CURRENT AFFAIRS
Exam Related Current Affairs for all competitive exam like ssc railway banking upsc etc......
1. Lieutenant General Manoj Pande was appointed the new Chief of Army Staff.
➠ He will succeed General M M Naravane on May 1. The Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Pande will be the first officer from the Corps of Engineers to become the COAS.
2. Extreme poverty in India declined by 12.3 percentage points between 2011 and 2019, with rural areas doing better than urban centres, according to a working paper of the World Bank.
3. IndusInd Bank’s mobile app for merchants – "Indus Merchant Solutions" has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Digital CX – SME Payments’ at the Digital CX Awards 2022.
4. Mandeep Singh, from Chandigarh, was declared the overall winner in the Bodybuilding North India and Tricity competition category at the 2nd edition of “NPC North India and Mr Tricity” bodybuilding and physique championship.
5. Renowned Indian economist and political commentator Prabhat Patnaik has been selected for the 2022 Malcom Adiseshiah Award.
➠ The award is annually given by the Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust to an outstanding social scientist selected from nominations received by a specially constituted national jury.
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, or the Prime Ministers' museum, dedicated to all Prime M inisters of the country since independence.
➠The Pradhanmentri Sangrahalaya is housed at the repurposed Teen Murti Bhava in Delhi. It was the residence for 16 years of Jawaharlal Nehru.
7. Ministry of Panchayati Raj organised National Conference on Localisation of SDGs on Child Friendly Village and Women Friendly Village as part of Iconic Week celebrations to mark Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
8. Paytm has integrated the eRaktKosh which is a centralized blood bank management app set up by the Indian government.
➠The eRaktKosh platform, built by C-DAC, is an initiative to connect, digitize and streamline the workflow of 2100+ blood banks across the nation.
9. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is organising 'Sabka Vikas Mahaquiz' series, as part of an outreach to build awareness amongst citizens about the government's various schemes and initiatives.
10. Every year, the state of Himachal Pradesh celebrates Himachal Day on April 15. The day is celebrated to commemorate the creation of Himachal Pradesh.
➠In 1971, Himachal Pradesh became the 18th state in India with Shimla as its capital.
▪️ Himachal Pradesh :-
CM :- Jai Ram Thakur
Governor :- Rajendra Vishwanath
➠Kinnaura tribe , Lahaule Tribe, Gaddi Tribe and Gujjar Tribe
➠Sankat Mochan Temple.
➠Tara Devi Temple
➠Great Himalayan National Park
11. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu flagged off the first flight of Made in India HAL Dornier Do-228 to link airports as well as Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) of India's Northeast region.
◾️Arunachal Pradesh :-
➨CM :- Pema Khandu
➨Governor :- B. D. Mishra
➨Namdapha Tiger Reserve
➨ Kamlang Tiger Reserve
➨Mouling National Park
12. The National Civil Service Day is observed on 21 April every year in India and is dedicated to the nation's civil servants.
➠This day was chosen to remember the day in 1947 when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of Independent India, addressed the probationers of Administrative Services Officers at Metcalf House in Delhi, referring to public workers as the "steel frame of India".
13. Exploration and production major Oil India Limited (OIL) has commissioned “India’s first 99.999% pure” green hydrogen plant in Assam.
▪️Assam
CM - Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
Governor - Prof Jagdish Mukhi
➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park
➨Kaziranga National Park
➨Nameri National Park
➨Manas National Park