Monthly One Liners - April 2021

Monthly One Liners – April 2021
April 01 Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EC/EDI)
• Rajasthan Diwas is observed on March 30th every Gateway as the common customs electronic portal
year to commemorate the formation of the state. • Astrome, Bangalore based a women-led startup, has
• On March 31, 2021, The government announced it developed an innovative wireless product that gives
will borrow Rs 7.24 lakh crore in the first half of 2021- fibre-like bandwidth at fraction of cost of fibre to help
22 fiscal to meet resources to perk up the economy telecom operators deliver reliable low-cost internet
hit by the coronavirus pandemic. services to suburban and rural areas.
• On March 31, 2021, The government announced • The discovery of the species six line blue butterfly
capital infusion totalling Rs 14,500 crore in four public Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii Sadasivan, 2021 in
sector banks (PSBs) through zero-coupon bonds. the Agasthyamalais in the Western Ghats.
• On March 31, 2021, The government extended the • India has been moved up to seventh position on the
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s Cricket
till June 30 2021, or till such time that an amount of 3 World Cup Super League standings after their seven-
lakh crore is sanctioned under the Scheme. run win over England in the third ODI.
• On March 26, 2021, Union Bank of India launched • The renowned American writer , Beverly
“UNI – CARBON CARD”, an HPCL co-branded credit Cleary, children’s and young adult fiction has passed
card on the Rupay platform of NPCI. away.
• Country’s largest lender, State Bank of India, has • On March 28th 2021, Madagascar’s former President
raised $1 billion from Japan Bank for International Didier Ratsiraka was Passed away.
Cooperation (JBIC) to extend loans to the supply • On March 25th, 2021, Lieutenant General Walter
chain of Japanese automobile industry in India. Anthony Gustavo ‘Wag’ Pinto, former General Officer
• Special forces of India and the US carried out a joint in the Indian Army, passed away.
military exercise at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh in
March 2021.
April 02
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT) has revamped its Industrial • Odisha Day, also Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated on 1
Entrepreneurs Memorandum (IEM) portal. April in the Indian state of Odisha in memory of the
formation of the state as a separate state out of Bihar
• On march 29, 2021, The Central Board of Indirect
and Orissa Province with addition of Koraput and
Taxes and Customs (CBIC) notified ICEGATE or
Ganjam from the Madras Presidency on 1 April 1936.
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• International Children’s Book Day (ICBD)is organised • External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held
annually on 2nd April since 1967, by the International discussions with Tajikistan Defence Minister Colonel
Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). General Sherali Mirzo.
• The World Autism Awareness Dayis observed • India’s Ambassador to China Vikram Misri interacted
internationally on 2 April every year, to raise with representatives of Indian industry in Shanghai.
awareness about people with Autism Spectrum
• The India Bangladesh ties are historic and multi-
Disorder (ASD) throughout the world.
dimensional. India is keen to support the national
• The Union Cabinet has approved the Central Sector effort of Bangladesh for the betterment of their own
Scheme called “Production Linked Incentive Scheme people
for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)”with an
• Union Government has approved a 780 Crore rupees
outlay of 10900 crore.
project for upgradation of Kargil Zanskar road.
• The rate of interest on Small Savings Schemes for
• Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu arrived at capital
the first quarter (April-June) of 2021-22will remain
Bhubaneswar on a two days visit to Odisha.
unchanged as the last quarter (January-March) of
2020-2021. • In Kargil Ladakh, Rural Development Department
Kargil organised one-day Training and Awareness
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)has
Programme for Self Help Groups under National
extended the last date for the mandatory linking of
Rural Livelihood Mission at Sankoo block.
the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar
number till June, 30 2021. • Centre has proposed up to 25 percent tax
concession on the purchase of new vehicles on
• The Ministry of AYUSH has invited applications for
submission of scrappage certificate.
the Prime Minister’s Yoga Awards (PMYA).
• Homegrown digital payments
• Government launched the All-India Survey of Migrant
innovation United Payments Interface (UPI) has
Workers and All-India Quarterly Establishment-based
processed Rs 5.04 lakh crore in transaction value an
Employment Survey.
all time high during March 2021, showed data shared
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has congratulated by regulator National Payments Corporation of India
DRDO and DMSRDE Kanpur for developing a (NPCI).
LightWeight Bullet Proof Jacket.
• The Reserve Bank of India, RBI, extended the
• Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways deadline to process recurring online transactions with
(Independent charge) Mansukh Mandaviya launched additional factor of authentication, AFA, to 30th
a new cruise service connecting Hazira port in Surat September of this year from the last date fixed.
and Diu Island.
• The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has
• The second meeting of the Sherpas of G7 and guest approved a USD 32 million project to improve
countries was held. management capacity and quality of health services
in Mizoram, a World Bank.

• Subhash Kumarhas assumed the additional charge momentum of regional cooperation under
as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil and the BIMSTEC framework and make the organization
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on April 01, 2021. stronger, vibrant, more effective and result-oriented.
He is serving as Director (Finance) at ONGC.
• In the Union Territory of Puducherry the Child Welfare
• Senior IAS officer Mukhmeet S. Bhatia took over the Committee (CWC) here advised political parties not to
charge of Director General of Employees’ State utilize the service of Children in Electioneering.
Insurance Corporation (ESIC)on April 04, 2021.
• The virtual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Bay of
• Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh, Yudh Seva Bengal Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Medal, Vishist Seva Medal took over as the Chief of Cooperation (BIMSTEC) grouping finalised a major
Staff, Headquarters Western Command. Connectivity master plan for the Bay of Bengal
region.
• Former Reserve Bank of India governor Dr. Urjit
Patel has been appointed as Additional Director of • Spicy, Juicy, Lip-smacking Good Indian Food at 7 day
Britannia Industries with effect from 31st March, 2021 long India Food Week in Beijing
for tenure of 5 years.
• Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the
• The legendary actor Super Star Rajinikanthhas been medium of instruction up to the primary school level
selected to be honored with the 51st Dadasaheb must be the mother tongue or the local language.
Phalke Awards, the highest film honour in India.
• Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan
• NCMLsigns MoU with Agriculture Skill Council of Harichandan has been conferred the ‘Kalinga Ratna’
India for skill development in agriculture sector. award for the year 2021.
• The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India • In spite of a tumultuous fiscal, BSE StAR
said it has partnered with Karnataka Bank to offer MF processed over 9.38 crore transactions
vehicle financing options for potential car buyers. amounting to 3,33,095 cr in the financial year 2020-
21.
• Indian Army will participate in Multinational Military
Exercise namely SHANTIR OGROSHENA -2021. • A second extension, the senior-most deputy governor
BP Kanungo retired from the Reserve Bank on
• India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156
completion of his one-year extension.
countries in the World Economic Forum’s
Global Gender Gap Report 2021. • The World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank (AIIB) have approved a loan for USD 300
million (about Rs 2,190 crore) canal-based drinking
April 03
water projects in Punjab.
• India’s biggest floating solar power plant with a • Dutch development bank FMO will invest $137 million
capacity of 100 MW will be set up at Ramagundam in (about Rs.1,000 crore) in India’s Green Growth Equity
Telangana. Fund (GGEF), managed by EverSource Capital, while
the fund aims to raise a total of $940 million.
• External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has said
that India remains committed to further building the

• Jeh Wadia has stepped down as the managing Kanda’s book, ‘Agriculture in India: Contemporary
director of Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing challenges in the context of doubling farmers’ income
Company, the flagship firm of Wadia Group
• The 2023 Women’s World Cup of football will be
confirmed.
spread across nine cities in Australia and New
• Piramal Enterprises Ltd (PEL) has appointed Khushru Zealand.
Jijina to its board as Executive Director, Financial
• An Indian Women discus thrower Kamalpreet
Services.
Kaur booked for the Tokyo Olympic Games after she
• Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director sent the discus to 65.06 metres in her first and only
of Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE) Ltd, has legal throw at the 24th Federation Cup Senior
been named chairperson of the Public Enterprises Athletics Championships held in Patiala.
Selection Board (PESB), according to an order issued
by the Personnel Ministry.
April 04 and 05
• ONGC’s Finance Director Subhash
Kumarhas assumed additional charge of the post • International Day for Awareness on Mine and
of Chairman and Managing Director following Assistance in Mine Action: Observed on Apr 04
superannuation of Shashi Shanker on March 31.
• National Maritime Day – Observed on Apr 05
• Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao felicitated
• TRIFED unveils “Sankalp se Siddhi”- Village and
village, mandal, and zilla parishad members, who
Digital Connect Drive
bagged the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat
Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) awards. • Center announces Birth anniversary of Dr B R
Ambedkar on April 14 as public holiday from 2021
• On March 27, 2021 Adani Transmission Limited
(ATL) signed a definitive agreement with Essel • Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov came to
InfraProjects Limited (EIL) to acquire Warora-Kurnool New Delhi for two-day visit to India
Transmission Limited (WKTL) for an enterprise value
• Three Rafale fighter jets – Fourth batch land in
of Rs 3,370 crore.
India from France
• To monitor the rural drinking water supply systems in
• Uttar Pradesh govt inaugurates unique gift scheme to
villages, the Ministry of Jal Shakti has decided to take
promote covid vaccination
the digital route to use sensor-based IoT devices
• Foot marchers of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ reach
• Solar Physicists of ARIES have developed a New
Dhaman, Gujarat
Novel Technique called CMEs Identification in Inner
Solar Corona (CIISCO) to detect and track the • Maharashtra: Shistura Hiranyakeshi
accelerating solar eruption in the lower corona. in Sindhudurg Became Fifth Biological Heritage Site
• On March 31, 2021, Vice President of India, • CRISIL reported India’s GDP rate at –7% for FY21
Venkaiah Naidu released noted bureaucrat and and 11% for FY22
former Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Mohan • UNESCAP reports India’s Economic Growth Rate at
7% in 2021-22

