1. India’s COVID vaccination coverage has exceeded 187 crore 7 lakh doses. Over 2 crore 53 lakh first dose vaccines have been administered for age group 12 to 14 years.
2. Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has made wearing masks mandatory.
3. PM Modi took part in celebrations of 400th Parkash Parv of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji at Red Fort in New Delhi yesterday.
4. CBI conducts searches at 14 places in connection to power project case: 14 locations including at Jammu, Srinagar, Delhi, Mumbai, Noida, Trivandrum and Darbhanga in Bihar at the premises of the accused including private companies, then Chairman, then MD, then Directors of Chenab Valley Power Projects Limited.
5. PM Modi confers Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2021 on Civil Services Day; Says civil servant needs to lead India to newer heights.
6. *ASSAM* govt has decided to submit an interlocutory application to the Supreme Court to pave way for issuance of Aadhaar cards to nearly 28 lakh people of the state
7. *CHHATTISGARH* : Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on 21 Apr laid foundation stones and also dedicated new roads involving 1017-kilometre long stretches of 33 different projects being developed at a cost of 9,240 crore rupees in Chhattisgarh.
8. *DELHI*: Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal on Thursday administered the oath of the office to retired IAS officer Vijay Kumar Dev as new Election Commissioner of the State Election Commission of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
9. National Thermal Power Corporation has come together with Delhi Jal Board to utilize the sludge produced in the sewage treatment plants of DJB to convert it into green energy.
10. *J&K* : Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan initiated the distribution of Solar Water Heaters to beneficiaries procured under Subsidy Component.
11. Two LeT terrorists killed, 3 soldiers injured in encounter in Baramulla.
12. *KARNATAKA* : JD(S) leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy asked Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai to call a meeting of religious leaders of all communities of the state amid recent communal tensions
13. *KERALA*: Cabinet approves revision of fares of buses, taxis, auto-rickshaws, and state carriages.
14. *MAHARASHTRA* Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant on Thursday announced that the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET) 2022 has been postponed. The entrance test earlier scheduled for June will now be conducted in the first week of August.
15. *ODISHA* , people of Daspalla in Nayagarh district are fondly celebrating the famous Lanka Podi festival. The chief attraction of the 12 days long festival is the slaying of demon king Ravana which is enacted by setting a huge effigy of Ravan on fire, known as ‘Ravan Podi’.
16. *TAMIL NADU*: CM MK Stalin announced in the state Assembly today, that a ‘Mega Sports City’ will be established near Chennai, to give world-class training for sports persons.
17. *TELANGANA* govt has removed certain restrictions imposed in 1996 to protect the catchment area of the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs near Hyderabad. The fresh decision of the government will allow heavy construction in 84 villages around the reservoirs.
18. Hyderabad on 20 Apr recorded its hottest day of the year, with the mercury touching a maximum temperature mark of 41.4 degree Celsius.
19. *UTTAR PRADESH* govt has said that no new mikes will be allowed in the religious places in Uttar Pradesh. The government has also banned showcasing of arms during religious processions in the state.
20. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered the construction of new jails and more barracks in old jails to solve the issue of overcrowding.
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NIFTY* : *17,392.60
CBI has filed its chargesheet against National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) ex-MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and ex-Group Operating Officer Anand Subramanian in connection with the co-location scam case
ENTERTAINMENT:
1. KGF: Chapter 2 Locks OTT Release Date:
Over-the-top giant Amazon Prime Video has acquired the digital streaming rights of Yash-starrer KGF: Chapter 2. The blockbuster will be available for streaming in Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam languages on the OTT platform from May 27.
2. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’, which was initially slated to release on October 7 this year, has been postponed to June 2, 2023. The film is a sequel to the 2018 film ‘Spider-Man
DEFENCE:
1. All three service chiefs of the Indian armed forces will be from the 61st batch of the National Defence Academy at Khadakvasla after the army chief-designate Lieutenant General Manoj C Pande takes over as the 29th chief of army staff on April 30, 2022.
2. IAF, Navy tie up with DRDO to acquire CHAFF to shield warships, fighter aircraft. CHAFF is a critical defence technology used to protect fighter aircrafts or naval ships from enemy radar-guided missile during war.
3. Intelligence agencies have flagged a major cyber-security breach in the Indian military setup that could involve officials Intelligence agencies on Tuesday.
4. TATA Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) handed over the first lot of wheeled armoured combat-ready vehicles to the Indian Army. The vehicles, also called infantry protected mobility vehicles (IPMVs)
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22 Apr (Friday)
Vasant Ritu
पक्ष:: Krishna
Month: Vaisakha 6, (Purnimata)/ Chaitra 21(Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2079
Shaka Samvat – 1944
Nakshatra : Purva Ashadha (up to 8:14 pm)
Uttara Ashadha
Titi: Shashthi (up to 8:42 am) Saptami
RahuKaal:* 10:50 AM – 12:25 PM
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