30 April 2022 Current Affairs

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World Veterinary Day is celebrated on the last

Saturday of April every year.
 History of World Veterinary Day
It was 1863 when Prof. J Gamgee invited renowned
veterinary doctors from all across Europe to attend
the first conference about animal health, particularly
epizootic diseases and their prevention.

This meeting was the first International Veterinary

The World Veterinary Association Congress. In 1959, at the 15th International
(WVA) announce the 2022 World Veterinary Congress meeting in Spain, the World
Veterinary Day theme: Strengthening Veterinary Association was established.
Veterinary Resilience.
The Association aims to bring forth the importance
In 2001, the WVD’s theme was Rabies. of veterinary science and increase awareness about
So, educated pet owners and NGOs animal health and welfare, including the safety of
about Rabies, as well as, free animals, rules of quarantine, etc.
vaccination drive for animals.
What is epizootic disease?
Epizootic disease is a disease event in an animal
population akin to an epidemic in humans. It generally
refers to outbreaks of disease which cause serious
economic or public health issues and are of major
importance in the international trade of animals and
animal products.

There are members from 72 countries

representing national veterinary associations.

Apart from advocating for animal health and

veterinary science, WVA declared the last
Saturday of April of every year as World
Veterinary Day in 2001.
 Every year, the Ayushman Bharat Diwas is celebrated on April 30 in
India. The Ayushman Bharat Diwas is celebrated to achieve twin
missions. They are to promote health and wellness to the poor and
also to provide insurance benefits to them.

• The Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018.
• According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ayushman Bharat Scheme has so far
operationalised 75,532 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre.
• It has fixed a target of 1.5 lakh Health and Wellness Centre by 2022.
• The beneficiaries are chosen from the Socio-Economic Census Database.
• It is the largest health cover in the world.
• It aims to provide five lakh rupees of health cover per family per year.
• The scheme also covers fifteen days of pre-hospitalisation and fifteen days of post-hospitalisation.
This includes the expenses of medicines and tests.
• The scheme subsumed the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima
Yojana.
• The scheme has packages that include knee replacement, bypass and other treatments provided at
15% cheaper than the Central Government Health Schemes.
IPL 2022: RR to celebrate Shane Warne’s life on April 30

Rajasthan Royals are all set to pay their tributes and

celebrate the extraordinary life of their first-ever
Royal – Shane Warne, whose sudden demise, at the
age of just 52, sent shockwaves across the world of
sports and beyond.

Back in 2008, during the inaugural season of the

Indian Premier League (IPL), it was the Australian
legend who led the Rajasthan Royals to claim the
first-ever IPL Trophy at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi
Mumbai, and the match on April 30, 2022, where
the Royals face Mumbai Indians will also be played
at the same venue.
Que:Who among the following has taken charge as chairman of Tata Digital?
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Ans:Natarajan Chandrasekaran
• Tata Sons executive chairman N Chandrasekaran has formally taken
charge as chairman of Tata Digital.
• At present, Tata’s digital strategy is being spearheaded by its CEO
Pratik Pal along with Mukesh Bansal, founder of Cultfit.
Chandrasekaran’s formal appointment is of significance considering
its future plans of raising funds from external investors.
• For Chandrasekaran, who was reappointed as the chairman of Tata
Sons for another five years in February
• Founded: 2019
• Headquarters: Mumbai
Que:Which airline has proposed to acquire AirAsia India?
CDन: .कस एयरलाइन ने एयरए$शया इं2डया का अIधKहण करने का CMताव रखा है ?
Ans:Air India • Tata-owned Air India has proposed to acquire
AirAsia India, a low-cost Indian airline which is
partly owned by the Tata Group. Tata Sons
currently hold an 83.67 percent stake in AirAsia
India, while the remaining 16.33 percent stake is
owned by AirAsia Investment Ltd (AAIL), which is
part of Malaysia's AirAsia Group.

In October 2021, Tatas emerged as the winning bidder for loss-making Air India. It offered a
bid of ₹18,000 crore, comprising cash payment of ₹2,700 crore and taking over the carrier's
debt worth ₹15,300 crore.

Besides, the Tatas also operate full-service carrier Vistara in a joint venture with Singapore
Airlines.
IndiGo becomes 1st airline to land aircraft using
navigation system GAGAN (GPS-aided geo-augmented
navigation)
• The flight was conducted using an ATR-72 aircraft and
landed at the Kishangarh airport in Rajasthan on
Wednesday morning, using GPS-aided geo-augmented
navigation (GAGAN), which has been jointly developed by
the Centre-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has
issued a mandate for all aircraft registered in India
after July 1, 2021 to be fitted with GAGAN
equipment
Union Civil Aviation Ministry launched GAGAN System

GAGAN stands for GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation

It is an inter-operable Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS)

India is the fourth nation after the US, Europe and Japan to have SBAS

GAGAN is the first SBAS system in the world to serve the equatorial
region.

It has been developed at an estimated cost of 774 crore rupees.