• NPCI transfers Bharat Bill Payments business to its disseminating messages for COVID-appropriate
new subordinate company NBBL behavior and vaccination of eligible persons.
• Facebook and Google jointly plans to launch 2 new • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the
undersea internet cables from US West Coast to completion of Arch closure of the Chenab Bridge. It is
Singapore and Indonesia the world’s highest Railway Bridge in Jammu
and Kashmir.
• KPSC appointed Shivashankarappa S Sahukar as
New chairman • Russiahas become the first country in the world to
register the coronavirus vaccine for animals.
• Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Releases
Book ‘Suparipalana • The state government of Rajasthan has launched
a cashless medical insurance
• South Asian Wushu Championship Kerala-
scheme titled “Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya
based Aniyan Midhun Wins Gold
Bima Yojana”,aimed at providing medical relief to all
• Ex Union Minister and Gujarat MLA Digvijaysinh Zala residents of the state.
passes away
• The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal Ariz
• Veteran actress Shashikala passes away Aftab launched two SVEEP Trams in Kolkata to
increase voters’ awareness and to encourage more
• Japanese Nobel laureate Isamu Akasaki, inventor of
and more eligible electors to exercise their
blue LED Passed away
democratic rights.
• India has attracted a total FDI inflow of USD 72.12

April 06 and 07
billion during April 2020 to January, 2021.
• The United Nations General Assemblyhas • The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded
designated 5 April to be observed as an International its growth projection for India to 12.5 per cent for
Day of Conscience every year. 2021 Theme: “Let the Financial Year 2021-22.
Conscience Light up our World”.
• Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta
• The International Day of Sport for Development and Das noted that the monetary policy committee voted
Peace is an annual celebration of the power of sport unanimously to leave the repo rate and reverse repo
to drive social change, community development and rate unchanged at 4 and 3.3.5 per cent, respectively.
to foster peace and understanding.
• RBI twin the deposit limit of payments banks to Rs.2
• The World Health Day is a global health awareness lakh
day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided
sponsorship of the World Health Organization, as well
to enhance the aggregate limit of ways and means
as other related organizations.
advance (WMA) limitfor all States and Union
• The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has Territories to Rs.47,010 crore, which is
urged private TV channels to generate greater an increase of 46 per cent from the
awareness on the message of Dawai Bhi Kadai Bhiby current limit of 32,225 crore.

• The RBI had issued guidelines in October 2018 for • On April 01, 2021, Anil Ambani Group’s Reliance
the adoption of interoperability voluntarily for full- Infrastructure (RInfra) sold its headquarters (HQ)
KYC PPIs. in Mumbai’s Santacruz to YES Bank for Rs 1,200
crore.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will provide
refinance aggregating 50,000 crore to All India • On April 01, 2021 (BDL) Started flags off Akash
Financial Institutions (AIFIs). Missile for Delivery to Indian Army. It was flagged off
by Lt Gen A P Singh, AVSM, Director General and
• In Q1, RBI to conduct G-SAP aggregating Rs.1-lakh
Senior Colonel Commandant, Army Air Defence
crore.
• On April 01, 2021, Defence Research and
• Bengaluru-based non-life insurance company ‘Digit
Development Organisation (DRDO) developed
Insurance’has roped in veteran cricketer Virat
a lightweight bullet-proof jacket for Indian Army.
Kohli as its brand ambassador.
• A book titled Cinema Through Rasa: A Tryst with
• President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice N
Masterpieces in the Light of Rasa Siddhanta
V Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India,
authored by Prachand praveer
accepting the recommendation made by the outgoing
CJI SA Bobde. • A new species of flowering plants, recently
discovered in south Maharashtra’s Kolhapur
• Vietnam’s National Assembly confirmed Pham Minh
Chinh, a career security official, as the Southeast • On April 06, 2021, The 35th edition Forbes World’s
Asian country’s next Prime Minister at an official Billionaires list was released.
ceremony.
• On March 02, 2021, the 2023 men’s boxing World
• Ola Electric, India’s leading mobility company, Championships will be held in Uzbekistan capital
announced the appointment of Yongsung Tashkent.
Kim as head of global sales and
• The 2021 Miami Open Tennis Tournament Hubert
distribution, overseeing India and international
Hurkacz of Poland defeated Italian teenager Jannik
markets.
Sinner in straight sets.
• Tarun Bajaj to take full time charge of Revenue.
• On April 04, 2021, Founder member of the
• Professor Suman Chakraborty has been selected for
Samajwadi Party (SP) and former UP minister
the 30th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research.
Bhagwati Singh Passed away.
• Spices Board India under the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry and UNDP India’s Accelerator
April 08
Lab signed a MoU with the aim to build a blockchain
based traceability interface for Indian spices to
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of
enhance transparency in supply chain and trade.
the High-Level Committee to commemorate the 400th
• The fourth batch of three Rafale fighter jets landed in Birth Anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur through
India after flying non-stop from Istres Air Base video conferencing.
France.

• Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Tribal • The government has appointed S Ramann as
Affairs Minister Arjun Munda launched ‘Anamaya’– Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries
the Tribal Health Collaborative through video Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
conference
• Chinese smartphone major Vivo mentioned it has
• The Union Cabinet has approved the Production appointed cricketer Virat Kohlias its brand
Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme– ‘National Programme ambassador.
on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ for achieving
• Tamil Nadu Governor and Chancellor Banwarilal
manufacturing capacity of Giga Watt with an outlay
Purohit appointed KN Selvakumar as the new Vice-
of Rs 4,500 crore.
Chancellor (V-C) of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and
• The first online Pre-Departure Orientation Training, Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS).
PDOT Programme for migrant workers was launched
• On April 05, 2021, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union health
today to supplement physical training being held in
minister virtually launched the Integrated Health
PDOT Centres.
Information Platform (IHIP).
• More than 28 crore 68 lakh loans for an amount
• On April 06, 2021, The Supreme Court unveiled
of nearly 15 lakh crore rupees have been sanctioned
its Artificial Intelligence (AI) portal SUPACE, designed
since launch of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana.
to make research easier for judges, thereby easing
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Seychelles their workload.
President Wavel Ramkalawan will jointly inaugurate a
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will release the
range of Indian projects in Seychelles
Hindi translation of the book ‘Odisha Itihaas’.
• Union ministry of skill development and
• On March 29, 2021, The updated version of Prime
entrepreneurship or MSDE will organize the first
Minister Narendra Modi’s book named ‘Exam
regional workshop to understand provisions
Warriors’ was launched.
of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 or
PMKVY 3.0 and to effectively implement the scheme • The president of Gita Press, Radheshyam Khemka,
in the NorthEast Region (NER) at Gangtok, Sikkim. passed away. He was 87. Radheshyam Khemka,
was editor of Kalyan, a famous magazine of Sanatan
• The International Monetary Fund has projected a 5
Dharma for nearly 40 years
percent growth rate for Bangladesh for the year 2021.
• The Reserve Bank of India has decided to publish

April 09
the Financial Inclusion Index. To begin with, The FI
index will be published annually in July for the
• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Valour Day
previous financial year.
(Shaurya Diwas)is observed on 9 April every year, as
• TanlaPlatforms Limited, a Communications Platform- a tribute to the brave men of the Force. 2021
as-a-Service (CpaaS) player, has roped marks 56th CRPF Valour Day.
in Aravind Viswanathan, who was with Wipro as its
• Minister of State for Development of North Eastern
Senior Vice-President and CFO – iDEAS Global
Region, DoNER Dr. Jitendra Singh has said
Business Line, as its Chief Financial Officer.
that more than Rs. 250 crore had been sanctioned for

augmenting healthcare facilities in the North-Eastern • On April 06, 2021, The Competition Commission of
States for effective management of COVID-19. India (CCI) approved the proposed combination
relating to acquisition of Principal Asset Management
• Minister of State in PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh flagged
Private Limited, Principal Trustee Company Private
off India Russia Friendship Car Rally 2021. The event
Limited and Principal Retirement Advisors Private
was organized by International Friendship Car Rally
Limited by Sundaram Asset Management Company
Association, IFCRA in New Delhi.
Limited.
• Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
• On April 07, 2021, The Union Minister of Agriculture
Nishank launched an initiative SARTHAQ which will
and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar
help in the implementation of National Education
launched Madhukranti portal and Honey Corners of
Policy in the country.
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a Virtual Federation, NAFED in New Delhi.
Summit with his Netherlands counterpart Mark Rutte.
• Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
• Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana has completed six launched the “MyNEP2020” Platform of the National
years. It is a scheme under which loans of upto 10 Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
Lakh rupees are provided to the non-corporate, non-
• On April 07, 2021, The Great Khali was inducted into
farm, small and micro enterprises.
the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
• The S. educated female law professor Vjosa
• India’s first female Cricket commentator Chandra
Osmanihas been elected as the new President of
Nayudu has passed away.
Kosovo.
• On April 06, 2021, Veteran Renowned Journalist-
• Mahindra & Mahindra is expecting interest from
author Fatima R Zakaria passed away.
other investors for SsangYong MotorCo (SYMC) even
as SYMC’s CEO, Byung Tae Yea, quit after failing to
find a strategic investor for the ailing company. April 10
• Ramanathapuram Forest Range Officer S

