• B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day is also known as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti which is observed on 14 April to commemorate the memory of B.R Ambedkar.


• This day celebrates the birthday of Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, an Indian politician and social rights activist.

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• Pakistan has released another batch of 100 Indian fishermen as a "goodwill gesture", who are part of the second batch of 360 Indian prisoners Pakistan has announced to set free in four phases this month.


• They were arrested for fishing illegally in Pakistani waters during various operations. Pakistan had released the first batch of 100 Indian fishermen on [latex]7^{th}[/latex] April.

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• British finance minister Philip Hammond has fired the starting gun for the race to succeed Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, but concerns about Brexit may keep some potential contestants on the sidelines.


• Britain is unusual in throwing open the invitation to run its central bank to candidates from around the world.

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• Iran will ask the international community to take a position on the U.S. designation of its Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation.


• Yet Carney`s tenure - the first for a foreigner at the BoE - has been seen as a success for the country`s financial diplomacy, and the government is keen to promote what it calls a "global Britain" after the country leaves the European Union.

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• The Bharatiya Janata Party released its 20th list of candidates for Lok Sabha election 2019.


• The party named six candidates for the parliamentary election which includes Brijendra Singh for Hisar and Arvind Sharma for Rohtak - both constituencies going to vote in the sixth phase. G S Damor from Ratlam (ST) and Chattar Singh Darbar from Dhar (ST) were also named as candidates in Madhya Pradesh.


• Both constituencies vote in the seventh phase while Bishnu Datt Sharma has been named from Khajuraho where voting would take place in the fifth phase.


• The BJP also named Jaskaur Meena from Rajasthan's Dausa (ST) constituency which votes in the fifth phase.

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• Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor has claimed that the song 'Zindabad Hindustan' released by BJP MLA Raja Singh for Indian Armed Forces is a copy of their Army's anthem 'Zindabad Pakistan'. "Glad that you copied.


• But copy to speak the truth as well," Ghafoor tweeted. 'Pakistan Zindabad' song was sung by Sahir Ali Bagga.

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• Chennai Central Railway Station, officially called Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, lost world's longest railway station name title by a letter, as per The Hindu.


• 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' in Wales, with 58 letters, remains the world's longest station name. Chennai Central station was renamed with the 57-letter name on April 5.

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• Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) announced the names of candidates for 16 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.


• BSP has fielded Afzal Ansari, brother of jailed strongman-politician Mukhtar Ansari from Ghazipur constituency.


• Meanwhile, the party has fielded Chandra Bhadra Singh from Sultanpur, Ritesh Pandey from Ambedkar Nagar and Ram Prasad Chaudhary from Basti, among others.

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• The Supreme Court on [latex]2^{nd}[/latex] April struck down a [latex]12^{th}[/latex] February, 2018 circular of the RBI.


• RBI is likely to adopt a more accommodative approach towards resolution of stressed assets in the new circular.


• The RBI is likely to retain the main contours of its [latex]12^{th}[/latex] February, 2018 circular while making the referral to NCLT non-compulsory.

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• State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) is likely to complete the process of merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with it in two years, said a senior official of BoB. The merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB became effective from [latex]1^{st}[/latex] April.


• Information technology platform integration alone will take about 12 months and other processes and systems may take another year.


• The process has been designed to ensure that there is minimum disruption of the customers during the transition period, the official said adding that the branding of the three entities will be retained in the interim period and will be transitioned to the new brand in a phased manner to ensure minimum disruption to existing operations.

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• Meena Kumari Maisnam has clinched gold medal under 54 kg by continuing her enthusiastic form to finish on the top of the podium by edging Thailand’s Machai Bunyanut on points in the summit clash at the Cologne Boxing World Cup 2019 in Cologne, Germany on 13th April, 2019.


• 18- year old Sakshi Choudhary come up with silver medal under 57 kg category after getting defeated by two-time Commonwealth Games silver medallist Michaela Walsh. The Irish stamped her authority in a commanding 5-0 performance.


• Pwilao Basumatary, India Open gold medallist came up with silver medal under 64 kg category after getting short against China’s Chengyu Yang, who was declared the winner on points.


• Pinki Rani settled for bronze medal under 51 kg category after getting defeated the hands of Ireland’s 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Carly McNaul.


• Praveen clinched Bronze medal under 60 kg category after getting defeated by English pugilist Paige Murney.


• India has finished a haul of five medals from this prestigious European tournament of Cologne Boxing World Cup 2019 by clinching Pinki Rani (51kg) and Parveen (60kg)’s bronze medal wins, Sakshi and Pwilao Basumatary’s sliver medal wins and Meena Kumari’s gold medal.

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• CSK's 40-year-old leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who registered his best bowling figures (4/27) in IPL against KKR on Sunday, has said that captain MS Dhoni should be given credit for his performances.


• "I just bowled according to the captain's instructions. It's always beneficial taking advice from Dhoni.

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• The haunting image of a little girl crying helplessly as she and her mother are taken into custody by US border officials won the prestigious World Press Photo Award.


• Veteran Getty photographer John Moore‘s picture taken after Honduran mother Sandra Sanchez and her daughter Yanela illegally crossed the US-Mexico border last year showed “a different kind of violence that is psychological”.

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• President of India, in his capacity as the Visitor of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), appointed Professor Najma Akhtar as the vice-chancellor of the varsity, making her the first woman to hold the charge. She has been appointed for a period of five years.


• A widely acclaimed educationist, Professor Akhtar is also the first lady vice chancellor of any central university in Delhi.

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• Bharti Airtel has launched a mobile app, “My Circle” in collaboration with FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to assist women in case they face any panic situation or problem.


• The application will allow women to send SOS alerts to any five of their family or friends in 13 languages.


• A woman can send an SOS alert by pressing the SOS prompt on the app.

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• Actor and former Ramanathapuram MP JK Ritheesh passed away due to heart failure. He was 46. JK Ritheesh was last seen playing a role in RJ Balaji’s political satire LKG. He became an MP from Ramanathapuram after he was given a DMK ticket in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections.


• His first film was Kaanal Neer directed by Chinni Jayanth. Ritheesh was campaigning for BJP’s Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha candidate Nainar Nagendran when he suffered from a cardiac arrest.

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• British comedian, Paul Barbieri, who is popularly known by his stage name Ian Cognito, passed away on stage while performing a stand-up set in Bicester, England.


• The comedian who was in his early 60’s, fell ill during a performance at the Atic Bar in a small English town north of Oxford.

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