1. India administers more than 186.72 crore COVID vaccine doses; recovery rate stands at 98.76 percent.
2. PM Modi will confer the Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2021 on 21st of this month to mark the 15th Civil Services Day.
3. Union Steel Ministry will host National Metallurgist Award 2021 in New Delhi to recognise outstanding contribution of metallurgists and engineers in the field of iron and steel. The programme will be chaired by the Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh.
4. National Apprenticeship Mela 2022 to be organised across the country in over 700 locations on 21st April.
5. PM Modi will address the nation on the 400th Parkash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji at the Red Fort in New Delhi on 21st of this month. On the auspicious occasion, the Prime Minister will release a commemorative coin and postage stamp.
6. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Ladakh between the month of July and August.
7. *ASSAM* state govt. has started the preparations to deal with the flood situation and alerted all the districts to be ready as well.
8. *BIHAR* govt decides to give free booster dose to state people aged above 18 years.
9. *DELHI* Police arrest 23 persons in connection with Jahangirpuri violence; Home Minister Amit Shah orders strict action.
10. *GUJARAT* : PM Modi laid the foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar Gujarat. PM of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Director-General of World Health Organisation Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus were also present on this occasion.
11. *J&K* : Security forces recover cache of arms, ammunition in Karnah area of Kupwara district
12. *KERALA* , isolated rain accompanied by lightning and thunderstorms is likely to continue till Saturday (23rd April).
13. *MADHYA PRADESH*: Live-in relationships are leading to rise in sexual offences: MP High Court
The “bane of live-in relationship”, a “byproduct” of rights conferred under Article 21 of the Constitution, is leading to a rise in sexual offences, Madhya Pradesh High Court said.
14. *ODISHA* Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioned ₹120 crore for bonus and other allowances for Kendu leaf pluckers and other seasonal workers.
15. *PUNJAB*: Congress leader Navjot Sidhu on Tuesday questioned the AAP government over their recent announcement to provide 300 units per month of free electricity.
16. *RAJASTHAN* : Eleven members of a family were killed and seven others injured after their pick-up truck rammed into a tractor-trolley in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district on Tuesday.
17. *Uttar Pradesh* and Haryana make face masks mandatory in selected districts amid spike in COVID-19 cases.
18. After the recent violence in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, UP CM Yogi Adityanath issued a set of directions regarding religious processions in the state.
FINANCE:
USD 76.45
💷 *GBP 99.50
BSE Sensex: 56,463.15
NIFTY : 16,958.65
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today held a bilateral meeting with Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva and discussed issues of importance for India besides several issues currently being faced by the global and the regional economies
ENTERTAINMENT:
KGF – Chapter 2 was expected to be one of the biggest money spinners of recent times. Living up to the same, the business of the film has raked in a staggering Rs. 500 cr. at the worldwide box office. As per reports, KGF 2 has managed to collect USD 72.38 million [Rs. 552.85 cr.]
DEFENCE
1. Indian Air Force (IAF), on Tuesday, conducted a firing test of the BrahMos cruise missile from the Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft from the Eastern Seaboard. Navy tested the anti-ship version of the missile from INS Delhi. The test of the anti-ship variant of the missile was conducted using an upgraded modular launcher on board guided-missile destroyers INS Delhi. The Air Force tested the air-launched version of the missile in the eastern Indian Ocean in coordination with the Indian Navy. A decommissioned Indian Navy ship was used as the target for this test.
2. World’s highest tunnel connecting Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh to be built by BRO. The tunnel will be built by Border Road Organisation at a height of 16,580 feet. It is expected to be operational for commute by 2025.
3. 1st Indian-American commander of a US Navy ship, veteran Shanti Sethi has joined Vice President Kamala Harris’s office as her executive secretary and defence adviser.
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Vasant Ritu
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Vikram Samvat – 2079
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