• The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is
Sathish was honoured with the International Ranger
celebrating its 71st Foundation Day on April 09.
Award.
• World Homeopathy Dayis celebrated every year
• Experienced India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was
on April 10 to spread awareness about homoeopathy
among the cricketers nominated for the ICC ‘Player of
and its contribution to the world of medicine.
the Month’ award for March following his
standout performances in the limited overs • 10th April is celebrated as ‘Survey Day‘ throughout
matches against England. India. This dayhas a special significance in the
History of Surveying as it is on this day that Major
• On April 05,2021, The country’s most valued online
William Lambton started the GTS(Great
education firm, Byju’s, acquired Blackstone Group-
Trigonometrical Survey).
backed Aakash Educational Services (AESL) for
an estimated $1 billion cash and stock deal.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India and • On April 09, 2021, Union Minister for Finance &
the Netherlands are working together for a supply Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala
chain in Indo-pacific region. Sitharaman participated in the 103rd Meeting of the
Development Committee through video conferencing.
• India and the Netherlands have announced the
launch of the strategic partnership in the water sector • On April 09, 2021, Union Education Minister Ramesh
to further intensify ongoing cooperation and better Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched NanoSniffer, the
coherence in the area. world’s first Microsensor-based Explosive Trace
Detector (ETD).
• NITI Aayog will launch the first-of-its kind Online
Dispute Resolution (ODR) handbook in India. • A new book Akhtari: The Life and Music of Begum
Akhtar to remember about the life and singing
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with
experience of indian singer Begum Akhtar.
the Defence Minister of Kazakhstan Lieutenant
General Nurlan Yermekbayev in New Delhi. • In a historic first for the country, Four Indian sailors
qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The pair
• ICCR Foundation Day was celebrated at Indian
of Ganapathy Chengappa, Varun Thakkar, and
Embassy in Seoul Ambassador Sripriya
Vishnu Saravanan made the cut during an ongoing
Ranganathan, highlighted the role of ICCR in
Asian Qualifiers in Oman on April 8, 2021.
promotion of Cultural Diplomacy and India’s Soft
Power. • On April 07, 2021, FIFA suspended the Pakistan
Football Federation (PFF) and Chadian Football
• Jeep India has tied up with Axis Bank to launch Jeep
Association (FTFA) after concerns over the
Financial Services, which will curate financial
governance of the two member associations.
solutions for Jeep customers and Jeep brand dealers.
• Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been

announced as one of the presenters for the April 11 and 12
74th British Academy of Film and Television Arts

• In 2003, the Government of India declared April
(BAFTA) Awards.
11, the anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi’s birth,
• IT services major Wipro Limited announced it has as National Safe Motherhood Day.
appointed former Walmart executive Subha
• Every year, April 11is observed as World Parkinson’s
Tatavarti as its chief technology officer.
Day to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease, which
• On April 06, 2021, Housing Development Finance is a progressive nervous system disorder.
Corporation Ltd (HDFC) acquired 9.9 per cent stake
• The United Nations (UN) celebrates the International
in Kerala Infrastructure Fund Management Ltd.
Day of Human Space Flight on April 12 each year.
• On April 08, 2021, India formally handed over Rs 100 The day remembers the first human space flight
crore patrol vessel “PS Zoroaster” to Seychelles. The on April 12, 1961.
virtual summit was held between Indian PM Narendra
• Minister of State in PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh called for
Modi and Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan.
celebrating the Teeka Utsav by facilitating vaccination
among those who are entitled to receive the jab.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to everyone Mitra, Seva Ratna and Seva Vajra Awards on the eve
to follow a fourfold principle as the nation kick-starts of Ugadi.
four day special vaccination drive, Teeka Utsav.
• Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal
• A Sanskrit learning app will be launched in ‘Nishank’ presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020
Bangladesh by the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre on women empowerment to the winners in New
(IGCC) of the High Commission of India. Delhi.
• The Indian Council for Cultural Relations • On April 06, 2021, Axis Bank Ltd informed it has
(ICCR) celebrated its 71st Foundation Day. The ICCR become co-promoters of Max Life Insurance
has unveiled ‘Little Guru’ app, world’s first Gamified Company Limited, after completion of the acquisition
Sanskrit learning App which was jointly launched in of 12.99% stake collectively by the Axis Entities in the
Beijing by Ambassador Vikram Misri and renowned company.
Chinese scholar on Sanskrit and India studies,
• Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt.
Professor Wang Bangwei.
Nirmala Sitharaman participated virtually in
• In Leh, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur has the Second G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
launched a National Training programme on Governors (FMCBG) meeting.
Packaging.
• Scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society
• Flipkart informed it has entered into a commercial (BNHS) Speckled a New Avian Species three-banded
partnership with the Adani Group to strengthen rosefinch.
logistics and data centre capabilities of the Walmart-
• On April 10, 2021, Union Minister for Sports & Youth
owned company and create about 2,500 direct jobs.
Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurated Khelo India State
• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has Centre of Excellence for Rowing discipline at the
appointed retired Telangana bureaucrat BP Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council Water Sports
Acharya, as the advisor of the National Animal Academy in Srinagar.
Resource Facility for BioMedical Research
• On April 09, 2021, Prince Philip, husband of Queen
(NARFBR) that is coming up over an area of 100
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Passed away.
acres at the Genome valley near Shamirpet.
April 13
• Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has
appointed Ouhoumoudou Mahamadouas the
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Jallianwala also
new Prime Minister of the country effective from April
spelled Jallianwalla, also called Massacre of Amritsar,
03, 2021.
incident on April 13, 1919.
• Filmmaker Chloe Zhao won the top prize at
• Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released a
the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards for her
commemorative postage stamp in the memory
feature film “Nomadland”, further bolstering the
of former Chief of Brahma Kumaris Rajyogini Dadi
movie’s frontrunner status for the upcoming Oscars.
Janki in New Delhi.
• Elaborate arrangements have been made
• Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and
for honouring gram and ward volunteers with Seva
Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh launched 75 series

Pension awareness to mark 75 years of India’s • Leading German lender Deutsche Bank AG will lend
independence. €68.87 million (nearly Rs.600 crore) to the National
Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), a
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated First bi-
development finance statutory institution under the
annual Indian Air Force, IAF Commanders’
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, for
Conference 2021 at Air Headquarters Vayu Bhawan
financing farmer cooperative initiatives in the country.
in New Delhi.
• President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Sushil
• Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have launched the
Chandra, the senior-most Election Commissioner, as
construction of an international center for trade and
the Chief Election Commissioner of India.
economic cooperation named ‘Central Asia’ on the
borders of the two countries, the Uzbek Government. • Siemens Healthcare India has elevated Vivek
Kanade as Managing Director
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
Operations effective April 1.
Dialogue through a video message. President of
Rwanda Paul Kagame and Prime Minister of • Private life insurer Pramerica Life
Denmark Mette Frederiksen will also join the Insurance announced the appointment of Kalpana
inaugural session as Chief Guests. Sampat its managing director and CEO, effective
April 9.
• French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-
Yves Le Drian arrived in New Delhi on a three day • Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics
visit to India. Limited (HAL) has bagged the first place
for Innovative Training Practices2019-20 at the 30th
• Various regions of the country are celebrating
National Award ceremony held recently at New Delhi
traditional New Year in the form of Ugadi, Gudi
by Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD).
Padava, Chaitra Sukladi, Cheti Chand, Vishu,
Puthandu and Bohag Bihu. • The unconventional 74th edition of the British
Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) held its first of two
• Second Shahi Snan takes place at Kumbh Mela in
ceremonies on April 10, with the second one
Haridwar on the auspicious occasion of Somavati
scheduled for the subsequent day.
Amavasya.
• Vedanta, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its
• Microsoft is reportedly acquiring speech-recognition
value-added products, has signed a memorandum of
company Nuance Communications for nearly USD 16
understanding (MoU) for value-creation from bauxite
billion and the deal could be announced (US time),
residue (red mud), which is a by-product generated
the media reported.
during processing of bauxite into alumina using the
• Sri Lanka inked an agreement with the state-run Bayer process.
China Development Bank for a loan of USD
• The company OneWeb has signed an MoU with the
500 million, less than a month after it signed a
Kazakhstan government and local partners.
currency swap deal worth USD 1.5 billion with
Beijing, to ensure fiscal stability in the country amidst • On April 08, 2021, The Union Education Minister
the challenges posed by the pandemic. Ramesh Pokhriyal chaired a high-level meeting on

the implementation of the National Education Policy • Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal has approved
(NEP) 2020. the purchase of 200 acres of land for the AIIMS to
be set up in Rewari, as well as the purchase of land
• Legendary shooting coach Sanjay
for other seven projects.
Chakravarty passed away.
• Tamizh Puththaandu, the first day of the Chithirai
month marks the beginning of the Tamil Calendar.
April 14
• Keralites across the globe are celebrating,”Vishu the
• Ambedkar Remembrance Dayis also known festival of harvest and prosperity.
as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti which is
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and President
observed on 14 April to commemorate the memory of
World Bank Group David Malpass met through virtual
B.R Ambedkar.
mode.
• A Government Resolution issued by the General
• Paytm Payments BankLtd (PPBL), , announced that it
Administration Department (GAD) informed April
has become the top enabler of digital payments in the
14will now be celebrated as Knowledge Day in the
country by registering over 970 million digital
memory of Dr. Ambedkar.
transactions in March.
• The World Chagas Disease Dayis observed on 14
• National Housing Bank(NHB) has rolled out
April to raise the public awareness and visibility
a 10,000–crore ‘Special Refinance Facility–2021‘
among people about Chagas Disease (also called
(SRF–2021) to provide short term refinance support
American trypanosomiasis) and the resources
to housing finance companies (HFCs) and other
needed for the prevention, control or elimination of
eligible Primary Lending Institutions (PLIs).
the disease.
• Media and entertainment conglomerate Walt Disney
• NITI Aayog, in partnership with Bill and Melinda
has named K. Madhavan as president, the Walt
Gates Foundation and Centre for Social and
Disney Company India and Star India, with immediate
Behaviour Change, Ashoka
effect.
University launched Poshan Gyan, a national digital
repository on health and nutrition. • India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the ICC Men’s
Player of the Month for March for his impressive
• EdCIL (India) Limited, a Mini Ratna Category-I
performances in India’s recently concluded series
Central Public Sector Enterprises under Ministry of
against England.
Education, paid a highest ever dividend of 12.5 Crore
rupees for the year 2019-20. • New Zealand men’s captain Kane Williamson was
awarded the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for the fourth
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi Interacted with Chief
time in six years, while Amelia Kerr and Devon
Executive Officer of Intel, Pat Gelsinger through video
Conway claimed double honours at the New Zealand
conferencing.
Cricket Awards for the 2020-21
• The Siachen Warriors celebrated the 37th Siachen
• On April 12, 2021, The Competition Commission of
Day with tremendous zeal and enthusiasm.
India approved Adar Poonawalla-led Rising Sun

Holdings Pvt Ltd.’s acquisition of a 60% stake in • On April 13, 2021, NITI Aayog launched a national
Magma Fincorp. digital repository on health and nutrition,
called “Poshan Gyan.
• On April 15, 2021, Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh inaugurated First bi-annual Indian Air Force, • Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched
IAF Commanders’ Conference 2021. It was held at a ‘National Nursery Portal’ to connect nursery
Air Headquarters Vayu Bhawan in New Delhi. operators with consumers.
• Defence Research and Development Organisation, • On April 13, 2021, The International Cricket Council
DRDO will set up a Covid-19 hospital with 500 beds (ICC) announced the winners of the ICC Player of the
equipped with ICU facilities in Delhi Cantonment. Month Awards for March 2021.
• China has opened a 5G signal base at the Ganbala • Balbir Singh Junior who was a member of the silver
radar station in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet medal- winning 1958 Asian Games Indian hockey
. It is the world’s highest manually operated radar team Passed away.
station at an elevation of 5,374 meters.
• Eminent Historian and an expert on Awadh Yogesh
• On April 13, 2021, Union Commerce and Industry Praveen has Passed away
Minister Piyush Goyal virtually inaugurated e-SANTA.
• World Art Dayis celebrated globally on 15 April every
It is an electronic marketplace providing a platform to
year to promote the development, diffusion and
connect aqua farmers and buyers.
enjoyment of art
• Indian Army’s Lieutenant Colonel Bharat
• Each year on April 15th, National Titanic
Pannu has earned two Guinness World Records for
Remembrance Dayis dedicated to the memory of the
his fastest solo cycling.
lives lost when the Titanic sank into the icy waters of
• Veteran Punjabi Mahabharat actor Satish the North Atlantic Ocean in April 1912
Kaul Passed away.
• Government has launched Aahaar Kranti, a mission
• On April 12, 2021, IA Rehman, an iconic Pakistani dedicated to spread awareness about nutrition
human rights defender and journalist, has Passed
• Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched
away.
the Online Grievance Management Portal of
April 15 the National Commission for Scheduled Castes
• In view of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in

• On April 13, 2021, The Competition Commission of
the country, Nagaland Governor R. N. Ravi held a
India (CCI) approved billionaire Gautam Adani-
sensitization-cum-consultation meeting with all
controlled Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones
the tribal hoho leaders of the State at Raj Bhavan in
Ltd‘s acquisition of 6% stake in Gangavaram Port Ltd.
Kohima
• The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of
• The 77th Anniversary of Flag Hoisting Day was
India K VijayRaghavan has virtually launched
observed at INA Martyr’s Memorial Complex at
the “MANAS” App to promote wellbeing across age
Moirang of Manipur with Chief Minister N. Biren
groups.
Singh unfurling the Indian Tricolour Flag and led the

other in paying floral tribute to the Statue of Netaji April 16

Subhas Chandra Bose installed inside the complex
• The World Homoeopathy Day is observed every year
• HDFC Bank said it is planning to raise up Rs 50,000
on April 10 to commemorate the Birthday of Dr.
crore during the next 12 months through issuing
Hahnemann, the Founder of Homoeopathy.
bonds
• World Voice Day is a worldwide annual event that
• The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC)has
takes place on April 16 devoted to the celebration of
issued India’s first Green Municipal bond
the phenomenon of voice.
• World bank economist Poonam Guptahas been
• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush
appointed as the new Director General of the policy
Goyal chaired the first meeting of the National Startup
think tank “National Council of Applied Economic
Advisory Council.
Research (NCAER)”
• Union Health Ministry has said that 100 new
• Pegasystems, a US-based software company with
Hospitals in the country will have their own Oxygen
huge presence in India, has appointed Smriti
plant under Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and
Mathuras Senior Director and Head of People
Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) Fund.
Organisation in India.
• Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information
• As part of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao’s
Technology Ajay Prakash Sawhney inaugurated three
centenary celebrations, Mana Telugu Tejam National
path breaking initiatives for National Internet
Awards were presented to people from various fields
Exchange of India, NIXI.
at the Birla Auditorium in Hyderabad on April 9
• Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh
• Atal Innovation Mission and NITI Aayog signed an
Puri launched the EatSmart Cities Challenge and
agreement with Dassault Systemes Foundation to
Transport 4 All Challenge through video
jointly work towards providing a digitally rich
conferencing.
ecosystem of Innovation among aspiring young minds
across the country • Haitian Prime Minister Joseph
Jouthe has resigned as the country faces a spike in
• Union Agriculture Ministry has signed an MoU with
killings and kidnappings and prepares for an
Microsoft for a pilot project in 100 villages of six
upcoming constitutional referendum and general
states.
election later this year.
• Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint
• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said American electric
venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power,
car major Tesla has a golden opportunity to set up its
announced it has signed a MoU with The Oberoi
manufacturing facility in India given the country’s
Groupto augment its sustainability initiatives
thrust on e-vehicles.
• Wipro will embark on a robust hiring plan (with a YoY

growth in recruitments), and offer skill-based bonuses
and salary increments for senior employees after the

