Weekly Current Affairs (18th April To 24Th April 2022)

 Weekly Current Affairs (18th April To 24th April 2022) 

17th April- World Hemophilia Day 

Theme - Access For All Partnership 

18th April- World Heritage Sites Day 

Theme- Heritage & Climate 

1) A Three Day India-Bangladesh Tourism Festival To Commence At Agartala Ujjayanta Palace.

2) World Hemophilia Day 2022 Theme- Access For All: Partnerships.

3) Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas Gets One Year Extension.

4) India Win Junior Davis Cup By Beating Japan In The Final.

5) Union Minister Anurag Thakur Inaugurated 40th Hunar Haath In Mumbai.

6) Rajeev Ram (United States America) & Joe Salisbury ( United Kingdom Won The Men's Double At Monte Carlo ATP Masters 2022.

7) Rob Key Has Been Appointed As The Managing Director Of England Cricket Board.

8) Under 19 Table Tennis Player D Vishwa (Number Four Rank in India And 82 Rank In World Rank) Passed Away today In An Accident in Guwahati.

9)Dr. Bhusan Kumar Awarded With International Gandhi Award 2021 For Leprosy In Individuals Category.

10) Renowned Music Director Of Odisha Padmshri Prafulla Kar Passed Away.

11) Stefanos Tsitsipas Win the Men's Single Title of Monte Carlo ATP Masters 2022.

12) India's First Radio Channel For Visually Impaired People Radio Aksh Launched In Nagpur.

13) Aaditri Vaibhav a 2nd year IIT Kharagpur Won The National Inter College Crossword Expedition 2022.

14) Haryana Won The 12th Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship Beating Tamilnadu 3-1.

15) N Shankar Chairman Of Chemical Shipping Conglomerate The Sanmar Group Passed Away.

16) Vedanta Madhavan Wins His Second Freestyle 800Meter.

17) World Heritage Day- 18Th April 2022 Theme (Heritage And Climate)

18) Lieutenant General Manoj Pande Will be The Next Chief Of Army Staff. He will replace General MM Naravane.

He Became The FIRST Engineer To Be The Chief Of Army Staff.

19) Kenyan Chebat Wins Boston Marathon Men's Tittle.

20) Bangladesh Government Signed An USD 250 Million Financial Agreement With World Bank To help Economic Growth.

21) PM Narendra Modi Launched New Dairy Complex At Banas In Diyodar Gujarat.

22) Palli Village Of Jammu & Kashmir Becomes The First Carbon Free Solar Panchayat.

23) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Started Pink Toilet Initiative To Focus On Women's menstrual Hygiene.

24) PM Narendra Modi To Lay Foundation Stone Of Four Gobar Gas Plants Of 100 Tonnes Capacity At Khimana, Rangpur, Bhildi, Radhanpur And Thawar.

25) Hear Your self Book Launch authored by Prem Rawat.

26) Mumbai Becomes the First City Of India to Be 100% Digital Buses. 

27) Noted Film producer And Chairman Of Asian Group Narayan Das Narang Passed Away.

28) Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar Has Been Appointed As The Next Director General Of Military Operation.

29) Sampoorana An Initiative Of Assam's Bongaigaon District To Combat Malnutrition Among Children Has Been Selected For Prime Minister Award For Excellence In Public Administration 2021 

30) Naresh Kumar Appointed As Chief Secretary Of Delhi.

31) Shri Dhramendra Has Been Appointed As The Chief Secretary Of Arunachal Pradesh.

32) Shri Rajeev Verma Has Been Appointed As The Chief Secretary Of Puducherry.

33) Defense Secretary Ajay Kumar Inaugurated 8th Edition Of The Two Day National Level Pollution Response Exercise NATPOLREX -VIII Conducted By Indian Coast Guard Of Mormugao Harbour Goa.

34) Shanti Sethi An Indian- American Navy Veteran Has Joined As US Vice President Kamla Harris Office as Executive Secretary And Defense Advisor.

35) Mauritius Prime Minister Pravindh Kumar Jugnauth Addressed The Inaugural Ceremony Of WHO Global Center For Traditional Medicine Center At Jamnagar, Gujarat.

36) Story Of You Will Never Walk Alone Book By Author Ben Bocsak .

World Liver Day-19th April 

Civil Service Day - 21st Service Day 

37) Former Bangladeshi Spinner Moshharraf Hosaain Passed Away Due To Brain Cancer, He Was 40 Year old.

38) INS Vaghsheer The Scorpene class Submarine Of Project 75 Launched In Mumbai.

39) Pomila Jaiswal Has been Appointed As The Financial Director And CFO Of ONGC.

40) Ajay Kumar Sood Has Been Appointed As The Principal Scientific Advisor To The India Government.

He Replaced Biologist K Vijay Raghavan.

41) Well Known Eminent Producer Director Tatineni Rama Rao Passed Away.

42) Sunil Kumar (87Kg) Arjun Halakurki (55Kg) And Neeraj (63Kg) Won Bronze Medals In Asian Wresting Championship Held In Mangolia.

Harpreet Singh (82Kg) And Sachin Sharawat (67Kg) Won Bronze.

43) India's Mansi joshi Para Athlete Selected As Global leader By World Economic Forum For her Achievement.

44) Kieron Pollard Former White Ball Cricket Captain Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

45) OIL Commission To Plant Green Hydrogen In Assam.

46) National Investigation Agency (NIA) Celebrated Its 13th Foundation Year At New Delhi.

World Earth Day -22nd April 

Theme Of Earth Day 2022 - Invest In Our Planet 

47) Photographer Dayanita Singh Win The Prestigious Hasselbled Award.

48) Shivpal Singh Yadav Took The Charge Of Chief Of Samajwadi Party.

49) Sarita Mor (59Kg) And Sushma Shokeen (55kg) Win Bronze For India At Asian Wrestling Championship In Mangolia.

50) Vijay Kumar Dev Appointed As Delhi's New State Election Commissioner 

51) Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Launched Fincluvation, To Solve Financial Inclusion At New Delhi.

52) The Ministry Flagship Regional Scheme UDAN Has Been Awarded Prime Minister's Award For Excellence In Public Administration 2020 Under The Category Innovation (General)

53) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated 48th All India Police Science Congress ( AIPSC) Meet As Chief Guest At Bhopal.

54) India Post payment Bank (IppB) Launches Fincluvation.

Fincluvation - A Joint Initiative To Collaborative With Fintech Start-up Community To Cocreate And Innovate Solution For Financial Inclusion.

55) Supreme Court Appoints Former Judge B. Sundershen Reddy To Oversee CEPMIZ Implementation Karnataka Mining 

World Book & Copyright Day - 23rd April 

Theme For 2022 - You Are a Reader 

56) Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Devon Conway, Ollie Robinson And Dan Van Niekerk Listed In Wisden Top Five Cricketer Of 2021.

57) Yoshimi Yamashita Is The First Woman To. Referee Of AFC Champions League Game.

58) India's First Indigenous EV Cell Manufacturing Line Launched By Log9 Materials In Bengaluru.

59) The Allahabad Court Dismissed The Plea Of Women To Women Marriage Proposal.

60) Anshu Malik (53Kg) And Radhika (65Kg) Category Wins Silver.

Manisha Wins Bronze in (62kg) Category In 2022 Senior Asian Wresting Championship In Ulaanbaatar.

61) Aayush Mandawat Deepak Chaudhary Two Indians Will Take Part In World Paer Plane Flying Championship.

62) Bengaluru Based Cornea Refractive Surgeon Rohit Shetty Has Been Named In Top 100 Most Inspiring And Influential Ophthalmologist Of The World By The Ophthalmologist Magazine.

