APRIL MONTH

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1) Srilanka declares state of emergency after unrest over

economic crises.
2) The first ever Made in India Dornier 228 commercial
plane was flagged off by Union Civil Aviation Minister
Jyotiradtya Scindia from Phasighat , Arunachal
Pradesh.
3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the first
ever Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar on April
24, 2022 during the Mater Deenanath Mangeshkar
Awards ceremony.
4) STATE ENERGY AND CLIMATE INDEX : Gujarat has
acquired a top position in NITI Aayog’s state energy
and climate index -round 1 among the larger states
with a score of 50.1 points. Gujarat is followed by
Kerala and Punjab in second and third place under the
same category .
5) Rohit Sharma becomes second Indian cricketer to
record 10,000 runs in T-20 cricket.
6) The Netherland has lifted their fourth title of FIH
Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup 2022.
7) Helina the Anti Tank Guided Misssile ( ATGM) Nag
missile’s helicopter launched version was tested by
DRDO.
8) Falguni Nayar has been named as EY Enterpreneur of
the year 2021.
9) In the Dima Haso district of Assam , number of
megalithic stone jars have been discovered.
10) Himachal Day is observed on 15th of April.
11) Training Institute for Drone pilots will be set up in
Haryana to support capacity development.
12) Tamil Nadu celebrated 14th April 2022, birth
anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar as Equality Day.
13) Australia’s Victoria to host the 2026 Common
Wealth Games.
14) Former IPS Officer lalpura reappointed as Chief of
National Commission for Minorities.
15) New Zealand Cricketer Hamish Bennett announces
retirement from all forms of cicket.
16) Deepika Pallika has won the women’s and mixed
double title with Joshna Chippa and Saurav Ghosal at
World Double Squash Champions 2022.
17) Israel successfully tested a new Israel missile
defence system Iron Beam which can destroy any
airborne object including drones .
18) Prime Minister Modi Unveiled a 108 ft. Statue of
Hanuman ji in Morbi, Gujarat.
19) DRDO and Indian Army successfully test fired the
Pinaka rocket system The Pinaka MK- 1( enhanced )
rocket system upgraded version of Pinaka variant .
20) IAF’s Chinook helicopter undertook the longest non-
stop helicopter sortie Flying from Chandigarh of Jorhat
, Assam.
21) R Ashwin has become first batter to Tactically Retire
from IPL by Rajasthan Royals.
22) India has become world’s second biggest coal
consumer after china.
23) The first Khelo India National Ranking women
Archery will be held in Tata Archery Academy
(Jharkhand).
24) Equador becomes first in the world to give legal
rights to wild animals.
25) AVSAR – Connect to opportunities initiative:
launched by Jammu and Kashmir’s Lt Governor.
26) Renowed Indian economist and political
Commentator Prabhat Patnaik has been named the
recipient of the Malcolm Adiseshiah award.
27) Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes first Indian player to
scalp 150 wickets in IPL history.
28) A new book The Boy who wrote a constitution is
written by Rajesh Talwar.
29) Riya Jadon won the DGC ladies open Amateur golf
Championship.
30) Tamil Nadu won the men’s title in the 71st senior
National Basketball Championship.
31) Uttar Pradesh has become the top producer of
vegetables.
32) India’s GS Lakshmi the first women ever in the ICC
international panel of match referees.
33) Lt Gen Manoj Pande has become the 29th chief of
the Indian Army .he is also first engineer to be
appointed for the top most position .
34) PM Modi to inaugurate WHO Global Centre for
traditional medicine at Jamnagar, Gujarat.
35) Vedaant has won a silver medal at the Danish Open
Swimming in Denmark.
36) Ferrari Driver Charles Leclerc wins formula -1
Australian GP.
37) Uttarakhand’s chief Minister has launched an Anti-
corruption mobile app named 106Anti – Corruption.
38) Alysa Liu a world champion , bronze medalist, is
retiring from competitive figure skating at age 16.
39) Women’s IPL to commence the six teams from 2023.
40) Haryana has emerged as the champion of the 12th
senior Men’s National Hockey championship.
41) Exercise Kripan Shakti by the Indian Army’s
Trishakti corps at Teesta field Firing Range , West
Bengal.
42) Geetanjali’s Shree’s Novel Tomb of Sand became
first hindi novel shortlisted for International Booker
prize 2022.
43) World’s highest tunnel SHINKU LA PASS Connecting
Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh to be built by BRO.
44) 21st APRIL: National Civil Services Day.
45) Russia has successfully tested Sarmat
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
46) INS Vagsheer , the sixth scorpene submarine of
Project -75 was launched in Mumbai.
47) PM Modi announced a special AYUSH visa category
for foreign nationals who want to come for the
advantage of AYUSH Therapy.
48) Indian –American US Navy Veteran Shanti Sethi has
been appointed as Executive secretory and Defence
Advisor of US Vice President Kamla Haris.