IT services firm adopted a new operating model last Research informing biosafety, preparedness and
quarter with a more linear structure response’ through video conference
• E-commerce giant Amazon announced a USD 250 • On April 13, 2021, The ‘Infant Toddler and Caregiver-
million (about Rs 1,873 crore) fund that will focus on friendly Neighbourhoods (ITCN) Training and
digitising small and medium businesses, and driving Capacity Building Programme’ was launched.
innovation in the areas of agri-tech and health-tech in
• The Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU), in partnership
India.
with Facebook, has released the Inclusive Internet
• As many as eight institutions and individuals have Index 2021.
applied for on-tap licenses to set up universal banks
April 17
and small finance banks.
• Food delivery platform Swiggy is set to raise up • World Haemophilia Dayis observed on 17 April every
to $500 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a year to increase awareness about haemophilia
market valuation of nearly $5.5 billion, according to disease and other inherited bleeding disorders.
reliable industry sources.
• The Indian Air Force Commanders’ Conference
• IDBI Bank said it has appointed the company’s 2021, themed ‘Reorienting for the Future’ concluded
deputy general manager Jyothi Biju Nair as the new at Air headquarters in New Delhi.
company secretary with effect from April 16.
• Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
• Director Roberto Benigni will be receiving the Golden Nishank launched World 1st affordable and long-
Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 78th Venice lasting hygiene product DuroKea Series.
International Film Festival, which runs
• External Affairs Minister Dr S
from September 1 to 11.
Jaishankar congratulated Foreign Minister of Vietnam
• One Million for One Billion (1M1B) Foundation, a Bui Thanh Son on his recent appointment
United Nations accredited not-for-profit
• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan
organization is holding Lead Z Teacher Awards in
Reddy launched AP Amul Project in Guntur
July for educators across India who made
district and outlined 4,000 crore plans to strengthen
extraordinary efforts to provide quality education
the milk supply chain
during the pandemic
• The Hindu Group Publishing Pvt. Ltd. (THGPPL),
• Facebookis partnering with Mumbai-based clean
publisher of The
energy company, CleanMax, to set up 32 megawatts
Hindu, BusinessLine, Frontline and Sportstar, has
(MW) wind power project in Karnataka
appointed Krishna Prasad as Group Editorial Officer
• Indian e-commerce company,Flipkart announced that with effect from April 16, 2021
it will be acquiring Cleartrip, an online travel
• Ajai Seth took charge as the new Economic Affairs
technology company.
Secretary in the Finance Ministry
• On April 12, 2021, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister
• For the better management of the hospitals, the AAP-
for Health and Family Welfare chaired ICMR’s
led state government has appointed Deputy Chief
International Symposium titled ‘One Health in India:

Minister Manish Sisodia as the ‘Nodal Minister’ for

Covid-19 situation in the national capital April 18 and 19
• Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed

• The International Day for Monuments and Sites also
Shaukat Tareen as the new finance minister of the
known as World Heritage Day is an international
country, the fourth to don the mantle, in another
observance held on 18 April each year around the
cabinet reshuffle, it was announced by his office
world with different types of activities, including visits
• The Marathi film “Puglya”has won the Best Foreign to monuments and heritage sites, conferences, round
Language Feature award at Moscow International tables and newspaper articles.
Film Festival, 2021.
• Tourism and Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel has
• Indian space agency, ISROhas signed an agreement inaugurated the first-ever online exhibition on
with the space agency of France CNES for Ramayana.
cooperation in its first human space
• The dedicated Covid hospital re-established by
mission, Gaganyaan
Defence Research and Development Organisation
• Nettle Infrastructure Investments, a wholly-owned (DRDO) will become operational.
arm of Bharti Airtel has acquired 100% stake in
• The Health Ministry said that 162 Pressure Swing
OneWeb India Communications Pvt Ltd
Adsorption, PSA oxygen plants have been sanctioned
• On April 15, 2021, Commerce and Industry Minister by Government of India for installation in public health
Piyush Goyal today chaired the first meeting of the facilities in all States and these will augment medical
National Startup Advisory Council oxygen capacity by over 154 Metric Tonnes.
• On April 15, 2021, Ajay Prakash Sawhney, • The Gallantry Awards portal has organized Innovative
IAS, Secretary Ministry of Electronics & Information Tributes to Bravehearts competition wherein it is
Technology (MeitY) & Chairman NIXI inaugurated inviting participants from all over India to recommend
three path breaking initiatives for National Internet unique and innovative tributes to salute
Exchange of India (NIXI) the Bravehearts of the nation.
• On April 16, 2021, Olympics-bound Indian wrestlers • In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,
Vinesh Phogat and Anshu Malik clinched their Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will share his
maiden Asian Championship titles at Almaty, thoughts through the first episode of the monthly
Kazakhstan. Radio Broadcast titled “Awaam Ki Awaaz”.
• On April 16, 2021, Former CBI director Ranjit • It will be carried by all the AIR stations of Jammu and
Sinha passed away Kashmir apart from Doordarshan channels of DD-
• On April 16, 2021, Renowned radiologist and former Kashir and DDK Jammu.
Director of Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in • India’s pharma exports jumped over 18 percent to
Hyderabad Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao passed away 24.4 billion dollars during the last financial year in
• On April 14, 2021, Former Chief Election comparison to the 2020 fiscal year.
Commissioner G.V.G. Krishnamurty passed away

• The Department of Telecom successfully completed • Famous Tamil film actor and Padma Shri awardee
the assignment of frequencies to successful bidders Vivek passed away.
of the Spectrum Auction, 2021.
• On April 16, 2021, Former India international
• NASA awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon footballer Ahmed Hussain Passed
Musk’s space
• On April 17, 2021, Renowned Bangladeshi actor Sara
company SpaceXa $2.9 billion contract to build a
Begum Kabori passed away.
spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as
2024, the agency said, picking it over Jeff Bezos’ • On April 16, 2021, Former India international
Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc. footballer Ahmed Hussain Passed away
• Six firms for investment deals selects by Indywood April 20

Startup Awards 2021
• UN Chinese Language Day is observed on April
• FICCI Tamil Nadu State Council in association with
20 The event was established by The UN Department
IIM-Trichy hosted the first-ever Awards
of Public Information.
ceremony which felicitated the HR Managers and the
team who had excelled in their fields. • Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush
Goyal launched the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
• The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) launched
(SISFS).
the sale of a free trade licence (FTL) 5-kg LPG
cylinders at the M/s Pilot Service Station (IOCL petrol • Marking the continuity of growing bilateral defence
bunk) on the Bandar Road. cooperation with the French Air and Space Force, Air
Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria left for France on a five
• On April 16, 2021, The 8th India-Kyrgyz Joint Special
day official visit.
Forces Exercise ‘Khanjar’ was inaugurated at the
Special Forces Brigade of National Guards of Kyrgyz • Indian Oil has begun the supply of 150 Metric Tonnes
Republic in Bishkek. of Oxygen at no cost to various hospitals in

Delhi, Haryana and Punjab.
• On April 15, RBL Bank and Mastercard revealed their
partnership to introduce the Pay by Bank App, • Tearful reunions filled Auckland airport
a mobile-based consumer-friendly payment solution as Australia opened the travel bubble with New
that will be the first of its kind in India. Zealand for the first time in more than a year.
• The autobiography of Suresh Raina, titled ‘Believe – • Italyhas launched its first ever mega food park project
What Life and Cricket Taught Me’, is set to hit in India, comprising of food processing facilities, in a
the bookstands in May 2021. bid to further strengthen ties between the two nations.
• On April 14, 2021, Prime Minister Shri Narendra • Union Chemicals & Fertilizers Minister Sadananda
Modi will address the Association of Indian Gowda has said that cooperative fertilizer
Universities’ 95th Annual Meet and National Seminar company IFFCO’s new oxygen plant at Kalol in
of Vice-Chancellors through video conferencing. Gujarat will enhance the daily production capacity of
medical grade Oxygen by 33 thousand litres per day.
• On April 17, 2021, Vinay Agrawal, the Chief
Executive Officer of Angel Broking, passed away.

• Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd has filed a draft red Kazakhsta India won 14 medals to stand at third
herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange spot in the medal table.
Board of India to raise funds via initial public offering.
• On April 19, 2021, G Venkatasubbaish, well-known
• SIDBI informed Sivasubramanian Ramann has taken Kannada lexicographer, passed away.
charge as Chairman and Managing Director of the
• On April 18, 2021, Former Union minister and senior
bank.
BJP leader Bachi Singh Rawat Passed away.
• Tata Consumer Products (TCP), the consumer
• On April 19, 2021, Renowned 7-time National Award
products company uniting the principal food and
winner Marathi film-maker and writer Sumitra
beverage interests of the Tata Group under one
Bhave passed away.
umbrella, announced the appointment of Deepika
Bhan as the Company’s new President – Packaged • On April 16, 2021, Adobe founder who helped
Foods, India, effective April 27, 2021. develop Portable Document Format (PDF) document
& publishing software company Adobe Inc Charles
• Software-engineer turned social entrepreneur,
Geschke passed away.
Rumana Sinha Sehgal has been awarded the
prestigious ‘Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian
Award 2021’ by the Diplomatic Mission Global April 21
Peace earlier this month.
• The Government of India chose April 21 as the
• On April 16, 2021, Quess Corp, a business services
National Civil Service Day as on this day the
platform, will acquire the remaining 30% equity stake
country’s first home minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai
in Conneqt Business Solutions from Tata Sons
Patel addressed the newly appointed Administrative
for 208 crore.
Services Officers in 1947.
• Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal
• Administrative Professionals Day is a day observed
‘Nishank’ launched “World 1st affordable and long-
on April 21 yearly in a small number of countries.
lasting hygiene product DuroKea Series Virtually. It
was developed by IIT Hyderabad researchers. • The World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID)is
celebrated on April 21 every year to raise awareness
• On April 10, 2021, Iran celebrated its National Day of
about the importance of creativity and innovation in
Nuclear Technology, with an event held
problem solving and encourage creative
simultaneously in Tehran and in nuclear sites in
multidisciplinary thinking at the individual and group
different Iranian cities, in which advanced IR-6
levels.
centrifuges started operating.
• Central government has extended the insurance
• On April 18, 2021, Max Verstappen (Red Bull –
scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
Netherlands) won the Emilia Romagna F1 Grand Prix
Package for health workers for a period of one year.
2021. It was held in Imola, Italy.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the efforts
• The 2021 Senior Asian Wrestling Championships was
of Tata Group for importing 24 cryogenic
held from April 13 to 18, 2021 in Almaty,
containers to transport liquid oxygen and help in
easing the oxygen shortage in the country.

• The Ministry of Labour and Employment has • Cabinet approved the MoU between Competition
rejuvenated the 20 control rooms in view of the Commission of India (CCI) and Administrative Council
resurgence of Coronavirus cases and imposition of for Economic Defense of Brazil, (CADE).
certain restrictions by various state governments.
• The Cabinet gave ex post facto approval to
• India and the US will coordinate their efforts the Memorandum of Understanding MoU between the
for stability in Afghanistan. Director General of Trade Remedies, India and the
Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission
• The India-EU Leaders’ Meeting will be held in a
virtual format on 8th of next month. • The government of Ghana, Bharti Airtel and Millicom
International Cellular S.A. announced execution of
• A webinar cum expo was organized between
the definitive agreement for transfer of AirtelTigo.
the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of National
Defence Vietnam. • Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) has developed SpO2 (Blood Oxygen
• China’s demographic transition owing particularly to
Saturation) supplemental Oxygen Delivery System for
its stricter birth policies has grappled it with the
soldiers posted at extreme high-altitude areas.
problem of ageing population and dwindling work-
force. • On April 20, 2021, In the latest World Press Freedom
Index 2021, India was placed at 142nd position
• The Cabinet gave ex-post facto approval for the
among 180 countries.
Government amendments to the Finance Bill,
2021 enacted on 28th March this year as the Finance • Harry Potter author JK Rowling will release a new
Act, 2021. children’s book entitled The Christmas Pig. It
was Published by Hachette Children’s Group and
• Miguel Díaz-Canel will succeed Raúl Castro as
Scholastic in different territories.
the Cuban Communist Party’s first secretary, the
most powerful position on the island. • On April 18, 2021, the 2021 Rolex Monte Carlo
Masters singles title, In Tennis, Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has announced a
(Greece) beat Andrey Rublev (Russia) in a straight-
50 thousand rupees award for Mayur Shelke for
sets 6-3 6-3.
exemplary acts of bravery.
• On April 20, 2021, Former Reserve Bank of India
• The Government of India and Germany have signed
Governor Maidavolu Narasimham, Passed away.
an agreement for Technical Cooperation in enhancing
practices to prevent plastic entering the marine • Walter F Mondale, the former vice-president and
environment on April 19, 2021, at a virtual ceremony liberal leader Passed away. He served as the 42nd
in New Delhi. Vice President of the United States.
• The Cabinet approved a fresh Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of April 22
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Chartered
Accountants Australia and New Zealand, (CA ANZ). • Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to
demonstrate support for environmental protection.
The theme this year is “Restore Our Earth”

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Leaders’ • The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will
Summit on Climate. The two-day summit will be held support eight joint research projects mooted by
virtually and Mr Modi will make his remarks in the the space technology cell (STC) of the Indian Institute
session which has the theme – Our Collective Sprint of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
to 2030.
• A Water Sports and Adventure Institute (WSAI) has
• Serum Institute of India has announced the price for been established by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police
its COVISHIELD vaccine for State governments and (ITBP) at Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand.
Private Hospitals in the country.
• On April 21, 2021, Eminent Bengali poet Shankha
• Nine Bangladeshis feature in the Forbes 30 under 30 Ghosh passed away.
lists of innovators in 10 industries for Asia.
• On April 20, 2021, Veteran actor Kishore
• Chinese President Xi Jinping will take part in Nandlaskar, who was a popular face in both Marathi
the virtual climate summit convened by US President and Hindi films, passed away.
Joe Biden in which several world leaders,
• On April 20, 2021, The President of the Republic of
including Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Chad, Idriss Deby Itno, passed away.
• India has witnessed an impressive increase of
almost 18.5 per cent in export of Agricultural and
April 23
allied products during April 2020 to February 2021 as
compared to the same period, the previous year.
• World Book Day is celebrated every year on April
• Hero MotoCorp has formed a partnership 23. UNESCO undertakes the responsibility of the
with Taiwan’s Gogoro Inc to develop electric event. The first ever World Book Day was celebrated
vehicles for the Indian market. on April 23, 1995.
• ReNew Power informed it has commissioned a 105 • The UN English Language Day and UN Spanish
megawatt (MW) solar generation facility in Gujarat. Language Dayis observed annually on 23 April.
• HDFC securities announced the appointment • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a US-
of Rajeev Srivastava as Head India partnership on clean energy and climate
of Products and Business Development. change.
• WHI, an organization having special consultative • The Center has directed States and Union
status with the Economic and Social Council, UN, has Territories to ensure that there should be no
chosen Geevarghese Mar Coorilos Metropolitan, restriction imposed on the movement of Medical
Diocese of Mumbai, for its maiden Golden Lantern Oxygen between the States and transport
Award. authorities shall be instructed to allow free inter-state
movement of oxygen-carrying vehicles.
• On April 10, 2021, The 40th Indian Scientific
Expedition to Antarctica (40-ISEA) hosted by • The first Oxygen Express with Liquid Medical Oxygen
the Ministry of Earth Sciences successfully returned tankers will start its journey for Mumbai from
to Cape Town, after completing a journey of around Visakhapatnam tonight.
12 thousand nautical miles in 94 days.

• The Head of the Military government of Myanmar • IOB said the consultant has been appointed as part of
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will embark on his its growth strategy and to transform its banking
first foreign visit after the coup to Indonesia to services into a digitized form.
participate in the ASEAN leaders meeting.
• Amid shortage of medical oxygen in several
• Uttar Pradesh government has said that it will hospitals across the city, the DDMA appointed two
invoke National Security Act and Gangster Act on senior bureaucrats as nodal officers to ensure smooth
those persons who are involved in black marketing movement of tankers and facilitate oxygen supply to
and holding of necessary medicines, oxygen and city hospitals.
injections required for covid treatment.
• Public sector lender Indian Bank has entered into a
• In Jharkhand, the “Health Safety Week” begins from pact with Chennai-based angel investment group
April 22 to break the chain of COVID-19 infection. ‘The Chennai Angels For financing start-ups under
the bank’s loan product Ind SpringBoard.
• Ola Electric said it will bring its electric scooter to
the Indian market in July this year, and is working on • On April 22, Prime Minister Narendra
setting up a ‘Hypercharger Network’ to include one Modi will participate in the Leaders’ Summit on
lakh charging points across 400 cities. Climate hosted by US President Joe Biden.
• The government of Bangladesh signed an agreement • On April 21, 2021, India was placed at the 87th
for USD 250 million financing from the World Bank to (Score 53) position among 115 countries in the 2021
help create more and better jobs, recover faster from Energy Transition Index (ETI),
the COVID-19 pandemic and build resilience to future
• Global sportswear brand Puma has roped in Indian
crises.
cricketers Washington Sundar and Devdutt Padikkal
• Private sector lender HDFC Bank said the Reserve as the brand ambassador.
Bank has approved appointment of former Economic
• Tamil Nadu teenager Arjun Kalyan became India’s
Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty as the part-time
68th Chess Grandmaster.
chairman of the bank.
• On April 21, 2021, Renowned qawwali singer Farid
• Accenture India’s head, Rekha M Menon is the first
Sabri of the Sabri Brothers duo passed away in
woman Chairperson of the IT industry body,
Jaipur.
Nasscom.
April 24
• Former Nasscom chairman BVR Mohan Reddy said it
was very “sad” to see a “good CEO” like Vishal
• The World Veterinary Association (WVA) started
Sikka stepping down as the CEO of Infosys, and
celebrating the day in the year 2000.
added that promoters have no say after leaving a
company. • National Panchayati Raj Day is the national day
of Panchayati Raj System in India celebrated by the
• Credit Information Company Experian Indiaappointed
Ministry of Panchayati Raj on 24 April annually.
Neeraj Dhawan as its new managing director.

