CURRENT AFFAIRS
Exam Related Current Affairs for all competitive exam like ssc upsc banking Railways etc.....
1. India’s first Skill India International Centre will be set up in Bhubaneswar for training youths with an aim to enhance overseas opportunities for the skilled workforce.
▪️Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik
➨ Governor - Ganeshi Lal
➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve
➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve
➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves
➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary
➨ Tikarpada Wildlife Sanctuary
➨ Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary, Puri
➨ Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 108 feet statue of Lord Hanuman in Gujarat's Morbi via video conferencing.
▪️Gujarat:-
➨CM - Bhupendra Patel
➨Governor - Acharya Devvrat
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
3. Tamil Nadu defeated defending champion Punjab in the final to win the men's title in the 71st Senior National Basketball Championship.
▪️Tamil Nadu :-
➠ Anaimalai Tiger Reserve
➠North Chennai Thermal Power Station
➠ Gulf of Mannar Marine
National Park
➠ Ennore Thermal Power Station
➠ Mudumalai National Park
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The International Day for Monuments and Sites is observed globally on April 18 every year to promote culture and heritage.
➠ In 1982, ICOMOS proposed that April 18 be designated as the International Day for Monuments and Sites.
9. World Liver Day is annually marked on 19 April annually to spread awareness about the causes of liver disease and tips for its prevention so as to take holistic care of the liver.
10. Legendary Odia singer, lyricist and music director Prafulla Kar passed away at the age of 83.
11. A new book "The Boy Who Wrote a Constitution", released on the occasion of Dr BR Ambedkar's 131st birth anniversary.
➠ The book is written by noted playwright and author Rajesh Talwar. It is published by Ponytale Books.
12. Actor R Madhavan's son Vedaant Madhavan bagged a gold medal in the men’s 800m freestyle event at the Danish Open swimming meet in Copenhagen, Denmark.
13. The UDAN scheme, the Ministry of Civil Aviation's flagship initiative to provide air connectivity in non-metro tier II and III cities, has been selected for the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020.
14. Country's first-ever radio channel for the visually impaired, named 'Radio Aksh' has been launched in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
▪️ Maharashtra :-
CM - Uddhav Thackeray
➨ Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
➨ Tadoba National Park
➨Nawegaon National Park
➨Gugamal National Park
➨Chandoli National Park