Current Affairs/General Awareness is very much necessary for all the competitive exams. Wheather you preparing for government exams or any Banking exams.
Weekly Current Affair one liners will help to boost your score in exams like SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railways, and other competitive exams.
We’ve provided the weekly one-liner current affairs below to assist you prepare for the general awareness / current affairs for upcoming examinations and stay updated on current events.
Banking and Financial
- SBI Cards partnered with TCS to boost digital transformation
- Suryoday Small Finance Bank joined hands with Kyndryl for Digital & IT transformation
- Reliance Industries Ltd became 1st Indian company to hit Rs 19 lakh m-cap
- FinMapp partnered Bajaj Finance to offer fixed deposit feature
- SIDBI gave in-principle nod for ₹600-crore assistance to Maharashtra to revive ITIs/ polytechnics
- RBI extended LEI guidelines for larger borrowers of NBFCs, UCBs
- Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 Billion
- SEBI reconstituted its Market Data Advisory Committee; headed by M S Sahoo
- Airtel Payments Bank partnered with IndusInd Bank to offer FD Facility
- Pencilton launched contactless Rupay keychains with Transcorp & NPCI
- Bank of Baroda launched a new feature ‘bob World Gold’ for senior citizens
National News
- Asia’s biggest international food and hospitality fair AAHAR 2022 began in New Delhi
- Kerala signed MoU with the Netherlands for “Cosmos Malabaricus” Project to illustrate Kerala’s history
- Jharkhand’s Jamtara became country’s 1st district with library in every village
- India’s 1st Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022 concluded in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Mumbai got India’s 1st digital bus service with ‘Tap In, Tap Out’ feature
- Maharashtra became India’s 1st state to develop Migration Tracking System app for portability of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme
- Google signed MoU with Telangana for the digital economy for youth, women entrepreneurs
- Flipkart signed MoU with West Bengal to support local artisans, weavers and handicraft makers
- India’s 1st Amrit Sarovar established in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh govt signed MoU with NHLML for development of seven ropeway projects
- Agra became the 1st city in India to get vacuum-based sewer system
- Samba became 1st district in India to cover 100% households under ABPMJAY- SEHAT scheme
- Cabinet approves 540 MW Kwar Hydroelectric project in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir
- Karnataka launched Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS) Campaign
- Panchayati Raj Ministry signed pact With UNDP for localisation of SDGs
- NITI Aayog released draft battery swapping policy
- NITI Aayog signed Statement of Intent with UNICEF India on SDGs focusing on children
- Prasar Bharati signed MoU with Public Broadcaster of Argentina
- Tamil Nadu to observe Minorities Rights Day every year on 18 December
- India will host 21st World Congress of Accountants 2022
- Palli village became India’s 1st carbon-neutral panchayat
- IndiGo became 1st airline to land aircraft using navigation system GAGAN
International News
- Emmanuel Macron re-elected as President of France
- Raghav Chadha, Radhika Gupta among World Economic Forum’s Class of Young Global Leaders list 2022
- SIPRI’s “Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2021” report: India’s military spends 3rd highest in the world; US topped
- Forbes’ Real-time Billionaires List: Gautam Adani became the fifth richest person in the world
- World Bank provided USD 600 million in financial assistance to Sri Lanka to make payments for essential imports
- UNESCO named Guadalajara as World Book Capital 2022
- BHIM UPI became operational at NEOPAY terminals in the UAE
- Robert Golob elected as Prime Minister of Slovenia
- India participated as the Guest of Honour at the Paris Book Festival 2022
- World Bank approved $47 million program for India’s Mission Karmayogi program
Appointment and Resignation
- Krishnan Ramanujam appointed as chairperson of Nasscom
- Bruce de Broize appointed as MD & CEO of Future Generali India Life Insurance
- N Chandrasekaran named chairman of Tata Digital
- SBI ex-chairman Rajnish Kumar joined Indifi Technologies as advisor
- Suman Bery appointed as Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog
- Vishakha Mulye appointed as the next CEO of Aditya Birla Capital
- AP Abdullahkutty elected chairperson of the Haj Committee of India
- Ashwin Yardi appointed co-chair of UNICEF’s YuWaah board
- Vijay Sampla re-appointed as Chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Awards
- Meghalaya’s e-proposal system won prestigious UN award- World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) Prizes, 2022
- Max Verstappen, Elaine Thompson-Herah named Laureus Sportsman & Sportswoman of the Year 2022
- Glenmark received the ‘India Pharma Innovation of the Year’ award from the Government of India
- Ardeshir B K Dubash conferred highest diplomatic award “Merit in the Diplomatic Service of Peru Jose Gregorio Paz Soldan” by Peru Government
- Sir David Attenborough named recipient of Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 by UNEP
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award 2022
- National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (NMDC) conferred with Public Relations Awards 2022 by Public Relations Society of India (PRSI)
- Kishore Kumar Das of Bangladesh won UK’s Commonwealth Points of Light Award
Defence
- Indian Navy’s NIETT, Kochi signed MoU with IIM Kozhikode to exchange best practices
Science
- ONGC signed MoU with Norway’s Equinor ASA to collaborate on Clean energy options
- Larsen & Toubro (L&T) collaborated with IIT Bombay to develop Green Hydrogen Technology
- IIT-Delhi signed MoU with POSOCO to conduct R&D on India’s power sector
- New Space India Limited inked pact with OneWeb for satellite launches
Sports
- Indian GM D. Gukesh won Menorca Open chess tournament in Menorca, Spain
- Khelo India Youth Games 2021 will be held in Haryana
- India won 2 gold medals in Archery World Cup Stage-1 in Turkey
- Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won Formula One Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2022 in Italy
- Andrey Rublev defeated Novak Djokovic to won Serbia Open title
- India finished with 17 medals in Asian Wrestling Championships 2022
Book and Author
- Naveen Patnaik released 2 books “The Magic of Mangalajodi” by Avinash Khemka & “The Sikh History of East India” by Abinash Mohapatra
- A book titled ‘Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping’ authored by Roger Faligot
Important day
- 23 April: World Book and Copyright Day (Theme 2022: ‘Read…So you never feel alone.’)
- 23 April: UN English Language Day
- 24 April: National Panchayati Raj Day
- 24 April: International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
- 25 April: International Delegate’s Day
- 25 April: World Malaria Day (Theme 2022: “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives”)
- 24 April: World Day for Laboratory Animals
- 24-30 April: WHO’s World Immunization Week (Theme 2022: ‘Long Life for All’)
- 26 April: World Intellectual Property Day (Theme 2022: ‘IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future.’)
- 26 April: International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
- 25 April: World Penguin Day
- 27 April (last Wednesday of April): World Stationery Day 2022
- 28 April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work (Theme 2022: “Act together to build a positive safety and health culture”)
- 28 April (fourth Thursday in April): International Girls in ICT Day 2022 (Theme 2022: access and safety)
- 29 April: International Dance Day
- 30 April (last Saturday of April): World Veterinary Day 2022 (Theme 2022: “Strengthening Veterinary Resilience”)
- 30 April: Ayushman Bharat Diwas
Obituary
- Structural biologist M. Vijayan passed away
- Former CM of Meghalaya J D Rymbai passed away
- Former Indian women’s hockey team captain Elvera Britto passed away
- Noted writer Padma Shri Binapani Mohanty passed away
- Veteran Congress leader K. Sankaranarayanan passed away
- Former President of Kenya Mwai Kibaki passed away
- Film and TV actor Salim Ghouse passed away
