CURRENT AFFAIRS
Exam Related Current affairs for all competitive exam
1. Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi inaugurated INDIA Alumni portal to facilitate foreign scholars who have studied in the country to remain connected.
2. The South-Central Railway (SCR) has launched the “One station One Product” initiative at 6 major stations in all its six divisions.
➠SCR in-charge General Manager, Arun Kumar Jain, has inaugurated stalls under the new initiative at Secunderabad Station.
3. Dr Manoj Soni has been appointed the chairman of the country’s premier government recruiting agency ( UPSC) and his tenure will end on 27 June 2023.
➠Dr Soni has been appointed to replace the previous UPSC chairman Pradip Kumar Joshi.
4. Vikas Kumar, a 1988-batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, on Friday assumed charge as the new managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
5. The International Day of Human Space Flight is celebrated annually on April 12 to mark the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin 12 April 1961.
6. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched an anti-corruption mobile app named 1064 Anti-Corruption Mobile App.
➠ Uttarakhand CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami
➠ Governor :- Gurmit Singh
➠ Asan Conservation Reserve
➠ Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme
➠ Rajaji Tiger Reserve
➠ Jim Corbett National Park
➠ Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary
➠ Valley of Flowers National Park
➠Govind Pashu Vihar wildlife sanctuary
7. In Ladakh, a community museum opened in the Gya - Sasoma villages of the Leh district to preserve and promote the region’s rich cultural history.
➠ Tashi Gyaltson, Chairman of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, inaugurated the Community Museum.
8. Spacetech startup Pixxel has successfully launched its first fully-fledged commercial satellite called 'Shakuntala' with Elon Musk-run SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket.
9. The Indian Army successfully tested three types of indigenously developed loitering munitions at a 4,500m altitude.
➠ These were designed for eventual use against enemy bunkers, ground-based C2 nodes, artillery and armoured formations.
10. Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal won the mixed doubles championship at the World Doubles Squash Championships 2022 in Glasgow, whereas Dipika and Joshna Chinappa teamed up to win women's doubles title.
11. Gujarat has topped NITI Aayog State Energy and Climate Index-(SECI) Round 1 among larger states.
➠ Gujarat was followed by Kerala and Punjab, according to the government think tank’s report.
➨CM - Bhupendra Patel
➨Governor - Acharya Devvrat
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary
12. The 15-member Indian boxing contingents ended their campaign at the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament 2022 in Phuket with 10 medals, including three golds, four silvers, and three bronze.
13. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a five-day long fair at Madhavpur Ghed village in Gujarat's Porbandar district.
14. Union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur launched the Broadcast Seva Portal in New Delhi to facilitate ease of doing business in the broadcasting sector.
15. Business Wire India HDFC Bank has been adjudged Best Performing Bank in SHG Linkage by National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India.
16. Famous Bengali author Amar Mitra has won this year's O.Henry prize for a short story he wrote in 1977.
➠ He bagged the award for his short story titled 'Gaonburo'- a Bengali short fiction.
17. Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System (EPRS) and Pinaka Area Denial Munition (ADM) rocket systems have been successfully flight-tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army at Pokhran firing ranges.
➠ Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO)
➠ Founded - 1958
➠ HeadQuarter - New Delhi
➠ Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy