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Hot News of the Week
- India ranks 5th in countries with most AI investment
National Affairs
- Union government plans to introduce ‘Vande Metro’ by December 2023
- Bangladesh, India, and Japan are set to hold a connectivity event in Tripura
- A special tourist train launched from New Delhi on the occasion of the 132nd birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar
- PM Narendra Modi launched the International Big Cats Alliance during his visit to Karnataka
- Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, launched two significant initiatives
- President Draupadi Murmu boarded a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter jet as part of her visit to the northeastern state
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express
- Election Commission has granted national party status to the Aam Aadmi Party
- 3D-printed post office is being built in Bengaluru
- India’s Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Vibrant Village program at Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh
- ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ Award to Dattatreya Narayan Dharmadhikari
- India released the first edition of the Dogri version of the Indian Constitution
States in the News
- Chief Minister of Telangana unveiled a 125-foot bronze statue of BR Ambedkar in Hyderabad
- World’s first conservation and breeding center for Asian king vulture is set to open in Uttar Pradesh
- Kolkata Metro became the first metro rail in India to complete an under-river journey
- Union Minister for AYUSH, inaugurated the International Yoga Mahotsav at the Dibrugarh University
- Tamil Nadu Governor has given his assent to a bill that bans online gambling games and regulates them
- The well-known Gond painting of Madhya Pradesh has been granted the GI tag
- Himachal Pradesh government has initiated a project named Sanjeevani
- The foundation stone for the Greenfield International Airport in Bhogapuram is set to be laid
- May 28, the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar celebrated in Maharashtra
International Affairs
- Philippines and the United States launched their largest-ever joint military exercises called Balikatan
- India contributed USD 2 million to the United Nations Trust Fund
- Ghana becomes the first country to approve a highly effective malaria vaccine
- Vast expanse of the ocean floor remains largely unexplored and underutilized
- WHO reported that a woman from southern province of China has died from a rare strain of bird flu
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar launched the ‘Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project’ of Varanasi in Uganda
Agreements Or MoU’s
- Potential signing of a free trade agreement between India and the European Union
- UIDAI has partnered with IIT-Bombay to develop a touchless biometric capture system
- Cipla entered into a licensing agreement with Novartis Pharma AG to produce and market the Galvus range
- SIIC at IIT Kanpur has entered into a CSR agreement with Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited
- Nepal and India are preparing to sign an agreement to allow cross-border digital payments through e-wallets
Books & Authors
- SBI launched the coffee table book titled “The Banker to Every Indian”
- Pattabhi Ram & Sabyasachee Dash has co-authored a new book titled “The Great Bank Robbery”
Banking / Economy / Business News
- India’s employment rate has shown a marginal improvement in the March quarter
- PMJDY scheme has achieved a significant milestone in the financial year ending March 31, 2023
- RBI released comprehensive instructions regarding the acceptance of ‘green deposits’
- India is set to become the third-largest economy in the world by 2027
- Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd granted Miniratna Category-I CPSE status
- Overseas capital flows into Indian capital markets from Mauritius experienced the sharpest decline
- SEBI unveiled its new logo at a ceremony held in Mumbai
- SBI has revealed plans to introduce new variants of current accounts and savings accounts in the FY 2023-24
- ADB has announced its plans to invest in non-convertible debentures in Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd
- India’s gold imports have declined by about 30% to $31.8 billion during April-February 2023
Appointments & Resignations
- LIC has announced the appointment of Ratnakar Patnaik as the new Chief Investment Officer
Defence News
- Greek and Indian Air Forces will collaborate on a joint training exercise as part of Iniochos 23
Awards & Recognition
- Kumar Mangalam Birla was presented with the ‘Business Leader of the Decade Award’
- 2023 International Prize in Statistics has been awarded to Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
- Nilesh Bhagwan Sambre was recently honored with the “Maratha Udyog Ratna” award
- Bharat Biotech was awarded the Best Production/Process Development award
- INS Vikrant was presented with a special gift in the form of its original bell
Summits & Conferences
- 12th Session of the India-Spain Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation took place on April 13
- Telangana government has scheduled the Food Conclave-2023 on April 28 and 29
- G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists is scheduled to take place in Varanasi from 17 to 19 April
- India will host the Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi next week
Ranks & Reports
- Shah Rukh Khan and ‘RRR’ director SS Rajamouli are included in Time Magazine 2023
- According to the latest tiger census data, the tiger population in India has reached 3,167 in 2022
- Jagan Mohan Reddy from Andhra Pradesh is the richest among chief ministers
- Berlin in Germany has been named the city with the most exceptional public transport system globally
- NSE Indices Limited introduced the Nifty REITs & InvITs Index
- Union Power Minister R K Singh launched the State Energy Efficiency Index 2021-22 report
- World of Statistics has shared the ranking of the world’s “most criminal countries”
- Tibet is the country with the least freedom in the world
Sports News
- Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh won the World Chess Armageddon Asia & Oceania event
- David Warner became the third fastest batsman to reach 6000 runs in IPL
Schemes & Committess
- United Nations 2023 Water Conference was held in New York
- Ministry of Culture in India is dedicated to promote Indian Folk Arts and Culture abroad
Science & Technology
- WhatsApp has initiated a safety campaign called ‘Stay Safe with WhatsApp’
- TEMPO mission of NASA to monitor major air pollutants
Important Days
- April 16th each year, people across the globe observe Save the Elephant Day
- On April 10th every year, World Homeopathy Day is celebrated
- 132nd birth anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on April 14, 2023
- April 11 every year, National Safe Motherhood Day is observed
- International Day of Human Space Flight is observed annually on April 12th
- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 104th Anniversary On April 13, 1919
Obituaries
- Keshub Mahindra, the Chairman Emeritus of Mahindra & Mahindra, passed away at the age of 99
Miscellaneous News
- Authorities of the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve sign agreement with NHAI
- Jyotirao Phule Jayanti celebrated on April 11th every year
- India’s first semi-high-speed regional rail services ‘RAPIDX‘ at New Delhi
- In Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary photographic evidence of tigers has been captured for the first time
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