government.


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