1. PM releases report on status of tigers in the country
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated the ‘ Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger ‘ program at the University of Mysore, in Mysore , Karnataka . The Prime Minister also launched the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) . He released the ‘ Amrit Kaal’s Vision for Tiger Conservation ‘ and a summary report of the fifth cycle of Management Effectiveness Assessment of Tiger Reserves , announced the tiger numbers and released the summary report of All India Tiger Estimation (Fifth Cycle). According to the report, the number of tigers in the country has increased to 3,167 from 2,967 in 2018. He Project Tiger A commemorative coin was also released on the completion of 50 years of In July 2019, the Prime Minister called for a coalition of world leaders to end and firmly curb demand for poaching and illegal trade of wildlife in Asia. Taking forward this message of the Prime Minister, the International Big Cat Alliance is being launched, which will focus on the conservation and protection of the world’s seven major big cats, ie tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, puma, jaguar and cheetah And its members will include countries that harbor these species. Earlier, Shri Modi visited Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. He also visited Theppakadu Elephant Camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, where he interacted with mahouts and kavadis and fed the elephants. prime minister oscar winning documentary,
2. Special discussion on Women in Cinema organized under the aegis of Consulate General of India in Dubai
A special symposium on Women in Cinema from UAE was organized under the aegis of Consulate General of India in Dubai . Participants in the discussion included Bollywood actress Kalpana Iyer, Buthenia Kazim , Founder and Managing Director of Cinema Akil , Mini Sarma , Head of Indian Productions at Abu Dhabi Film Commission, Filmmaker Hasiba Freiha, Bollywood writer Althia Kaushal, Meta Film Festival of Dubai Leela Masinei, director of the
3. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar on an official visit to Uganda and Mozambique
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar to visit Uganda and Mozambique by 15 April will reach Uganda on an official visit to Dr. Jaishankar will hold delegation-level talks with Uganda’s Foreign Minister, General JJ Odongo, as well as meet Uganda’s central leadership and other ministers. The External Affairs Minister will also inaugurate the transit campus of the National Forensic Science University-NFSU at Jinja. A bilateral MoU will be signed between the Government of India and the Government of Uganda to set up the first campus of NFSU outside India during the visit. Shri Jaishankar will attend the foundation stone laying ceremony of a solar powered water supply project in Uganda. EAM will address the Ugandan business and business community and will also interact with the Indian diaspora. Dr. S Jaishankar will be on a visit to Mozambique from 13 to 15 April.
4. India-France Business Summit to be held on April 11, 2023 to commemorate 25 years of Indo-French friendship
Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles and Mr. Olivier Becht, Minister of Attractiveness and Foreign Trade Representative of French Nationals Abroad, Government of France, will co-chair the India-France Business Summit . 25 Years of Indo-French Friendship To mark the completion, an India-France Business Summit will be held on April 11, 2023. The summit will focus on a range of topics including building a greener future, emerging technologies, defense cooperation and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific regions. Shri Piyush Goyal is also scheduled to hold meetings with French business leaders in various fields. Shri Goyal will also participate in the CEOs’ Roundtable. He will pay an official visit to France and Italy from April 11 to 13, 2023.
5. Tamil Nadu Government’s ‘TN Reach’ Initiative
Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation is going to connect many cities of the state by helicopter . It has been named Tamil Nadu Regional Aerial Connectivity Through Helicopters (TN REACH) . It will give intercity connectivity using more than 80 decommissioned helipads across the state . This mechanism will rely on two existing initiatives Heli Disha, which is an administrative manual for helicopter operations, and Heli Seva, which is an online portal for providing landing clearance for helicopter operations. TN Reach aims to create an air routes network within the state using helicopters.
6. KSINC launches India’s first solar powered tourist boat
The Kerala State Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) has launched Sooryamshu , a solar- powered tourist boat that can generate 27 kW of power . The boat also has generators to help power the passenger lift systems and air conditioners. The solar panels will meet approximately 75% of the boat’s energy requirements, while the rest will be produced by the generator. The boat is built in Sri Lanka for Rs 3.95 crore.
7. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the office of Legal Aid Defense Consultancy System in Budgam, Kashmir.
Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the office of Legal Aid Defense Consultancy System at the ADR Center at the District Court Complex in Budgam, Kashmir . The Union Minister emphasized the importance of such awareness programs to provide legal aid to the downtrodden sections of the society at the pre-arrest, arrest and remand stage.
8. Shah Rukh Khan tops TIME 100 reader poll
TIME100 poll for Shah Rukh Khan for 2023 The winner has been chosen. He has secured the top position in the 2023 TIME 100 poll. In this poll, people voted on the personalities who deserve a place in TIME’s annual list of Most Influential People. Shah Rukh Khan has got more votes than Lionel Messi and others. Apart from her, Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, Serena Williams, one of the world’s most famous tennis players, Meta (Facebook) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and President of South American country Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are included in the list. Iran’s women, who are raising their voice for their freedom in the Islamic-ruled country, are in second place with three per cent votes in this list. Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle with 1.9 percent of the vote respectively They are in third and fourth place. Footballer Lionel Messi, who played a key role in helping Argentina win the Football World Cup in Qatar last year, is fifth on the list with 1.8 per cent votes.
9. Kalikesh Narayan as NRAI President
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo took charge as the President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) . Senior Vice President Kalikesh took over as the President in place of Raninder Singh, who had gone on long leave. Kalikesh was elected as the new president in place of Raninder as the Union Sports Ministry sacked those who held the post for more than 12 years.
10. Delhi Airport ninth busiest airport in the world
Delhi -based Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) ranked ninth among the busiest airports in the world in the year 2022 . Airports Council International (ACI) has released statistics regarding this. According to ACI data, Delhi airport handled more than 5.94 crore passengers during this period. ACI said that in 2022 , Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (93.7 million passengers) ranked first among the world’s 10 busiest airports. It was followed by Dallas Fort Worth Airport (73.4 million passengers), Denver Airport (69.3 million passengers) third and Chicago O’Hare Airport (68.3 million passengers) at the fourth position.
11. RBI imposes penalty on Mahindra Finance, Indian Bank and Muthoot Money Ltd
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it has fined Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited , Indian Bank , and Muthoot Money Limited for violating regulatory norms. Punishment has been imposed. Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd has been fined Rs 6.77 crore for non-compliance with norms relating to disclosure of interest rates to loan borrowers at the time of loan sanction. Meanwhile, Indian Bank has been fined Rs 55 lakh for violating certain KYC norms, while Muthoot Money Ltd has been fined Rs 10.50 lakh for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘NBFCS (Reserve Bank) Guidelines, 2016’. Fine has been imposed. These fines reflect the RBI’s commitment towards regulatory compliance and promoting transparency and compliance in the Indian financial system.
12. Bihar’s famous Mircha Rice gets ‘GI Tag’
Mircha paddy of Bihar ‘s West Champaran district has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. According to the information published in the GI Journal, chilli paddy produced in West Champaran is an indigenous variety, whose shape is similar to black pepper. Chuda or Chiuda Mircha, a famous dish of Bihar all over the world, is made from paddy only. It is a fragrant variety of rice, which has been officially registered in the name of Chilli Rice Producers Progressive Group. However, this group will get the certificate for Mircha paddy by August.
13. Chhattisgarh’s Nagari Dubraj rice variety gets GI tag
The Geographical Indications Registry has granted Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Nagari Dubraj , a fragrant rice from Chhattisgarh , to give a unique identity to the brand. The origin of Dubraj is believed to be from Shringi Rishi Ashram area of Sihawa. Its reference is found in Valmiki Ramayana. Sihawa area is considered to be the source of Dubraj in various research papers. The rice is of local variety and its grains are small, the rice is very soft to eat after cooking. Maximum yield of six quintals is obtained from one acre. The height of the paddy plant is short and the maturity period is 140 days. It is produced by “Maa Durga Swashayata Group”, a women’s self-help group from Nagari in Dhamtari district and had applied for the GI tag.
