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Daily Current Affairs 27 & 28 April, 2018


Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra was sworn in as the judge of the Supreme Court in the presence of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

India has agreed for the most revered Buddhist relics from Sarnath to be taken to Sri Lanka for public exposition on the occasion of Vesak festival. This is the first time relics from Sarnath are being brought to Sri Lanka from India.


The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched the Van Dhan Scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED, during the celebrations of Ambedkar Jayanti at Bijapur, Chattisgarh.


World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated on 26th of April.The theme for WIPD 2018 is 'Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity'.


India-Nepal Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) meeting on trade, transit and cooperation to Control Unauthorised Trade started in Kathmandu, Nepal.


Mike Pompeo was sworn in as the US secretary of state.


Online search engine Google is the most trusted Internet brand in India, followed by Facebook


The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is awarded the National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018 in the category “Top R&D Institution / Organization for Patents and Commercialization”.



The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the capital acquisition proposals of over 3,687 crore rupees.


Manipur's Shirui Lily Festival 2018 was concluded at Ukhrul district. The festival was sponsored by the department of tourism, Manipur to spread awareness about conservation of the endangered Shirui Lily


The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) entered into a pact with Macquarie for road projects under the highway monetisation drive.



Dalmia Bharat Limited has signed an MoU with the Tourism Ministry to take up Red Fort (in Delhi) and Gandikota Fort (Andhra Pradesh) under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project.



UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Christine Schraner Burgener of Switzerland as his new special envoy on Myanmar.


Aditya Ghosh resigned as the President and whole-time director of IndiGo and will leave the company by 31 July 2018.



The Haryana government has appointed international shooter Gauri Sheoran the brand ambassador for its two health-related programmes..


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