Current Affairs April 2022

Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth arrived in Mumbai on a eight-day visit to India from today.
Easter is being celebrated across the globe today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, or the Prime Ministers' museum, dedicated to all Prime Ministers of the country since independence in New Delhi.
The nation pays homage to the Chief Architect of Indian Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar on his 131st birth anniversary today.
The Central Government today released the Tenth and Eleventh Edition of the Status Paper on the Government Debt.
Mahavir Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the 24th and the last Jain Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir is being celebrated across the country today.
Rohit Sharma has become only the second Indian after Virat Kohli to score 10 thousand runs in the T20 cricket.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved continuation of the revamped Centrally-sponsored scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan till 31st of March 2026.
The Netherlands lifted their fourth FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup title after beating Germany 3-1 in the final at Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Indian Grandmaster, R Pragganandhaa won the prestigious Reykjavik Open chess tournament in Reykjajvik, Iceland.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honoured with the first-ever Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award, instituted in the memory of the veteran singer.
India successfully flight-tested Anti-Tank Guided Missile HELINA today.
In Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif has become the 23rd prime minister of the country after taking an oath.
In the World Doubles Squash Championships, India's Dipika Pallikal teaming up with Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa, has won mixed doubles and women's doubles titles at Glasgow.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and Sangeet Natak Awards for the year 2018 and National Awards of Lalit Kala Akademi to eminent artists at a special function held in New Delhi.
Astronomers have discovered an identical twin of Jupiter dubbed as K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, which has a similar mass and is at a similar location (420 million miles away) from its star as Jupiter is from our Sun (462 million miles away).
Author Geetanjali Shree's novel 'Tomb of Sand' became the first Hindi language work of fiction to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

The United Nations General Assembly today suspended Russia from Human Rights Council after killings in Ukraine's Bucha.
The Reserve Bank of India in its monetary policy review has kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 percent and reverse repo rate at 3.35 percent.

World Health Day is observed today. The theme for this year’s World Health Day is “Our Planet, Our Health".
Both the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned a day ahead of the scheduled time.
India has supplied fuel to Sri Lanka under Indian credit line to help ease crisis in the island country.

India's first case of coronavirus variant XE was reported in Mumbai today. The new mutant may be more transmissible than any strain of COVID-19.
Parliament has passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 with the Rajya Sabha approving it today.
Parliament has passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with Rajya Sabha approving it on Wednesday. Lok Sabha had already passed the Bill.

India's envoy to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, was on Monday appointed as the new Foreign Secretary, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is retiring this month-end.
Embattled Pakistani leader Imran Khan on Monday nominated former Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed for the office of caretaker Prime Minister.
Australia has lifted the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup defeating England in the final by 71 runs at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

Public emergency declared in Sri Lanka after hundreds tried to storm President's house.
Telugu, Kannada New Year day Ugaadi & Marathi New Year Gudi Padva being celebrated today.
World Autism Awareness Day is observed today. This year the theme is - "Inclusive Quality Education for All" which marks the global inequalities in education and society, faced by people with autism.

Odisha is celebrating its foundation day today.
Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has become the all-time highest wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League. The West Indian cricketer now has 171 wickets to his name in 153 IPL matches.

Thursday, April 07, 2022