• World Homeopathy Day is observed every year on [latex]10^{th}[/latex] April to pay tribute to the founder and father of Homeopathy system of medicine Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann.


• The main aim of this day is to spread knowledge about Homeopathic medicine in public health. In fact from [latex]10^{th}[/latex] April to [latex]16^{th}[/latex] April World Homeopathy Week is celebrated anually which is organised by the World Homeopathy Awareness Organisation.


• Basically, this day is celebrated to both for homeopaths and also for those who have been healed with homeopathy.

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• Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz claimed victory in Israel`s election but exit polls and early results indicated the veteran right-wing leader was on course for a record fifth term.


• Updated exit polls on two of Israel`s three main TV channels a few hours after voting ended showed Netanyahu`s Likud winning more parliamentary seats than Gantz`s centrist Blue and White Party. A third survey put Blue and White a seat ahead of Likud.

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• Search and rescue teams found wreckage belonging to a Japanese Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter that disappeared on [latex]9^{th}[/latex] April over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan.


• Senior leaders of Japan's Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces Japan, Pacific Air Forces and Lockheed Martin gather in a Japan Air Self-Defense Force hangar for the commemorative ceremony welcoming the first operational F-35A Lightning II to JASDF's 3rd Air Wing at Misawa Air Base.


• The F-35 was less than a year old and was delivered to the ASDF in May last year.

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• The UK government flagged "financial implications" as one of the factors it had to consider while reflecting upon demands for a formal apology for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to mark its centenary this week.


• UK Foreign Office minister Mark Field told a debate on "Jallianwala Bagh massacre" at Westminster Hall in the House of Commons complex that while it was important to draw a line under the past over the "shameful episode" in history, repeatedly issuing apologies for events related to the British Raj came with their own problems.

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• Sri Lanka has opened a new railway line, built with China's assistance, connecting its coastal city of Matara and Beliatta in Hambantota, a move that will boost passenger traffic into the island's deep south.


• The 26.75-km long Matara-Beliatta railway extension is the first to be constructed in Sri Lanka since 1948, and it has the country's longest and second longest railway bridges, measuring 1.5-km and 1.04-km, respectively.

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• The Election Commission said the airtime coverage given by Doordarshan News channel to various political parties following announcement of general election on March 10 was “disproportionate and not balanced” and asked the state broadcaster to desist from extending preferential airtime coverage in favour of any party.


• EC’s comments, made in a letter to I&B secretary, followed after DG Doordarshan News forwarded to it details of airtime coverage given by DD News channel to news pertaining to different political parties since the model code of code was enforced. The letter, dated March 5, stated that BJP had got the maximum coverage on DD News and its regional channels during the current election.

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• Congress on [latex]9^{th}[/latex] April renewed its attack on PM Narendra Modi on the Rafale fighter jet purchase and claimed the government gave “exceptional and unprecedented waivers” to French companies Dassault Aviation and MBDA in offset contracts.


• Pawan Khera claimed the Modi government amended UPA-2’s Defence Procurement Procedure, 2013, to favour Dassault Aviation and told the company it was no longer required to submit offset plans, divulge identities of Indian offset partners (IOP) or share details of their work share, specific products and supporting documents indicating IOP eligibility at the bid stage, as prescribed in the DPP.

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• Pakistan has released 100 Indian prisoners as a "goodwill gesture", all of whom crossed over through the Attari-Wagah border.


• This comes after India called upon Pakistan to take steps for the repatriation and release of the prisoners lodged in jails despite the completion of their sentences.


• There are 537 Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails, 483 of whom are fishermen.

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• Uttar Pradesh is India’s largest state electorally and the state which sends 80 MPs to Lok Sabha will see polling in seven phases in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.


• During the first phase, polling will be held for eight Lok Sabha seats namely– Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar. All these parliamentary constituencies are in western Uttar Pradesh.

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• Supreme Court pointed queries to the chief secretary after the Assam govt claimed it had identified 46,000 foreigners in the last four years compared to 65,000 identified in the last 30 years.


• The others appear to have mingled with the local population.

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• SBI has reduced the interest rate on housing loans of up to ₹30 lakh by 10 basis points to a range between 8.60% and 8.90% per annum.


• India's largest lender also cut its benchmark lending rates by five basis points across all tenors. The one-year marginal cost of fund-based lending rate (MCLR) now stands at 8.50%, down from 8.55%.

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• The Reserve Bank of India came out with guidelines for banks to set up new currency chests, which include a minimum area of 1,500 square feet for strong room.


• The new chests should have a processing a capacity of 6.6 lakh pieces of banknotes per day. The currency chests should have CBL of Rs 1,000 crore, subject to ground realities and reasonable restrictions, at the discretion of the Reserve Bank.

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• Goals from Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino earned Liverpool a 2-0 win over Porto to give Juergen Klopp's side the upper hand in their Champions League quarter-final tie.


• Liverpool took a fifth-minute lead through a Keita shot which deflected off Porto midfielder Oliver Torres and beat the helpless Iker Casillas.

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• Dream11 has just become a Unicorn, that is a billion-dollar startup. Few exciting developments have made Dream11 to be India’s first gaming unicorn which has made it to the elite club of privately-held startups valued at $1 billion or more.


• Stead view Capital of London and Hong Kong has invested $60 million in Dream11, against a valuation of $1-$1.5 billion.


• Kalaari Capital, Multiples Alternate Asset Management and Think Investments have sold their existing equities in the company.

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• London became the first city in the world to implement a Ultra Low Emission Zone for 24×7 hours a week, inside which vehicles will have to meet tough emissions standards.


• This zone aims to reduce toxic air pollution and protect public health.


• Motorists who drive into the zone in a vehicle that does not meet the new emission standard will have to pay a daily charge.

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• Former Australia Coach, Graham Reid was appointed as the Chief Coach of Indian men’s hockey team.


• Reid’s occupancy as the coach of Indian men’s hockey team will be an Olympic cycle,that is till the end of 2020.He, 54, is succeeding Harendra Singh, former Indian Hockey player.


• Reid’s tenure can be stretched till 2022 FIH World Cup depending upon his achievements.


• Reid’s first task will be India’s tour of Australia in May and then FIH Men’s Series Final in Bhubaneswar in June.

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• Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Chairman of SUN Group, elected as the President of International Chamber of Commerce- India.


• On coming May ICC India going to conduct a Mega-Project in Paris.

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• American conglomerate, General Electric in association with IIT Madras, established India’s first ‘Cold Spray’ SMART (Surface Modification and Additive Research Technologies) Laboratory in the institution. And thereby IIT-M became the only academic institution with High-Pressure Cold Spray(HPCS) facility in India.


• The High-Pressure Cold Spray machinery has been carried from Plasma Giken, Japan.


• GE India Technology Centre CEO Alok Nanda and IIT Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi inaugurated the laboratory on 5th April 2019.


• The project is sponsored by ‘Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana(UAY) Scheme’.

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• Kerala Congress (M) chief KM Mani, former Kerala Finance Minister and the longest serving member of Kerala Legislative Assembly, died aged 86 after suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for 17 years.


• Mani represented the constituency of Pala from 1965, becoming the only politician to be elected from the same constituency for 13 consecutive elections.

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