Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 3rd Week April 2022

April 26, 2022
7:52 pm

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 3rd Week April 2022

Download PDF

Banking and Financial

RBI certified fintech led 121 Finance as India’s first NBFC-Factor, after revised Registration of Factors Regulations (2022)
Insurance Scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19 “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package” extended for a period of 180 days
HDFC will sell 10% stake in HDFC Capital to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority for Rs 184 crore
India Post Payments Bank launched “Fincluvation” for Fintech Start-Ups
Sugar export jumped 65% in 2021-22 corresponding to the previous year
Nexo launched world’s 1st crypto-backed payment card “Nexo Card” with Mastercard & DiPocket
Government increased authorised share capital of three General Insurance Companies’
Paytm became official digital payments partner for Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya
WPI based inflation in March rose to 14.55%
Govt amended Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) rules to allow 20% FDI in LIC
PhonePe partnered with Extreme IX to provide faster digital payment
SBI raised $500 million through IFSC Gift City branch
Reserve Bank of India capped lending limits of NBFCs
RBI imposed Rs 17.63 lakh monetary penalty on Manappuram Finance for non-compliance of KYC, PPI norms
IMF projected India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 2023 at 8.2%
Dhanlaxmi Bank signed MoU with CBDT, CBIC for direct and indirect tax collection

National News

J&K launched ‘Jan Nigrani’ app to help people lodge complaints online
India’s 1st portable solar rooftop system inaugurated in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
SC reconstituted expert committee for Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor Expressway project; headed by Chandra Prakash Goyal
PM Modi laid the foundation stone for WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicines
India’s 1st pure green hydrogen plant commissioned by OIL in Jorhat, Assam
PM Modi inaugurated development projects worth Rs 22,000 crores in Dahod, Gujarat
Biliti Electric will set up world’s largest electric 3-wheeler making plant in Telangana
International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) signed MoU with National Insurance Academy
PM dedicated K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj
PM Modi unveiled 108 feet tall statue of Lord Hanuman at Morbi in Gujarat
Government surpassed its FY22 asset monetisation target; Rs 96,000 crore realized
NITI Aayog will launch National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP)
India’s first Internet Radio for visually challenged “Radio Aksh” launched in Nagpur
Puducherry’s 1st-ever Beach Festival named I Sea PONDY-2022 inaugurated
Extreme poverty in India declined by 12.3% during 2011-2019
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will construct world’s highest tunnel connecting Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh at Shinku La Pass
Ayushman Bharat-Health & Wellness Centre Scheme marked 4th year anniversary
SEBI reconstituted its advisory committee for leveraging regulatory and technology solutions; headed by Sunil Bajpai
Rajasthan became 1st state to install L-Route server
Shivamogga airport, Karnataka will be named after BS Yediyurappa
1st Incredible India International Conference will be held in Mumbai
Tripura signed MoU with NIXI-CSC to set up International Data Centre

International News

India signed 7 MoUs with Maldives under Indian Grant Assistance Scheme to implement High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP)
Cyrus S Poonawalla topped Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List 2022
Patrick Achi re-appointed as Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire
India got elected in 4 UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) Bodies
20th India-France Joint Staff talks held in Paris
4th US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in Washington DC
World Bank slashed global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.2% from 4.1%
India signed MoU with Finland to establish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing
India will give additional $500 million Fuel Aid to Sri Lanka

Appointment and Resignation

Shanti Sethi appointed as Kamala Harris’s defence advisor
Jasleen Kohli appointed as MD & CEO of Digit Insurance
LV Vaidyanathan appointed as CEO of P&G India
Naresh Kumar appointed as Chief Secretary of Delhi
Manoj Kumar Katiyar appointed as next Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO)
Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas re-appointed as Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission for one year
Robin Uthappa appointed as ambassador for Karnataka’s Brain Health Initiative
Sourav Ganguly appointed as brand ambassador for Lloyd’s eastern indian markets
Lt Gen Manoj Pande appointed as India’s 29th Chief of Army Staff
Vikram Dev Dutt appointed as CMD of Air India Asset Holding
Bimal Kothari appointed as Chairman of India Pulses and Grains Association
Satya Easwaran appointed as Wipro’s country head of India
Ajay Kumar Sood appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the government

Awards

AIMA honoured Shoojit Sircar with Director of The Year award
Vivek Lall selected for the 6th Entrepreneur Leadership Award 2022
Babita Singh named as new Global Peace Ambassador 2022
UDAN scheme selected for Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020
IndusInd Bank won global ‘Celent Model Bank’ Award for its Enterprise Payments Hub (EPH) initiative

Defence

India launched 6th Scorpene-class submarine of Project-75 ‘INS Vagsheer’ in Mumbai
Russia test-fired world’s ‘most powerful’ nuclear-capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile “RS-28 SARMAT”
NATO conducted cyber defence exercises called Locked Shields in Estonia
Israel tested new laser missile defense system ‘Iron Beam’
Trishakti Corps conducted EX KRIPAN SHAKTI in West Bengal
Defence Secretary inaugurated 8th Edition of National Level Pollution Response Exercise NATPOLREX-VIII

Sports

Haryana won 12th Senior Men’s National Hockey championship
Indian GM D Gukesh won 48th La Roda International Open chess tournament title
Sunil Kumar, Arjun Halakurki & Neeraj won bronze medal in Asian Wrestling Championship
Mobile app for 2nd Khelo India University Games launched
Harpreet Singh and Sachin Sahrawat won bronze medals at Asian Wrestling Championships
Tamil Nadu won men’s title at 71st Senior National Basketball Championship
New Zealand pacer Hamish Bennett announced retirement from all forms of cricket
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik unveiled logo of 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup
Stefanos Tsitsipas won Monte-Carlo Masters
Sajan Prakash won gold in men’s 200m butterfly at Danish Open swimming
Sarita Mor & Sushma Shokeen won bronze in Asian Wrestling Championships 2022
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah named among Wisden’s “Five Cricketers of the Year”

Book and Author

A new book titled “The Boy Who Wrote a Constitution: A play for Children on Human Rights” authored by Rajesh Talwar

Important day

14 April: National Fire Service Day (Theme 2022: “Learn Fire Safety, Increase This year Productivity”)
16 April: Save the Elephant Day
16 April: World Voice Day (Theme 2022: ‘Lift your voice’.)
17 April: World Hemophilia Day (Theme 2022: “Access for All: Partnership. Policy. Progress. Engaging your government, integrating inherited bleeding disorders into national policy”.)
18 April: World Heritage Day (Theme 2022: “Heritage and Climate”.)
19 April: World Liver Day
20 April: UN Chinese Language Day
21 April: World Creativity and Innovation Day (Theme 2022: Collaboration)
21 April: National Civil Services Day
22 April: World Earth Day (Theme 2022: ‘Invest in our planet’)