63) Former Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Wasim Khan Takes The Charge Of ICC General Manager Of Cricket.

64) Dr. Suman K Bery Appointed As The Vice Chairman Of The NITI Ayog. 

Dr. Rajiv Kumar Stepped Down From Vice Chairman Post. 

65) Indian Railways Has Launched a Pilot Project For e-Auction Of Commercial Earning And Non Fare Revenue Contracts. 

66) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Launched iDEX-Prime & 6th Defense India Startup Challenge During DefConnect 2.0 In New Delhi. 

67) Bjp National Executive Committee Member Mafuja Khatun Appointed As Vice Chairperson Of The Haj Committee Of India. 

68) India-UK Signed MoU On Nuclear Energy, Innovation Partnerships. 

National Panchayati Raj Diwas - 24th April 

69) Ravi Dahiya Gets The First Gold Medal In 57Kg Category In Asian Wresting Championship. Beaten Kazakhstan Kalzahan Rakhat In The final.

He Got Third Consecutive Gold In Asian Wresting Championship Since 2020.

70) Bajrang Punia (65kg), Gaurav Baliyan (79kg) Both Won Silver And Naveen (70kg) And Satywart Kadian (97kg) Won Bronze Respectively In Asian Wresting Championship At Magnolia.

71) Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan And Aman Saini Indians Compound Team Won Gold In Archery World Cup Stage 1.

72) Ripun Bora Appointed As The State President Of The AITC Assam Unit.

73) Prashar Bharati Signed A MoU With The Public Broadcaster Of Argentina Radio Y Television Argentina (RTA) For Collaboration In The Field Of Broadcasting.

74) Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel Which Help Bring The Region's Of Jammu And Kashmir.

75) First Ever Global Ayush Investment And Innovation Summit Concluded At Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Government Proposed 9000 Crores Investment.

76) Indian Tourist Or Migrant To United Arab Emirates Now Can Use UPI Payment With Their Bank Accounts Linked With In UAE.

77) Agriculture And Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority (APEDA) Signed A MoU With National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) To Synergize The Activities In The Interest Of Agriculture.

78) National Equestrian Championship Starts From 24th APRIL in Meerut,Uttar Pradesh.

79) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited Joins Hands With Delhi Jal Board To Converts Waste Into Energy.

80) April 23rd Celebrated As English Language Day.

81) Priyanka Mohite Became The First Indian Women To Scale Mt. Annapurna, Tenth Highest In The World.

82) Australia Has Announced To Grant Of USD 81.2 Million Under The Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative (IPOI) 

83) NASA Flew Its Tiny Robotic Helicopter Ingenuity On Mars Becoming The First Human Made Machine To Take Flight On Another Planet.

84) The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Has Established A Water Sports And Adventure Institute (WSAI) Near Tehri Dam At Uttarakhand.

85) Manipur's Soibam Bindeshori Chanu Vice Chairman Of Women's Sports Commission Of Karate Organisation Listed In The India Book Of Records As The First Certified Women Karate Kumite And Kata Coach By World Karate Federation. 

86) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Felicitates Over 300 War Veterans Of The 1971 Liberation War Of Bangladesh In Assam. 

87) Bangladesh Educational Charity Founder Kishore Das Selected For Commonwealth Points Of Light Award. 

Weekly Current Affairs 14th March To 20th March 2022

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 14TH MARCH TO 20TH MARCH 2022

 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR RIVERS - 14TH MARCH 

1) IIT Madras To Host Center For Innovation (CFI) Open House To Show Case Recent Projects & Accomplishment Of Student Innovators Of The Institute.

2) IIT Patna In Association With Technology Development Board To Host a Three Day orientation Workshop On Promotion Of Research Infrastructure & Entrepreneurship In Science & Technology (PRIEST)

3) Department Of Post To Organise Universal Postal Union International Letter Writing Competition 2022 For Kids Between 9-15 Age Groups.

