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International Roma Day: 8
April
✔️ On 8 April 2019, International Roma Day was celebrated all over the world
including the European Roma Rights Center.
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The Roma are the most disadvantaged ethnic group in Europe. Whose fundamental
rights are still being violated regularly.
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The Roma ethnic group is a victim of racist violence and in Europe, the group
is discriminated against in employment, education, health care and public and
social services.
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During the Second World War, Roma victims are paid tribute on this day around
the world, this day is celebrated with Romani culture and made aware of the
problems faced by the Romani people.
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During the Fourth World Romani Congress held in Poland in the year 1990, it was announced to celebrate International Roma Day on
8 April.
Ajay Seth: New
Secretary of Economic Affairs appointed
✔️ Ajay Seth has been given the responsibility of
Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs in place of Tarun Bajaj.✔️ Seth is a 1987 batch IAS officer.
✔️ He is currently working in his cadre state Karnataka.
Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare: Launch of Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP)
✔️ Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the
Integrated Health Information Forum (IHIP) under the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare.✔️ The Integrated Health Information Platform is the next generation highly sophisticated version of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) currently being used.
✔️ The new version of IHIP will have data entry and management for India's disease surveillance program.
✔️ Now it will monitor 33 diseases as compared to the earlier 18 diseases.
✔️ This will ensure near real-time data in digital mode, which will be accomplished with paper-mode working methods.
Karl Built: WHO
Special Envoy Appointed for ACT-Accelerator
✔️ Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of
the World Health Organization (WHO), has delegated Carl Bildt as the WHO’s
Special Envoy for Access to the COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator).✔️ Built will replace Nozzi Okonzo-Iweala and Andrew Vitti as special envoys.
✔️ He will help lead the collective debate, mobilize support and resources for the ACT-accelerator in his new role, so that it can deliver against its strategy for 2021.
✔️ ACT-Accelerator, according to the WHO website, is a global collaboration for the development, production, and equal access to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, treatment, and vaccines.
✔️ It brings together governments, scientists, businesses, civil society and philanthropic and global health organizations.
✔️ These include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEPI, FIND, Gavi, The Global Fund, Unitade, Welcome, WHO and World Bank.
Mukesh Ambani:
Asia's Richest Person
✔️ Mukesh Ambani, president of Reliance Industries,
has reclaimed his place as Asia's richest man.✔️ He left behind Chinese investor and philanthropist Jack Ma, who by 2020 was the richest person in the region.
✔️ India's richest person and Asia's richest person Ambani has been ranked 10th in the list of global billionaires.
✔️ He reclaimed his place with assets of $ 84.5 billion.
DRDO: Advanced
Chaff Technology Developed for the Protection of Naval Ships
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The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has built up a high
level Chaff Technology to ensure maritime boats against rocket assaults.✔️ The development of advanced chaff technology by DRDO Lab is another step towards self-reliant India.
✔️ The chaff is a passive spendy electronic replication technique that is used worldwide to protect naval vessels from enemy radar and radio frequency (RF) missile seekers.
✔️ The importance of this development lies in the fact that a very small amount of chaff material deployed in the air acts as a decay to protect enemy missiles for the safety of ships.
RBI: GSAP 1.0 announced
✔️ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a
Secondary Market Government Security Acquisition Program (GSAP 1.0) on 7 April 2021.✔️ The central bank will buy government bonds worth 1 trillion rupees from the secondary market in the first quarter of this financial year.
✔️ The principal acquisition of Rs 25,000 crore will happen on 15 April 2021.
RBI: Repo rate
kept at 4%
✔️ The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank
of India has unanimously voted to keep the repo rate and reverse repo rate at 4
and 3.3.5 percent respectively.✔️ The bi-monthly monetary policy was announced on 7 April 2021 by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
✔️ The projection of real GDP growth for 2021-22 has been retained at 10.5 percent, up from 26.2 percent in Q1 and 8.3 percent in Q2.
LG Manoj Sinha:
Launch of JKPW-OMMAS
✔️ In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj
Sinha launched JK Public Works - Online Management, Monitoring and
Accounting System (JKPW-OMMAS) on 6 April 2021.✔️ He also launched two apps of Jammu and Kashmir Public Works Department- 'Hamari Sadak' and 'Tamir Tarkhi'.
✔️ People can register and track their complaints regarding the PW department through the 'Our Road' app.
Jammu and Kashmir:
world's highest railway arch bridge
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Construction of the world's highest railway bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, the
height of which is 359 meters above the
bottom of the river Chenab, was completed.✔️ The 1.3-km-long scaffold is expected to support availability with the Kashmir Valley and is being developed at an expense of Rs 1,486 crore as a feature of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail routelink (USBRL) project.
✔️ The construction of the Chenab bridge was declared as a national project in 2002.
✔️ Indian Railways is developing the notorious Arch Bridge over the Chenab River as a feature of the USBRL undertaking to interface the Kashmir Valley to the remainder of the country.
✔️ This bridge is 1315 meters long.
✔️ It is the highest railway bridge in the world, 359 meters above the level of the river bed.
✔️ It will be 35 meters higher than the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris (France).
✔️ The total weight of the arch is 10,619 metric tons.
✔️ The most sophisticated 'Tekla' software is used for structural details.
✔️ Structural steel was suitable for temperatures from -10 ° C to 40 ° C.
✔️ The bridge was built to withstand the earthquake forces of Zone-V of the highest intensity in India.
✔️ This bridge was built to withstand high wind speeds up to 266 km / h.
Shri Krishna
Suman: Dwarf variety of mango developed evergreen
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Shri Krishna Suman (55 years) farmer of Kota, Rajasthan has developed a new
variety of mango which is a regular and year-round dwarf variety of mango
called evergreen.✔️ About Mango: - It is resistant to most major diseases and disorders of mango.
✔️ It is much sweeter than lame mangoes.
✔️ This kitchen is suitable for gardening, high-density plantation, and can also be grown in pots for a few years.
✔️ The innovative properties of diversity (NIF) have been verified by India.
IMF: India's GDP
growth forecast for FY22 revised up to 12.5%
✔️ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has increased
the growth of the Indian economy from 100 basis
points to 12.5 percent for FY 2021-22.✔️ GDP growth for FY23 is estimated at 6.9 percent.
✔️ The revised forecast was published in the IMF's World Economic Outlook.
✔️ Among the major world economies, India is the only country which is projected to grow at double digit rate during FY22.
Radheshyam Khemka,
leader of Geeta Press, died
✔️ Radheshyam Khemka, the president of Geeta Press,
has passed away.✔️ He is credited with taking Sanatan literature to the masses.
✔️ For 38 years, Khemka was the editor of the prominent 'Kalyan' magazine, which appeared in the press.
✔️ He last edited the April 2021 issue of the magazine.
✔️ Geeta Press is the world’s biggest distributer of Hindu strict writings.
Dr. Fatima Zakaria
passed away
✔️ Dr. Fatima Zakaria, a renowned educationist,
veteran journalist and president of Maulana Azad Campus, Aurangabad's
prestigious educational institution, died in April 2021.✔️ He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2006 for outstanding contribution to education and educational reforms.
✔️ She was the wife of the late Shri Rafiq Zakaria, former Union Minister and founder of Azad College Campus.
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