Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 16.04.2024
National News
•16th Meeting of India-France Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism held in New Delhi Indian Army contingent departs for India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise DUSTLIK
•NHAI organises daylong National Workshop on Environment and Forest Clearance including Eco-friendly Mitigation Measures
•Vice Prez highlights role of AI and advanced analytics in improvement of tax governance
•Twenty-one retired judges of SC & high courts concerned regarding calculated pressure, misinformation & public disparagement
•Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande embarks on four-day visit to Uzbekistan to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation
•SC to hear plea by Delhi CM & AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal
•IMD forecasts moderate thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds, and hail to continue over Northwest India
International News
•US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaches out over phone to foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt
•Spring meetings of IMF & World Bank to begin in Washington
•33 people killed and 27 injured over three days of heavy rain and flash flooding in Afghanistan
•President Joe Biden tells Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Washington would not participate in any offensive action against Iran
Sports News
•IPL: Royal Challengers Bengaluru to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad
•IPL cricket: Chennai Super Kings defeats Mumbai Indians by 20 runs