4) Adani Group Of India Signed Deals With Two Srilankan Company. 

5) Indian Wicket Keeper Rishab Pant Scored Fastest Test Fifty Just Off 28 Balls, Broke The Record Of Kapil Dev (31balls) .

6) Pradeep Kumar Rawat Takes Charges Of  India's Ambassador To China.

7) University Of Mysore Conferred Honorary Doctorate To Puneeth Rajkumar Posthumously On The 102nd Convocation Of University.

8) Military Engineering Service (MES) Completed The First ever 3D Printed Houses  At South Western Air Command At Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

9) Indian Social Enterprise Vambi Won At Singapore International Foundation Grant.

10) India Has Partners With Guyana To train Guyana Defense Force  Officer In UN Peace keeping. 

Sven Douglas Becomes The First Guyana Officer To Trained Under Center For United Nations Peace Keeping.

11) Indian Ambassador To Srilanka Gopal Baglay Inaugurated Artificial Limb Fitment Camp.

12) Union Minister For Environment, Forest And Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav To Address And Release DPR For Rejuvenation Of 13 Major Indian Rivers Which Passes Through Forest On The Occasion Of International Day Of Action For Rivers.

13) Consumer Affairs department To Organise Consumer Empowerment Week (14-20 March) On The Eve Of World Consumer Rights Day.

14) IAS Officer A Venu Prashad Joins As The Additional Chief Secretary To Chief Minister Of Punjab.

15) Lakshya Sen Became The First Indian To Clinch Silver Medal In Badminton German Open 2022.

16) GERMAN OPEN BWF TOUR 2022

MEN'S SINGLE - Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)

WOMEN'S SINGLE - He Bingjiao (China) 

MEN'S DOUBLE- Goh Sze Fei (Malaysia)

Nur Izzudfin (Malaysia)

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Chen Quingchen (China)

Jia Yifan (China)

MIXED DOUBLES - Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Sapsiree Tacrattanchai (Thailand)

17) Newly Elected MLA Sorokhaibam Rajen Singh Sworn As The Protem Speaker Of Manipur Legislative Assembly.

18) Mina Swaminathan A Distinguished Chair, Gender And Development Of M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Passed Away. 

19) The Power Of The Dog Wins The Best Film Awards In BAFTA.

BAFTA- British Academy Film Awards 

20) Congress MLA Anil Jhoshiyara Of Gujarat Passed Away.

21) Sourav Ganguly Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Vicco.

22) International Kabbadi Player Sandeep Singh Nangal Killed In Punjab.

23) The Center Envisages 19000 Crore For Rejuvenate 13 Major Rivers By Planting Trees.

24) The Adani Group Has Partnerships With Greenko Group For Hydro Energy.

25) N Chandrasekharan Chairman Of Tata Son's Appointed As Chairman Of Tata Air.

26) PM DeViNE Initiative Budget Launched By PM For North East States.

27) Fair Digital Finance Programme Will Held On The Occasion Of World Consumer Rights Day In New Delhi.

28)  Wrist Assured A Autobiography Of Former Indian Cricketer G R Vishwanth Released Recently During Pink Ball Test Match In Bengaluru.

29) Tech Mahendra To Buy Mumbai Based Thirdware For $ 42 Million.

30) For Jammu & Kashmir Loksabha Passed 1.42 Lakh Crores In Budget 2022-23.

31) Tamilnadu CM MK Stalin Inaugurated Apn Advanced Robotic Surgery Centre In Omandurar Government Hospital, Chennai.

32) Indian Players Claimed 39 Medals in Asian Youth And Junior Boxing Championship.

33) Shane Watson Appointed As Assistant Coach Of Delhi Capitals.

34) Union Minister Anurag Thakur Laid The Foundation Stone Of The New Indoor Stadium And Weight lifting Hall At Rainbow International School Nagtota In Himachal Pradesh As Part Of Khelo India.

35) The Total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Received In The  Food Processing Sector  Since April 2014 To December 2021 Is US $ 5.15 Billion.

36) India Exports Grown Up From 25.1% To 34.57$ Billion In February.

37) Department Of Rural Development Concluded It's Amrit Mahostav Iconic Week Celebration With The Theme  Naye Bharat Ki Naari. 

38) Indian Army Dedicated A Chair Of Excellence To India's First Chief Of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat On His 65th Birth Anniversary.

39) India's First Ever Digital Water Data Bank AQVERIUM Is Inaugurated In Bengaluru By The IT Minister Of Karnataka Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, 

This Initiative Has Been Under Taken By Aqua kraft Ventures.

Hola Mohalla Is A Sikh Religion Festival,Which Shows The Courageous.

40) India Will Host 44th World Chess Olympiad At Chennai.

41) Union Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari To Inaugurate A Pilot Project For Hydrogen Based Advanced Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) At New Delhi

National Vaccination Day- 16th MARCH 

42) Navjot Singh Sidhu Resign From The Post Of Chief Of Punjab Congress Committee (PCC).

43) Bhagawant Mann To Be The New Chief Minister Of Punjab.

44) Jasn-i-Nauroj Week Being Celebrated With The Religious Zeal In Turtuk Block On India Pakistan LAC In Collaboration With Nehru Yuva Kendra Leh On The Occasion Of Persian New Year.

45) Ambassador Of US To Bangladesh Peter Haas.

46) Jhulan Goswami Became The First Women Cricketer To Get 250 Odi Wickets. 

47) Dr. inderbir Singh Nijjar Has Been Appointed As Protem Speaker Of Punjab Legislative Assembly.

48) A Green Triangle Inagurated In Madagascar's Capital Antananarvio By Mayor Of Antananarvio And Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar Named After Mahatma Gandhi.

49) Ahmedabad Based Torrent Power Limited  India's Largest Power Distribution Company Has Inked With  Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu  Power Distribution Corporation Limited.

50) 36th International Geological Congress (ICG) To Held In New Delhi.

51)  India And Japan hold 6th Joint Meeting Of Act East Forum (AEF) In New Delhi. To Discuss About Cooperation In various Field.

52) Borders Road Organisation (BRO) And Garden Reach Shipbuilders &  Engineers (GRSE) Limited Inked A MoU For Constructing 27 Carriageway Double lane Galvanized  Modular Bridges.

53) Union Minister Rajnath Singh Addresses In An Event Organised By FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO).

54) For The First Time India's Equity Market Enters Into Top Five List , Market Capitalization. 

Reliance Company With High Market Capitalization Topped The list With 16,21,895 Crores.

55) Retired Jharkhand High court Judge Harish Chandra Mishra Appointed As The New Lokayukti Of New Delhi.

56) International Aerospace Safety Conference Organised By Delhi, Subject Of The Conference Aerospace Safety: A Force Multiplier.

57)  Former Correspondent Of Prasar Bharati Of Kabul IAS Officer V Ravi Rama Krishna Who Was Holding The Charge Of Additional DG Of Vijayawada PIB Passed Away.

58) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh To Inaugurate 7 Storey Complex Build By DRDO of 5th Generation Fighter Jet Project In Bengaluru.

Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)

59) PM Narendra Modi Inaugurated Valedictory Function Of 96th Common Foundation Course At Lal Bahadur Shasthri National Academy Of Administration Via Video Conferencing.

60) Poland's Karolina Bielawska Crowned The Miss World 2021.

61) Bhagavat Gita To Be Part In Class 6 to 12 In Gujarat.

62) Bhagoria Ustav Celebrated In Madhya Pradesh.

63) Grand Master R Praggnanandha Received Sankara Award.

64) National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Co- Chaired 2nd India-Indonesia Security Dialogue.

65) Us President Joe Biden Named Indo- American Dr. Ashish Jha As The New White House Covid19 Response Coordinator.

