FOURTH WEEK OF CURRENT AFFAIRS - APRIL 2022
- Government of India & Ministry of AYUSH organised its first Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit (GAIIS) – 2022 held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 20 April 2022 to 22 April 2022.
- On 21st April 2022, PM Modi released a commemorative coin and postage stamp to mark the 400th birth anniversary of 9th Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur.
- Mumbai Gets India’s First Digital Bus Service With ‘Tap In, Tap Out’ Facility.
- PM Modi Inaugurates 500 KW Solar Power Plant in Palli; Palli becomes India’s 1st Carbon-Neutral Panchayat.
- PM Modi inaugurated India’s first Community Radio Station (CRS), ‘Dudh Vani’, dedicated to animal husbandry.
- Cabinet Approval with Lithuania & Chile on April 27, 2022
- PM Modi laid the foundation stones for projects relating to healthcare and education in Assam.
- On April 24, 2022, The Hon’ble Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi received the First Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2022, for his ‘selfless service to the country and society’.
- Kishore Das- Founder Of ‘Bidyanondo’ Educational Charity Received 223rd Commonwealth Points of Light Award.
- Bhagwanth Khuba, MoS for Chemicals & Fertilizers conferred India Pharma and India Medical Devices Awards 2022.
- IBC Awards for Excellence in Built Environment 2021: Atal Tunnel Won Best Infrastructure Project Award 2021
- ACC Appoints Economist Suman K Bery as Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog; Succeeds Rajiv Kumar
- Tesla co-founder and World’s richest person Elon Musk has acquired social networking service Twitter Inc. for approximately USD 44 billion with shares valued at USD 54.20.
- On April 19, 2022, Indian Navy and IAF Successfully has successfully test-fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the guided-missile destroyer Indian Navy Ship (INS) Delhi.
- India Secures a Total Of 17 Medals in Asian Wrestling Championships 2022
- On April 24, 2022,Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Awardee Odia Writer Binapani Mohanty Passed Away
THIRD WEEK OF CURRENT AFFAIRS - APRIL 2022
- The Central Government extended Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) for a further period of 180 days w.e.f. April 19, 2022.
- India is set to have the world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass, between Zanskar Valley in Ladakh and Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh.
- Oil India Limited (OIL), India’s second-largest hydrocarbon explorer and producer, has inaugurated “India’s first 99.999 % pure” Green Hydrogen Pilot Plant in Assam, marking the country’s first significant step toward a green hydrogen economy.
- Government of India has appointed Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant (Lt) General Manoj Chandrashekhar Pande as 29th Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
- Serial Entrepreneur Babita Singh has been named as the Asia Africa Consortium (AAC) – Global Peace Ambassador 2022 for promoting Peace through Education, Sports, Art, Culture & Diplomacy at the India International Conclave 2022.
- In a First of its kind initiative, ‘Khelo India Uni Games 2021’ – a mobile app was launched for the 2nd edition of Khelo India University Games, which was organised by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports along with the Jain Deemed to be University, Bangalore, Karnataka.
- Annually observed across India on April 21 to celebrate the Civil Servants who serve the nation in different terrains and across different sectors.
- Partnership between Phone Pe and Extreme IX (Internet Exchange) to provide faster digital payment service
- Six MoUs Signed at Waterways Conclave 2022 in Dibrugarh, Assam
SECOND WEEK OF CURRENT AFFAIRS - APRIL 2022
- Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana completes 7 years. The purpose of this scheme is to provide loans up to Rs 10 Lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small or micro-enterprises.
- Natural festival Sarhul was celebrated in Jharkhand. It is the worship of the Sal tree. It is celebrated by the Oraon, Munda and Ho tribes.
- Asia’s largest sewage treatment plant will be set up in Delhi and will play a major role in the Yamuna river cleaning process.
- The National Health Authority launched the Unified Health Interface (UHI) under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
- Ecuador became the first country in the world to give legal rights to wild animals.
FIRST WEEK OF CURRENT AFFAIRS - APRIL 2022
- The First edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMEX- 22) was held in the Arabian sea and Goa port. India and France also conducted the 20th edition of the Bilateral Naval Exercise “VARUNA – 2022” in the Arabian Sea. India- Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Khanjar 2022′ commenced at Special Forces Training School, Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh (HP)
- India – Seychelles Joint Training 10-day long exercise was conducted between Indian Army and Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) at Seychelles Defence Academy, Seychelles.
- Tata Power Renewables Energy Limited (TPREL) has commissioned a 300 MegaWatt (MW) solar plant in Dholera, Gujarat with the country’s largest single-axis solar tracker system.
- The Union Environment, Forest & Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav has launched ‘Prakriti’ (literal meaning ‘Nature’) – an Awareness Mascot & Green Initiatives on Plastic. It aims to spread awareness among masses about small changes that can be sustainably adopted in lifestyle for a better environment.
- Nepal received permission to sell electricity generated from Devghat and Trishuli power projects to India.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has dedicated the Varnika ink manufacturing facility at Mysuru in Karnataka. The facility is a unit of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the RBI.
- The Longding Battalion of the Assam Rifles (AR) celebrated the 187th Raising Day on 24 March 2022. The Assam Rifles is the oldest Paramilitary Force of India. They are nicknamed ‘Friends of the North East People’.
- The environment and forest department of the Assam and Agence Francaise de Development (French Development Agency), a French funding agency. The MoU will enhance cooperation between the forest department and international stakeholders of Africa, Asia and France regarding biodiversity conservation in the Indo-Pacific region.