49) 22ND APRIL: Earth Day.

50) NITI Aayog has released a draft battery swapping for
electric vehicles.
51) Sarita Mor, Sushma Shokeen bags Bronze medal for
Indian in Asian Wrestling Championships.
52) The first portable solar rooftop system in India has
been inaugurated at Swaminarayan Akshardham
Temple in Gandhinagar , Gujarat.
53) Indian Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh has
clinched the 48th La Roda International open
Tournament title.
54) Indian Coast Guard kicked off 8th edition of the Two
Day National level pollution level exercise NATPOLREX
– 8 in Goa.
55) Suman K Bery will take charge as the new Vice
President of Niti Aayog.
56) Patrick Achi has been re- appointed as Prime
Minister of Ivory Coast.
57) World Book and Copyright Day is observed on 23rd
April every year.
58) Boris Jhonson becomes first UK PM to visit
Sabarmati Ashram.
59) Indonesia world’s largest exporter bans Palms
exports.
60) Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahia clinched the gold
medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship 2022 in
Ulaanbaatar.
61) India became second country to launch Trade and
Technology with EU after US.
62) As per statement by the Stockholm International
peace research Institute (SIPRI) The top 5 largest
military spenders in 2021.
• US
• China
• India
• UK
• Russia
63) Emmanuel Macron won the re- election to a second
term of the France elections.
64) Binapani Mohanty a legendary Odia writer passed
away . She was recipient of several prestigious awards
including the Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award.
65) India’s first Amrit Sarovar prepaed in UP’s Rampur.
66) Max Verstappen wins Emilia – Romagna GP.
67) Andrey Rublev defeats Novak Djokovic to claim
Serbia Open title.
68) Deepak Punia won silver medal in 86kg and Vicky
Chahar wins bronze in 92kg as the Asian Wrestling
championship.
69) Shikhar Dhawan becomes the second cricketer after
Virat Kohli to complete 6000 IPL runs.
70) The social media giant Twitter confirmed sale of the
company to Tesla Chief Elon Musk.
71) French nun sister Andre , 118 , claims title of
World’s oldest alive.
72) Pali in Jammu becomes first Carbon Neutral
panchayat .
73) Nagaland becomes corona virus free state.
74) Structural Biologist the Vijayan kicked bucket. He
was awarded Padma Shri in 2004.
75) Denmark has become the first country in the world
to suspend the COVID -19 vaccination programme.
76) In a rear and unique astronomical event known
planet parade , four planets Venus, Jupiter, Mars and
Saturn will align in a straight line after 1000 years
during the last week of April.
77) Deepika Padukone will be part of exclusive jury for
the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
78) China reported the first known human case of H3N8
strain of avian flu.
79) The Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
inaugurates Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari
campaign.
80) Prime Minister Modi inaugurated Shri Satya
Sanjeevani Children’s Heart Hospital in Fiji.
81) Myanmar court has sentenced the deposed leader
Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail.
82) Agra in UP has become the first in India to adopt
Vaccum based sewer.
83) Finland’s economic affairs Minister Mia Lintila
visited India to promote export .
84) PM Modi launched India’s first Dairy Community
Radio Dhudh Vani.
85) Jamtara countries first district with library in every
village.
86) World Immunisation Week observed every year in
the last week of April .Theme by : WHO, Long Life For
All.
87) The summit of the leaders of the quadrilateral
Security Dialogue ( QUAD) nations will be held on May
24 in Tokyo , Japan.
88) Russia withdrawn itself from united nations World
Tourism Organisation.
89) Ben Stokes star all rounder has been named as the
new captain of England’s test team.
90) The Samba District of J & K had become first to
cover 100% household under the Auyushman Bharat
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna SEHAT Scheme.
91) Lt Gen Baggavalli Somashekar Raju will take over as
the next Vice Chief of Army Staff.
92) Max Verstappen bagged the 2021 Laureus World
Sportsman of the Year.
93) India has created a new Guinness world record
simultaneously waving 78,220 national flags.
94) The Delhi and Punjab governments signed a unique
Knowledge Sharing Agreement.
95) Union Minister for Macro , Small and Medium
Enterprises Narayan Rane inaugurated the Ministry’s
Meg Event “Enterprise India” under the celebrations
of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.