66) CM Bhagawant Mann Announced A Helpline Number For Anti Corruption On The Occasion Of Saheed Diwas on 23rd March.

67) CPI (M) Polit Buearu Member Mohammad Salim Appointed As The State Secretary Of Party Of West Bengal.

68) World Bank To Provide USD 120 Million To Bangladesh To Improve Agri And Fisheries Production.

69) 8th India- Lithuania Foreign Office Consulation (FOC) Took place On 16th March in New Delhi.

70) To Bolestring The Maritime Security Of The Nation The Indian Coast Guard Has Commissioned ICGS Saksham.

71) Tripura To Get Its First Digital Museum,40 Crores Allocated 

72) Ukrainian Actor Oksana Shvets Killed In Russian Rocket Attack.

73) Guwahati's Aromica tea Owner Ranjit Baruha Has Launched A New Tea Zelwnskyy To Honour Ukraine President.

74) Mukesh Ahuja Has Been Appointed As The Additional Director And Managing Director For Two Years In The Board Of Tube Investment In India.

75) 6th Snow Shoe Championship Will held Between 18-21 March In Gulmarg Jammu & Kashmir.

GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY - MARCH 18

76) Apurva Chandra, Secretary Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting Government Of India & Actor R Madhavan Inaugurate Media & Entertainment Fortnight At India Pavilion At Dubai Expo  2020 In UAE.

77) S Phangnon Konyak Is Set To Be Second Women To Represent Nagaland In Parliament.

Rano M Shaiza Was The First Women Elected In 1977 In Lok Sabha.

78) Finland Named The Most Happiest Country For The Fifth Time, Afganistan Became Unhappiest In The List.

79) Roger Federer Donated 500,000 To Ukraine.

80) PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Centenary Celebration Of Malayalam Daily, Matrubhumi .

81)  Indian American Puneet Talwar Appointed As American Ambassador To Morocco.

82) Vishwa Konkani Samaroh To be Held At World Konkani Center, Mangaluru.

83) Senior National Weightlifting Championship To Be Held At Bhubaneswar.

84) Tiruvalla Gopikuttan Nair Prominent Kathakali Musician Passes Away.

85) Srilanka Will Host Asia Cup T20 2022 This year Between August27 To September.11

86) Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Banned The Telegram Application.

87) Jhulan Goswami Became The Second Women Cricketer To Play 200 One Day International Matches.

88) Japan To Invest 3.2 Lakh Crores In Upcoming 5Years.

89) Three Important Agreement signed Between India And Japan .

a) Memorandum Of Cooperation In Cyber Security.

b) Memorandum Of Cooperation In Sustainable Development.

c) Memorandum Of Cooperation In Waste Water Management.

90) Gujarat Government Launch Fifth  Phase Of Sujalam Sufalam Jal Abhiyan In Kolavada Village Of Gandhinagar District, Launched By CM Bhupendra Patel.

91) T Ysngseo Elected As Deputy Speaker Of Nagaland Assembly,He Became The First Independent MLA Elected As Deputy Speaker.

92) Jay Shah President Of Asia Cricket Council (ACC) Has Been Extend Tenure Another One Year As The President.

93) Pankaj Advani Wins For The 8th Time In Asian Billiard Title.

94) India Wins Only Silver Medal In Nicosia Shot Gun World Cup, Got 9th Rank.

95) Yoroslava Mahuchik Of Ukraine Wins Gold In World indoor High Jump.

96) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Attend The 83rd Raising CRPf Day In Jammu & Kashmir.

97) The National Capital Region Transport Corporation Unveiled The First Semi High Speed Regional Train, Which Will Run From Delhi To Meerut.

98) India's Jehan Daruvala Grabbed Second Spot In F2 Season Race Of Baharain.

99) Nagaland Became The First Paperless Assembly By Impementing National e-Vidhan Application Programme.

100) Charles Leclerc Win The Seasons First F1 Race In Baharain.