WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS (1ST WEEK - APRIL 2024)

1st - 7th April 2024

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  1. The closing ceremony of the 'International Year of Millet' has concluded in

   ● Rome

  1. Recently 'Indian Institute of Public Administration' (IIPA) celebrated its

● 70th Foundation Day

  1. Recently the second G20 Employment Working Group meeting has been held in

● Brasilia

  1. The next CMD of New India Insurance

    ● Girija Subramaniam

  1. The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched 'CoViNet' global lab network to monitor the

● Corona virus

  1. The traditional dress of Tripura state, has got the GI tag status

● Riganai Pachara

  1. The trailer and song of India's first AI based film 'Irah' has been launched in

● Mumbai

  1. World Autism Awareness Day' is celebrated every year on

● 02 April

  1. Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau

 ● Shefali B. Sharan

  1. The men's singles title in Miami Open won by Italy's

● Janik Sinner

  1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has celebrated its

    ● 90th Foundation Day

  1. Recently Romania and Bulgaria have partially joined the

     ● Schengen Travel Area

  1. The next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Niger

● Sita Ram Meena

  1. The President of Egypt for the third time

       ● Abdel Fateh al-Sisi

  1. The first female Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo

● Judith Suminwa Tuluka

  1. Times Group Managing Director Vineet Jain has been honoured with the

● ENBA Lifetime Achievement Award 2023

  1. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has handed over two Dornier-228 aircraft to the army of the country

● Guyana

  1. Exercise 'Gagan Shakti 2024' has started in

● Rajasthan

  1. Axis Capital has appointed Atul Mehra as the

● New MD and CEO

  1. Recently India and Nepal have agreed to promote

● Sanskrit research and education

  1. Hindi Theater Day is celebrated every year on

● 03 April in India

  1. The 33rd Director General of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers.

● Lieutenant General JS Sidana

  1. India's top chess player according to the rankings of the International Chess Federation.

● Arjun Erigasi

  1. Port has topped among the major ports of India in terms of Cargo handling in the financial year 2023-24

● Paradip Port

  1. The women's and men's titles in the 56th National Kho Kho Championship 2023-24 has won by

● Maharashtra

  1. The BSF Sentinel 2.0 mobile application app has been launched by

  ● Union Home Secretary 'Ajay Kumar Bhalla'

  1. National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has been implemented

● One Vehicle, One FASTag rule

  1. Union Health Ministry has been launched

● myCGHS IOS App

  1. The leading state in the country to get 69 GI tags

● Uttar Pradesh

  1. DigiTravel System has been launched at

● Mopa Airport in Goa

  1. Chief Minister Mahila Samman Yojana will be started in the

● Union Territory of Delhi

  1. the world's most powerful laser has been developed by

● Romania

  1. Health care loan and savings accounts for women has been launched by

● Canara Bank

  1. India got 51st rank in the

● Business Environment Ranking 2024

  1. The Government of India has planned to eliminate 'Urea' import by the year

● 2025

  1. National Maritime Day' is celebrated every year on

● 05 April in India

  1. 'Army Medical Corps' has celebrated its

● 260th raising day

  1. India's first indigenous 'gene therapy' for cancer treatment has been launched by

● President Draupadi Murmu

  1. New generation ballistic missile 'Agni-Prime' has been successfully test fired by

    ● Strategic Forces Command and DRDO off the coast of Odisha

  1. Archaeological excavations in Kutch, Gujarat have revealed

● 5,200-year old 'Harappan settlement'

  1. World Health Day' is celebrated every year on

● 07 April

  1. The United States and Britain have reached an agreement on

● AI safety testing

  1. The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

● Astrid Shoemaker

  1. According to EIU report, the world's best place to do business

● Singapore

  1. Coastal security exercise 'Sagar Kavach' will be conducted in

● Lakshadweep Islands

  1. The first company in India to cross 10,000 MW of renewable energy

● Adani Green