Apr-12th

 Current Affairs:

πŸ“– Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 12 April 2022


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1) Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi inaugurated INDIA Alumni portal to facilitate foreign scholars who have studied in the country to remain connected.


2) The South-Central Railway (SCR) has launched the “One station One Product” initiative at 6 major stations in all its six divisions. 

➠SCR in-charge General Manager, Arun Kumar Jain, has inaugurated stalls under the new initiative at Secunderabad Station.


3) Dr Manoj Soni has been appointed the chairman of the country’s premier government recruiting agency ( UPSC) and his tenure will end on 27 June 2023.

➠Dr Soni has been appointed to replace the previous UPSC chairman Pradip Kumar Joshi.


4) Vikas Kumar, a 1988-batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, on Friday assumed charge as the new managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).


5) The International Day of Human Space Flight is celebrated annually on April 12 to mark the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin 12 April 1961.


6) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched an anti-corruption mobile app named 1064 Anti-Corruption Mobile App.

▪️Uttarakhand CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami

Governor :-  Gurmit Singh

➠Asan Conservation Reserve

➠Country's first moss garden 

➠Country's first Pollinator Park 

➠Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme

➠Rajaji Tiger Reserve  πŸ…

➠Jim Corbett National Park

➠Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary

➠Valley of Flowers National  

Park  

➠Nanda Devi National Park 

➠Mussoorie wildlife sanctuary 

➠Govind Pashu Vihar wildlife sanctuary


7) In Ladakh, a community museum opened in the Gya - Sasoma villages  of the Leh district to preserve and promote the region’s rich cultural history.

➠ Tashi Gyaltson, Chairman of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, inaugurated the Community Museum.



8) Spacetech startup Pixxel has successfully launched its first fully-fledged commercial satellite called 'Shakuntala' with Elon Musk-run SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket.


9) The Indian Army successfully tested three types of indigenously developed loitering munitions at a 4,500m altitude.

➠ These were designed for eventual use against enemy bunkers, ground-based C2 nodes, artillery and armoured formations.



10) Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal won the mixed doubles championship at the World Doubles Squash Championships 2022 in Glasgow, whereas Dipika and Joshna Chinappa teamed up to win women's doubles title.


11) Gujarat has topped NITI Aayog State Energy and Cli­m­ate Index-(SECI) Ro­und 1 among larger states. 

➠ Gujarat was followed by Kerala and Punjab, according to the government think tank’s report.

▪️Gujarat:-

➨CM -  Bhupendra Patel

➨Governor - Acharya Devvrat

➨Nageshwar Temple 

➨Somnath Temple

➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS  

➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary 

➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant 

➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary

➠ Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant 

➠Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary


12) The 15-member Indian boxing contingents ended their campaign at the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament 2022 in Phuket with 10 medals, including three golds, four silvers, and three bronze.


13) President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a five-day long fair at Madhavpur Ghed village in Gujarat's Porbandar district.


14) Union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur launched the Broadcast Seva Portal in New Delhi to facilitate ease of doing business in the broadcasting sector.


15) Business Wire India HDFC Bank has been adjudged Best Performing Bank in SHG Linkage by National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India.


16) Famous Bengali author Amar Mitra has won this year's O.Henry prize for a short story he wrote in 1977. 

➠He bagged the award for his short story titled 'Gaonburo'- a Bengali short fiction.


17) Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System (EPRS) and Pinaka Area Denial Munition (ADM) rocket systems have been successfully flight-tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army at Pokhran firing ranges.

▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :- 

➠ Founded - 1958

➠ HeadQuarter  - New Delhi

➠ Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy


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Important Current Affairs For all Upcoming Exams :-

1) Jhansi railway station New Name - Veerangana Lakshmibai Railway Station
2) 25th National Youth Festival - Puducherry
3) Heartfulness International Yoga Academy - Hyderabad Telangana
4) India’s first paperless court - Kerala
5) Secretary-General of  Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) - Zhang Ming
6) “Mamata: Beyond 2021” book - Jayanta Ghosal
7) Bharat Ratna Dr  Ambedkar Award 2022 -  Harshaali Malhotra 
8) 9th edition of the North East Festival - Assam  
9) Kevadiya railway station New Name - Ekta Nagar railway station
10) Major Dhyanchand sports University - Meerat
11) India’s Most Trusted Public Sector Company award - Coal India Limited 
12) Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award - Neeraj Chopra 
13) 18th Late Madhavrao Limaye Award -  Nitin Gadkari 
14) World Games Athlete of the Year award - PR Sreejesh
15) Golden Peacock Environment Management Award  - SAIL

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