• The International Day of Multilateralism and Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of
Diplomacy for Peaceis marked on 24 April since Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
2019.
• The State Panchayat Raj department has bagged 17
• World Day for Animals in Laboratories is observed awards announced by the Union Panchayat Raj
every year on 24 April. Ministry.
• The US has joined the India-Sweden climate • Chloe Zhao’s meditative

initiative, the Leadership Group for Industry drama “Nomadland” continued its winning streak this
Transition, LeadIT. award season by bagging best picture, best director
and other awards at the 36th annual Film
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the
Independent Spirit Awards.
distribution of e-property cards under the SVAMITVA
scheme. • On April 20, 2021, Russian space agency
Roscosmos announced that it will launch its own
• The European Commission announced tough draft
space station in 2025.
rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a
ban on most surveillance, in an attempt to set global • On the occasion of Earth Day on April 22, 2021,
standards for a key technology dominated by China Aakash Ranison, a well-knownClimate Change
and the United States. Activist and Sustainability Influencer launches
an eBook “Climate Change Explained – for one and
• British authorities are exploring the possibility of
all.
creating a new digital currency that Treasury chief
Rishi Sunak indicated could be known as Britcoin“. • From April 13 to 23, 2021, The 2021 AIBA Youth
World Boxing Championships was held in Kielce,
• India Ratings and Research revised down
Poland. It is a 10-day biennial event
India’s FY22 real GDP growth forecast to 10.1 per
cent, from earlier projection of 10.4 per cent, citing • Popular Gujarati and Hindi film actor Amit
the second wave of COVID-19 infections and slower Mistry, Passes away.
pace of vaccination.
• Shravan Rathod of the iconic composer duo
• Reserve Bank of India has imposed restrictions Nadeem-Shravan Passed away.
on American Express Banking Corp and Diners Club
International Limited from adding new customers to
April 25 and 26
their card networks from 1st of next month.
• Justice NV Ramana took oath as the 48th Chief • National DNA Day is a United States holiday
Justice of India. President Ram Nath celebrated on April 25. It commemorates the day in
Kovind administered him the oath at Rashtrapati 1953 when James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice
Bhavan in Delhi in a small ceremony due to Covid Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and colleagues published
restrictions. papers in the journal Nature on the structure of DNA.
• India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) GC • World Malaria Day is an international observance
Murmuhas been chosen as the external auditor of the commemorated every year on 25 April and
recognizes global efforts to control malaria.

• The International Delegate’s Dayis observed on April • Optimistic about the outlook for the life insurance
25, to raise awareness of the role of representatives industry, NS Kannan, Managing Director and
and delegates of the Member States to the United CEO, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, said as of now
Nations. Covid-related claims for the sector are under control.
• World Intellectual Property Dayis observed annually • Blackstone said that the private equity funds
on 26 April. The event was established by the World managed by it have entered into definitive
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000. agreements to acquire a majority stake in Mphasis
Ltd.
• Indian Navy ships under Headquarters, Southern
Naval Command at Kochi are progressing with the • “Talks with DBS Bankis at an advanced stage and
mission of OXYGEN EXPRESS in order to render they are keen to take up the entire consumer
support to the local administration of the Union banking operation,” said a person familiar with the
Territory of Lakshadweep (UTL). development.
• External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has • Actor-filmmaker Emerald Fennell, “Another

expressed grief over the demise of an Indian nuclear Round” and Daniel Kaluuya were the early winners at
scientist Krishnamurthy Santhanam. the 93rd Academy Awards.
• Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital at • The election-fraud film “Absolute Proof”, singer Sia’s
Chhatarpur in South Delhi will start heavily panned directorial debut “Music” and Rudy
functioning. Standard Operating Procedure for Giuliani, former New York City mayor, were the top
admission of patients will be strictly followed and all winners at the 2021 Razzie Awards, given to
laid down protocols will be adhered to. the worst movies and performances of the year.
• In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, five • Theatre and film director Pramod Payyannur has
Gram Panchayats have bagged prestigious National been selected for the Thilakan Smarakavedi’s
Panchayat Awards-2021. “Thilakan Award”, named after the late actor, for
overall contribution.
• Bharat Biotech has announced the cost
of COVAXIN for State governments and Private • From April, 25 to 27 2021, The 19th edition of
Hospitals. It will cost 600 rupees per dose for State the Indian and French Navy bilateral exercise
Governments and 1200 rupees per dose for Private ‘Varuna-2021’ has started in the Arabian Sea.
Hospitals.
• On April 23, 2021, NASA and Elon Musk’s
• Government has extended certain timelines in order commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new
to give respite to taxpayers in difficult COVID times. It four-astronaut team on a flight to the International
has extended the deadline for making payment Space Station the first crew ever propelled into orbit
under tax dispute resolution scheme Vivad Se by a rocket booster recycled from a previous
Vishwas by two months till 30th of June. spaceflight.
• Home-grown digital financial services platform • Professor Halil Ibrahimi has discovered a new insect
Paytm has launched a new video-based wealth species named Potamophylax coronavirus found
community called the Paytm Wealth Community.

in Kosovo’s western Bjeshket e Nemuna (Accursed missed lifesaving jabs against measles and other
Mountains) national park. diseases because of COVID-19 disruption.
• The Living Mountain is a new story by Jnanpith • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese
winner and internationally renowned author Amitav counterpart Yoshihide Suga discussed cooperation in
Ghosh. It will be Published by HarperCollins key areas, including creating resilient supply chains
Publishers India. and ensuring reliable supply of critical materials, to
overcome challenges posed by the Covid-19
• The ITTF World Table Tennis
pandemic.
Championships, the Harris County Houston Sports
Authority has announced that it will host the event • Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has
November 23–29, 2021, at the George R. Brown announced ex-gratia compensation of 50 lakh rupees,
Convention Center. along with a government job each to the family
of Sepoy Prabhjit Singh and Sepoy Amardeep
• On April 20, 2021, Former Reserve Bank of India
Singh of 21 PUNJAB, who laid down their lives in the
(RBI) governor M Narasimham passed away.
line of duty.
• Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has encouraged

April 27
the state health and Ayush department for maximum
use of Ayurvedic and Homeopathic medicines to win
• The Ministry of Ayush released revised guidelines for
the war against Covid19.
Ayurveda and Unani Practitioners for COVID-19
Patients in Home Isolation and Ayurveda and Unani • Tamilnadu Government after considering the urgent
Preventive Measures for self-care during COVID-19 need for increased oxygen production has decided
Pandemic. to reopen Vedanta’s oxygen manufacturing plant at
Tuticorin.
• China’s state-run Sichuan Airlines retracted
its announcement to suspend the cargo flights to • The Odisha government has announced free
India taking crucial supplies like oxygen concentrators vaccination for people above 18 years of age. Chief
to India after it created controversy. Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the State
Government will incur an expenditure of two thousand
• US President Joe Biden assured to
crore rupees to meet the goal.
provide assistance to India to deal with the Covid-19
pandemic. • Gujarat government will provide free vaccinations for
all above 18 years of age from 1st of May. This
• Ministry of Steel has said that over 3,130 Metric
decision was taken during the high level core
Tonnes of Liquid Medical oxygen was supplied by
committee meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vijay
steel Plants to various states.
Rupnai at Gandhinagar.
• To provide better educational opportunities for
• The Indian market’s largest smartphone-seller
Ladakhi students, the Indian Army has initiated the
Xiaomi introduced its flagship smartphone, the Mi 11
project Ladakh Ignited Minds.
Ultra (5G), for the local market with a Rs 69,999 price
• A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled tag.
to reach more than 50 million children who have

• Neobank Fi partnership with Federal Bank to open • On April 25, 2021, Rafael Nadal defeated Stefanos
instant savings account Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-7(6), 7-5. He collected a record-
extending 12th Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
• RBI article for monitoring movement of funds between
trophy.
banks and ARCs
• On April 25, 2021, Supreme Court judge Justice
• Punjab and Haryana, farmers, for the first time, have
Mohan M. Shantanagoudar Passed away.
started receiving minimum support price
(MSP) payment directly in their bank accounts under • On April 25, 2021, Former Sashastra Seema Bal
the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme (DBT). chief Arun Chaudhary Passed away.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has capped • Renowned classical music singer Pandit Rajan
the tenure of bank MD and CEOs with immediate Mishra passed away.
effect.
• On April 26, 2021, Former managing director of
• Uttar Pradesh-based Shivalik Small Finance Maruti Suzuki India, Jagdish Khattar, passed away.
Bank has commenced operations as a small finance
• Indian nuclear scientist Krishnamurti
bank with effect from April 26, according to the
Santhanam Passed away.
Reserve Bank of India.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines for

April 28
appointment ofStatutory
Central Auditors (SCAs)/Statutory Auditors (SAs) in
• The annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work
commercial banks, urban co-operative banks and
on 28 April promotes the prevention of occupational
non-banking finance companies from FY22 onwards,
accidents and diseases globally. The theme for 2021
whereby they will have to appoint SCAs/SAs for a
is “Anticipate, prepare and respond to crises – Invest
continuous period of three years.
Now in Resilient Occupational Safety and Health
• In the midst of a dangerous second wave, a city- Systems”.
based social worker Atif Alam has opened a medical
• Workers’ Memorial Day, also known as International
oxygen bank to lend oxygen cylinders to needy
Workers’ Memorial Day or International
patients free of cost.
Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured takes
• co, Coimbatore-based software as a service (SaaS) place annually around the world on April 28.
start-up, was named “Bootstrapped SaaS startup of
• Railways has made nearly four thousand Covid Care
the Year” by SaaSBoomi, at the inaugural edition
coaches with almost 64 thousand beds ready for use
of SaaSBoomi awards.
by States.
• On April 24, 2021, China’s first Mars rover will be
• Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated blood
named Zhurong after a traditional fire god. The rover
donation camps at 13 different
is aboard the Tianwen-1 probe that arrived in Mars
locations in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and
orbit on February 24 and is due to land in May to look
Himachal Pradesh.
for evidence of life.

