Weekly Current Affairs (11th April To 17th April 2022)

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS (11th April-17th April 2022) 

10th April - World Homeopathy Day

Theme 2022 - People Choice For Wellness 

10th April - Siblings Day 

11th April - National Safe Motherhood Day 

1) Russian President Vlamdir Puttin Appointed Alexander Dvornikov As Commander Of Southern Military District To Lead The War In Ukraine.

2) Yuki Bhambri & Saketh Myneni Win ATP Challengers Double Beat Aragone & Quiroz .

3)  Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai Unveiled The 161 Feet Tall Panchmukhi Anjaneya Swamy Statue At Bidanagere Village Tumkur District.

4) INS Shivalik Won The Best Sheep Of Eastern Fleet.

INS Kadamatt As The Best Corvette.

Most Spirited Ship Trophy Won By INS Satpura & INS Kora At Golden Jubilee Fete Of Eastern Fleet Commemorated.

5) Sitaram Yechury Reappointed As General Secretary Of CPI (M) For Third Consecutive Term.

6) India Women Loses To Netherlands Women's At Semifinals Of  FIH Women's Junior Hockey World Cup 2022

7) South Africa Will Host The Inaugural U19 Women's T20i World Cup in 2023.

8) Yashpal Aria Appointed As Congress Legislative Party Leader And Bhuwan Chander Kapri As Deputy Legislative Party Leader Of The Uttarakhand. 

9) Veteran Actor Shiv Subrahmanyam Passed Away.

10) Central Committee Member MC Josephine Of Communist Party Of India Passed Away. 

11) Jay Shah Appointed As Member Board Representative Of ICC Cricket Committee. 

12) Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai To Inaugurate a Digital Library In Memory Of Dr. Bannanje Govindacharya In Udupi. 

13) Petroleum Conservation & Research Association (PCRA) To Conduct An Annual Public Awareness Campaign SAKSHAM In New Delhi. 

International Day Of Human Space Flight - 12th April

World Parkinson's Day - 11th April 

14) IPS RP Koche Has Been Appointed As The Director, Intelligence Of Odisha 

15) Anti Tank Guided Missile HELINA Successfully Flight Tested By DRDO. 

16) Shahbaz Sharif Elected As The New Prime Minister Of Pakistan.  

17) Thai Ministry Of Commerce & State Government Of Telengana Signed MoU On Trade & Investment. 

18) HAL Has Signed a Contract With The Nigerian Army To Impart Phase2 Flying Training On The Chetak Helicopter For Six Officers Of The Nigerian Army Aviation.

19) India Got Four Medals At Thailand Age Group Swimming Championship 2022 

Chahat Arora Got Gold (50m Breaststroke ) Silver (100m Breaststroke) 

Bhavya Sachdev Bronze (200m Freestyle) & Bronze (400m Freestyle) 

20) Sports Authority Of India (SAI) Indian Archery Association In Collaboration With Jharkhand Archery Association & Tata Steel To Jointly Conduct The Khelo India National Ranking Women Archery Tournament.

21) Babar Azam & Rachel Haynes Named ICC Player Of The Month (March)

22) Manoj Soni Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) 

23) Gujarat Gained The Number one Rank In The NITI Aayog's State Energy And Climate Index. 

24) Nilmani Phookan Dangoriya Received The Highest Literary Award Janpith Award 2021 For His Immense Contribution Towards Assamese Literature. 

25) Australia Will Host 2026 Commonwealth Games. 

26) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Inaugurated 8th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Conference In Guwahati. 

27) First Flight Of Made In India HAL Dornier Do-228 To Take Off From Dibrugarh In Assam To Pasighat In Arunachal Pradesh. 

28) Mumbai Has Been Recognized As The 2021 Tree City Of The World By The Food And Agriculture Organisation Of The United Nations (UN) With Arbor Day Foundation.

29) Asian Development Bank Offers $2 Million Loan To Support Urban Development Projects In Nagaland.

30)Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Be Rewarded With First Lata Deenanath Award For Selfless Service Towards Nation.

31) North East's First Flying Training Academy Inaugurated By CM Himanta Biswa Sharma Along With The Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia And Union Minister Kirren Rijju At Lilabari Airport, North Laxmipur.

32) Mahesh Verma Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of National Board Of Accreditation.

33) Grand Master R Praggnanandha Won Reykjavik Open 2022 Iceland.

34) India's First Donkey Conservation Park To Be Set Up In Leh. To Conserve The Donkeys.

35) Covovax Is The First Indian Covid19 Vaccines To Be Sold In Europe.

36) Hyderabad Gets The Second Consecutive Time Tree City Of The World Tag.

37) Karnataka State Education Minister BC Nagesh Includes Bhagavat Gita From Current Academic Year In The School.

Dr. B R Ambedkar Birth Anniversary - 14th April 

38) Shooting, Archery And Wrestling Will Excluded In Commonwealth 2026 Will Held At Australia.

39) Hollywood Actor Gilbert Gottfried Passed Away At The Age Of 67.

40) Indian Air force And IIT Madras Signed An MoU For Various Development Projects To Supports The Requirements Of IAF.

41) 1st Edition Of Khelo India University Games. In Archery Punjabi University Got 8 Medals Including 4 Gold, Two Silver And Two Bronze.

42) In Wrestling MDU Rohtak Haryana Won 8 Medals Including 6 Gold,1 Silver And 1 Bronze.

43) University Grants Commission (UGC) Framed The Guidelines For Pursuing Two Academic Programs Simultaneously.

44) Bangladesh Laid Foundation Stone Of First IT/Hi-Tech Park At Keraniganj, Dhaka By the Cooperation Of Government Of India.

45) Retired IPS Abhay Kumar  Has Been Appointed As Chairman Of Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) Bhubaneswar.

46) Amit Fakkad Gawate Appointed As The New Zonal Director Of Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai. 

47) Renowned Indian Economist And Political Commentator Prabhat Pattnaik Has Been Selected For The 2022 Malcom Adiseshiah Award. 

48) India Get Selected to 4 United Nations ECOSOC Bodies. 

49) US President Joe Biden Approved 800 Million US Dollar To Ukraine Military Assistance. 

50) Rohit Sharma Became The Second Indian To Completed 10000 T20 Run After Virat Kohli.

51) Eminent Actress Indrani Halder Honoured With Commemorative Postage Stamp.

52) India To Host 2023 under 17 Women's FIFA World Cup.

53) Tamilnadu State celebrate 14th April Birth anniversary of Dr.  BR Ambedkar As Equality Day.

54) Divyanka Tripathy Won Madhya Pradesh Champion Of Change Award 2021 For Best Performance In Art.

55) 13th April Celebrated As Siachen Day.

56) Netherlands Women's Team Wins FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Tournament 2022.

57) In Weight lifting Sabtri Bai Phule University,Pune Maharashtra Won 3 Gold 2 Silver In Khelo India University Games.

In Swimming Sabitribai Phule University Won 9 Gold 3 Silver And 6 Bronze Medals At Khelo India University Games.

58) Anya Shrubsole England Female Cricketer Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

59) Vimal Sumbly Has Been Appointed As The Premium Business Head Of TVS Motors.

60) Falguni Nayar Won The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021.

61) BJp President J P Nadda  Unveiled The Book Heartfelt - The legacy Of Faith.

62) A Unique Digital Classroom On Wheels Launched In Jodhpur. 

63) India Will Host The Street Child Cricket World Cup In 2023. 

15th April- Himachal Pradesh Day 

64) PM Narendra Modi Unveiled 108 Feet Hanuman Murti By Video Conferencing In Morbi, Gujarat. 

65) Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Global Ayush Investment And Innovation Summit In Gandhinagar, Gujarat On 20th April.

66) England Test Skipper Joe Root Stepped Down From The Captaincy.

67) Tamilnadu CM MK Stalin Launched OTT Platform Application Aha.

68) National Skill Development Corporation And Odisha Government Signed A MoU Toe Developed Initiative Toward Skill Development.

69) 75th National Football Champions Trophy (Santosh trophy) Is Going To held In Kerala.

70)  Egypt Approved India is Exporter of Wheat.

71) Veteran Tv Actress Manju Singh Passed Away.

72) American Golfer Sihwan Kim Won The Asian Mixed Stableford Challenge In Thailand. (golf)

73) Poland Won The World Bridge Championship By Beating India.

74) Jayashri Yadav From Congress Became The First Female To win Assembly From Kolhapur.

75) Joe Biden To Host US-ASEAN Summit In Washington DC. 

76) Pakistani Humanitarian Activist Bilquish Edhi Passed Away.

77) Hamza Shehbaz Elected As The Chief Minister Of Punjab , Pakistan.

78) Vedanta Madhavan Won Silver In Danish Open Swimming Championship.

Sajan Prakash Won Gold Medal At Junior Danish Open Swimming Championship.

79) Ex Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Has Been Appointed As The Speaker Of National Assembly.