14. Unveiling of 54 feet tall statue of Lord Hanuman in Gujarat
Home Minister Amit Shah has unveiled a 54 feet tall statue of Lord Hanuman at a temple in Gujarat . The idol is made of copper and is installed in the Hanuman temple located at Naranpura in Ahmedabad , which is near Shah’s village. The idol stands on a 48 feet high pedestal and was built by the Hanuman Seva Samiti attached to the temple at a cost of around ₹30 crore (US$4 million). It is considered to be one of the tallest Lord Hanuman idols in the world.
15. Global trade expected to grow 1.7% in 2023: WTO
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on April 5 revised its global trade growth outlook for 2023 to 1.7 percent from last October’s forecast of 1 percent. The World Trade Organization said in its forecast that trade growth for 2024 is expected to be 3.2 percent. However, the WTO said the forecast is highly uncertain and at a downside risk given the impact of ongoing global tensions, food supply problems and monetary policy tightening.
16. Panel set up to complete stalled real estate projects
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has formed a committee to deal with the problem of incomplete real estate projects. The committee, consisting of 14 members and headed by Amitabh Kant , will focus on unfinished heritage projects and make recommendations for their completion. The committee was created in response to a recommendation made by the Central Advisory Council under the Real Estate (Investment and Development) Act, 2016.
17. Tsusumu Otani appointed as MD, CEO of Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India has announced that Tsutsumu Otani , Vice President, Honda Motor Company of Japan has been appointed as the new President, CEO and Managing Director. He will replace Atsushi Ogata, who will serve as the executive general manager of the branch of Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China, with effect from April 1, 2023.
18. India’s growth rate will slow down to 6.4 percent in 2023-24: ADB
India’s economic growth rate is expected to decline to 6.4 percent in the current financial year (2023-24) . Said this in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) . The ADB said that due to the tight monetary stance and the rise in oil prices, there will be pressure on the economy. The growth rate during the financial year ending March 2023 is estimated to be 6.8 percent. ADB, however, has expressed hope that the country’s economic growth rate will increase to 6.7 percent in 2024-25 due to a spurt in private consumption and private investment. Apart from this, government policies to improve transport infrastructure, logistics and business environment will also give a boost to the economy.
19. India ranked 101st in FIFA rankings, Argentina on top
The Indian football team has improved five places to be ranked 101st in the FIFA world rankings . India beat Myanmar (1-0) and Kyrgyzstan (2-0) in the tri-nation football tournament held in Imphal recently. India has a score of 1200.66 and is ranked 19th among 46 Asian countries. World champions Argentina have gained one place to reach the top of the world rankings. After that there are teams from France, Brazil, Belgium, England, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Spain. In December last year, under the captaincy of Lionel Messi, Argentina won the FIFA World Cup title. France was defeated by them in the final. Japan is on top in Asia. India’s best FIFA ranking is 94 which it achieved in 1996.
20. 0Priyanshu Rajawat won the title of Orleans Masters badminton tournament
India’s Priyanshu Rajawat has won the title of Orleans Masters Super 300 badminton tournament . Priyanshu defeated Magnus Johansen of Denmark 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in the men’s singles final. Rajawat, who was a member of the Indian team that won the Thomas Cup last year, reached the final of a Super 300 Tour event for the first time and was successful in winning the title.
21. Dante Akira Uwai wins medal design competition for Winter Youth Olympics Gangwon 2024
Brazilian artist Dante Akira Uwai has won the medal design competition for the Winter Youth Olympics Gangwon 2024 . After 6 weeks and over 3,000 submissions in the International Olympic Committee competition, Akira Uwai’s creation – ‘A Sparkling Future’ – was selected by the panel. Akira Uwai’s victory means his design will be included on the Gangwon 2024 medals to be awarded in South Korea from January 19 to February 1 next year.
22. 103rd birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar: 7 April
World-renowned sitarist and composer Pandit Ravi Shankar is considered one of the most important figures in promoting Indian music worldwide . His 103rd birth anniversary is being celebrated on 7th April . He brought immense popularity among western audiences for Indian classical music by collaborating with musicians from different parts of the world. In 1962 , she was awarded the Natak Akademi Award by India’s National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. He was awarded the country’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 1999 for his contribution to music . Ravi Shankar won five Grammys in his lifetime. win prizes. Ravi Shankar was born on 07 April 1920 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh .