📖 Complete April Current Affairs Revision for all Upcoming Exams
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1) IAS officer Siddharth Singh Longjam will take over as the National Anti-Doping Agency's Director General, He will replace Navin Agarwal
▪️National Anti-Doping Agency :-
Formation - 24 November 2005
Headquarters - New Delhi, India
👉NADA is formed by the Union Government under the societies Registration Act. NADA includes scientists and representatives from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
2) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on April 15, 2021 that the government has decided to impose a weekend curfew in the national capital to control the spread of COVID-19
▪️ Recent News :- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has announced that it has become the first Central Government-funded technical institute to reduce its carbon footprint by more than 50 percent from April 1, 2021.
3) Maharashtra has got India’s first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU). The unit arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh Terminal Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.
▪️National Park in Maharashtra :-
👉Gugumal National Park.
👉Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.
👉Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
👉Navegaon National Park.
4) Kabira Mobility Hermes 75 High-Speed Commercial Delivery Electric Scooter Launched In India on 13 April.
5) During the Independence Day celebrations on 14 April 2021, Israel honored Albert Borla, CEO of Pfizer Inc.
6) Agriculture Ministry signs MoU with Microsoft for a pilot project in 100 villages of six states to raise farmers income
7) India and the United States will launch a Hydrogen Task Force under the Strategic Energy Partnership between the two countries soon, announced US Deputy Secretary of Energy, David M Turk.
▪️Recent News :- The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum’s US India Artificial Intelligence (USIAI) initiative was launched.
▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
8) Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine gets approval for emergency use in India.
9) New zealand country become the first country to bring legislation for climate change.
▪️ Recent News :- New Zealand temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, for about two weeks following a high number of positive coronavirus cases arriving from the South Asian country.
10) Sonu Sood has been appointed as the Covid vaccine campaign ambassador by the Punjab government.
👉 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh declared him the Brand Ambassador of the Punjab Government for its Covid-19 vaccination programme.
▪️Punjab :-
👉CM :- Captain Amarinder Singh
👉GOVERNOR :- VP Singh Badnore
Ropar Wetland
Harike Wetland
Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary
Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve
11) Uttar Pradesh Win E-Panchayat Puraskar 2021”, ranking first in Category I.
▪️Recent News :- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated Shaheed Ashfaq Ulla Khan Zoological Park in Gorakhpur.
👉This is the first zoo in Purvanchal and the third in the state.
▪️Uttar Pradesh :-
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister - Yogi Adityanath
👉Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
👉Dudhwa National Park
👉National Chambal Sanctuary
12) Principal Scientific Advisor K VijayRaghavan has launched a mobile app to promote mental wellbeing across age groups.
👉The app, MANAS, which stands for Mental Health and Normalcy Augmentation System, is a comprehensive, scalable, and national digital wellbeing platform.
13) Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ addressed at the 34th Convocation of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) through virtual mode.
▪️Ministry of Education :-
👉Formed :- 15 August 1947
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
👉India had the Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and with the public announcement of newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to Ministry of Education.