• National Fertilizers Limited has ordered the setting up • Auto parts maker Suprajit Engineeringhas
of four Oxygen plants. These plants will be set up in appointed James Gerard Ryan as President –
government hospitals in Noida, Lucknow, Gorakhpur Controls & Cables Global Operations (except India).
and Bhopal. The company, in a regulatory filing to exchanges,
said Jim Ryan is a US national and a
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
seasoned professional with rich experience in the
Chouhan has said that large oxygen plants are to be
controls and cables
set up in all divisional headquarters of the state.
• Haryana Government has appointed the Managing
• Meghalaya has planned to achieve the target of Har
Director of Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure
Ghar Jal by December next year under Jal Jeevan
Development Corporation Anurag Agrawal and
Mission.
Director, MSME, Dr. Vikas Gupta for mapping of
• Agriculture Infrastructure Fund has crossed the eight liquid oxygen manufacturing plants and monitoring
thousand crore mark. The investment will give a their production and diversion to medical use.
boost to several agricultural projects which will unlock
• Switch MobilityLtd, an electric vehicle arm of Ashok
value for farmers across the country.
Leyland Ltd, and TVS Supply Chain Solutions
• TheAsian Development (TVS SCS) has entered into an agreement for
Bank (ADB) has projected India’s gross domestic establishing a sustainable logistics network.
product (GDP) growth to rebound strongly to 11 per
• The Assam Government has signed two MOUs in
cent in current fiscal on the
Guwahati with Bhutan and Nagaland for procurement
back of continued economic recovery boosted by
of oxygen.
increased public investment, vaccine rollout and
surge in domestic demand. • The Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) has developed single crystal
• Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) has reported
blades that are used in helicopter engines. It
an impressive performance on many parameters
has supplied 60 of them to the Hindustan Aeronautics
in FY21that include strong growth in net profit, good
Limited for the company”s indigenous helicopter
asset quality and higher business.
development program.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it has
• On April 25, 2021, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, in
provided $ 1.5 billion to India to deal with the COVID-
association with MSME-DI, Raipur,
19 pandemic.
Chhattisgarh, Government of India jointly organised a
• Indian Bank signed an MoU with Bharat Sanchar Webinar on ‘Oxygen Enrichment’ Technology.
Nigam Limited to provide seamless telecom services
• On April 26, 2021, India was retained as the third
to the bank at a competitive rate.
biggest military spender in the world in
• Roland Boucharahas been elevated to the role 2020 according to new data titled ‘SIPRI Military
of CEO & MD of automaker Stellantis Expenditure Database. It is published by the
India operations with full responsibility for the Jeep Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
and Citroen national sales companies (NSCs), along (SIPRI).
with the group’s manufacturing activities.

• Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is coming Agreement between India and the United Kingdom on
up with a new book Titled Whereabouts. It will be Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative
published under the Hamish Hamilton imprint of Assistance in Customs Matters.
Penguin Random House.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut down
• Renowned Amitav Ghosh authored A new book titled the projected GDP growth rate of Bangladesh by at
“The Living Mountain” is set to hit stands in January least 1 per cent from its earlier figure of 6.8 per cent
2022. The book will be published by HarperCollins for the FY 2020-21.
Publishers India.
• External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar had a
• The famous and noted Gujarati poet and folk singer conversation with Foreign Minister of Portugal
Dadudan Pratapdan Gadhvi Passed Away. Augusto Santos Silva through video conferencing.
• Government has left the GPF and other non-
April 29 government PF interest rates unchanged at 7.1

percent.
• International Dance Day is a global celebration of
• IT services companies including Tata Consultancy
dance, created by the Dance Committee of the
Services, Accenture, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro are
International Theatre Institute, the main partner for
some of the top workplaces in India in 2021, as per a
the performing arts of UNESCO.
survey by professional networking platform, LinkedIn.
• Serum Institute of India has dropped the price
• Tata Motors has appointed Martin Uhlarik as the new
of COVISHIELD vaccine by Rs 100for the state
Global Design Head of the Indian car manufacturer.
government.
• Biocon Ltd announced that its executive Chairperson
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned the
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been appointed to
procurement of one lakh Portable Oxygen
the Board of Trustees of Memorial Sloan Kettering
Concentrators from the PM Cares Fund.
Cancer Center (MSK), a world leader in cancer
• The Morarji Desai National Institute of treatment and research, based in New York, the US.
Yoga under Ayush Ministry is offering online Yoga
• IAS Officer T V Somanathan who is serving
training programmes. These online Yoga training
as Secretary, Department of Expenditure in the
programmes are health-promoter and anxiety-
Finance Ministry has been designated as the Finance
relieving.
Secretary.
• The President has appointed Justice Vimla Singh
• The direction of women empowerment, the Border
Kapoor, Additional Judge of the Chhattisgarh High
Roads Organisation (BRO) appointed its first women
Court, to be a Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court.
officer to command a Road Construction Company
• Defence Research & Development Organisation, (RCC).
DRDO will set up 500 Medical Oxygen Plants within 3
• To monitor preventive measures taken against the
months under the PM CARES Fund.
spread of Covid-19, the State government has
• The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra appointed Dr Darez Ahamed, Executive Director of
Modi, has approved the signing and ratification of an Guidance Bureau.

• Biocon Biologics‘ New Monoclonal • Bharat Biotech reduced the cost of COVAXIN vaccine
AntibodiesManufacturing Facility Wins ISPE’s 2021 for State governments. It will now cost 400 rupees
Facility of the Year Honorable Mention Award. per dose for State Governments instead of the
earlier announced price of 600 rupees per dose.
• Environmental filmmaker Craig Foster and his team
scarcely imagined that their documentary, My • The National Commission for Women has launched
Octopus Teacher, would travel around the world, let a WhatsApp helpline number for providing emergency
alone win the highest honours at BAFTA and the medical assistance to pregnant women.
Oscars.
• Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad represented
• On April 27, 2021, the DRDO successfully fired the India at the G-7 Digital and Technology Ministerial
5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) from Meeting.
Tejas aircraft, at Goa.
• Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated a
• OneWeb, a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite mobile Covid RT-PCR test laboratory in Nagpur.
communications operator, launched another batch of
• Maharashtra government has asked everyone to
36 satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny
celebration Maharashtra Day in a simple
cosmodrome in Russia. It is co-owned by Bharti
manner on May 1.
Global and the UK government.
• Government has said that the procurement of Wheat
• Among 104 nations India has been placed at 49th
in Rabi Marketing Season 2021-22 is going on
position in the Chandler Good Government Index
smoothly in States and Union Territories.
(CGGI) 2021. Finland has topped the CGGI 2021 list.
• Insurance regulator IRDAI has directed insurers to
• On April 27, 2021, Manoj Das, an eminent Indian
approve Covid-related cashless claims within 60
author who wrote in Odia and English, passed away.
minutes of receiving appropriate documents from the
• Senior Indian Information Service officer Sanjay claimant.
Kumar passed away.
• The country’s top two-wheeler maker Hero
MotoCorp said it has launched a virtual showroom
April 30 feature to help customers buy its motorcycles and

scooters through a seamless digital experience amid
• Honesty Day is celebrated on April 30 in the United rising in COVID-19 cases in the country.
States to encourage honesty and straightforward
• Vedanta said its Chairman Anil Agarwal has
communication in politics, relationships, consumer
pledged Rs 150 crore to help India in its fight against
relations and historical education.
deadly COVID-19 second wave.
• International Jazz Day is an International Day
• India’s second largest private sector lender, ICICI
declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific
Bank, announced the launch of a comprehensive
and Cultural Organization in 2011 “to highlight jazz
digital banking service that aims to empower over two
and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners
crore offline and online retailers in the country.
of the globe.”

• A special resolution to appoint Samit Ghosh as chief • On April 28, 2021, National Telecommunications
executive officer of Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd. Institute for Policy Research, Innovation and Training
was defeated as it didn’t get the requisite share of (NTIPRIT), the apex training institute of Department
votes. of Telecommunications, Government of
India conducted a webinar.
• Vikram Solar said it has appointed Milind Kulkarni as
its Chief Technical officer (CTO). • On April 27, 2021, China launched NEO-01 into low
earth orbit. The NEO-01, which looks into deep space
• Rahul Bajaj, one of the most successful business
and observes small celestial bodies, was launched by
leaders in the country, has finally decided to hang his
the government’s Long March 6 rocket with a small
boots at Bajaj Auto, the company he nurtured and
number of satellites.
steered to one of the leading firms in two and three-
wheeler space. • Microsoft and the United Kingdom’s Meteorological
Office have decided to team up to build the most
• Airtel Africa named Olusegun (Segun) Ogunsanya,
powerful supercomputer in the world to forecast
MD and CEO of Nigeria as the successor of
weather and climate change.
Raghunath Mandava, as the new Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer for Africa • On April 25, 2021, Indian Archery newly-wedded
business,, following Mandava’s announcement to couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari won
retire. individual gold medals at the ongoing Archery World
Cup Stage 1 in Guatemala.
• Private sector lender Axis Bank said its board has
approved the re-appointment of Amitabh Chaudhry as • On April 28, 2021, The American astronaut, Michael
its Managing Director and CEO for three years Collins, Passed away.
with effect from January 1, 2022.

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April 01 Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EC/EDI)

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