It will enable transition of the air traffic management system to satellite-

based seamless navigation across continents covering the airspace from
Australia to Africa as well as west Asia to China and Russia.
Que:Which of the following company has become the first Indian company to hit the
Rs 19 lakh crore market valuation mark in intra-day trade?
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बाजार मA ू यांकन के !नशान को Cहट करने वालG पहलG भारतीय कंपनी बन गई है ?
Ans:Reliance Industries • Reliance Industries Limited has become the first Indian
company to hit the Rs 19 lakh crore market valuation mark
in intra-day trade.
• The market heavyweight stock jumped 1.85 per cent to its
record high of Rs 2,827.10 during the day on the BSE. It
finally settled flat at Rs 2,777.90, up 0.08 per cent.

Intraday trading means buying • Reliance Industries Ltd CEO: Mukesh Ambani
and selling stocks on the same • Reliance Industries Ltd Founder: Dhirubhai Ambani
trading day. Intraday trading is • Reliance Industries Ltd Founded: 8 May 1973
also known as Day Trading. • Reliance Industries Ltd Headquarters: Mumbai.
Que:Russia has withdrawn from which UN body?
CDनः :स .कस संयQ ु त राRS संघ से अलग हो गया है ?
Ans:UNWTO
• The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
has announced that Russia has decided to
withdraw from the UNWTO. The
announcement was made by UN World
Tourism Organization Secretary-General Zurab
Pololikashvili.
• Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
• Founded: 1946
• According to the UNWTO, Russia decided to withdraw from this
organization ahead of a vote by the body to suspend Russia for its
war against Ukraine.
• This development comes amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
• The UNWTO had earlier called the Russian aggression against Ukraine
as being inconsistent with the United Nations Charter and being
against the UNWTO’s fundamental aim.
• The UNWTO had earlier announced in the month of March that it
wants to suspend Russia due to the conflict.
• This decision must be approved by 2/3rd of its members (159
members) at the convention that began on 27th April 2022 in
Madrid.
• Even after Russia’s decision to withdraw, the UNWTO will go ahead
with the vote.
• This is the first time the UNWTO has met to discuss the suspension of
one of its member nations.
Que:Who has been appointed as England's new Test Captain?
CDन: इंWलXड के नए टे Mट कYतान के :प म+ .कसे !नयQ ु त .कया गया है ?
Ans:Ben Stokes
• Ben Stokes, the star all-rounder has been named
as the new captain of England's Test Team by the
England & Wales Cricket Board.
• He will succeed Joe Root to become the 81st
captain of the England men's Test team.
• Joe Root had stepped down as England's Test
Captain after their 1-0 Test series loss to West
Indies in the Caribbean.
Que:‘Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V) Program’ aims to create Microprocessors
and achieve Silicon and Design wins by which year?
MNनः 'Qडिजटल इंQडया आरआईएससी-वी माइVोMोसेसर (डीआईआर-वी) MोYाम' का उ[दे Nय
माइVोMोसेसर] का !नमा^ण करना और aकस वष^ तक $स$लकॉन और Qडजाइन कd जीत
हा$सल करना है ?
RISC stands for 'Reduced Instruction Set Computer Whereas, CISC
Ans:2023 stands for Complex Instruction Set Computer. The RISC processors
have a smaller set of instructions with few addressing nodes. The
CISC processors have a larger set of instructions with many
addressing nodes.

The Ministry of Electronics and IT launched the ‘Digital India

RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V)’ program. It aims to enable
creation of Microprocessors and achieve industry-grade Silicon
and Design wins by December 2023.
• It also set milestones for commercial silicon of SHAKTI & VEGA and their
design wins by December 2023.
• DIR-V will see partnerships with Startups, Academia and Multinationals
to make India, a RISC-V Talent Hub for the World as well as supplier of
RISC-V SoC (System on Chips) for Servers, Mobile devices, Automotive,
IoT & Microcontrollers.

• Professor V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras will be the Chief Architect and
S. Krishnakumar Rao as Program Manager of DIR-V Program. Minister
Chandrasen also unveiled the Blueprint of the roadmap of design &
implementation of the DIR-V Program with – SHAKTI Processor by IIT
Madras and VEGA Processor by C-DAC along with the strategic Roadmap
for India's Semiconductor Design & Innovation to catalyze the
semiconductor ecosystem in the country.
‘The First Responders: Women Who Led India Through The
Pandemic’, a book published by Reliance Foundation and
Observer Research Foundation, celebrates women at
forefront of Covid fight
Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Rates For Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K)
Fertilizers:
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Di-ammonium Phosphate
Fertilizers for Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for Phosphatic and popularly known as DAP is
Potassic (P&K) fertilizers for Kharif Season – 2022 (from 01.04.2022 to a preferred fertilizer in
30.09.2022). India because it contains
both Nitrogen and
Government is making available fertilizers, namely Urea and 25 grades of Phosphorus which are
P&K fertilizers to farmers at subsidized prices through fertilizer primary macro-nutrients
manufacturers/ importers. and part of 18 essential
The subsidy on P&K fertilizers is being governed by NBS Scheme w.e.f plant nutrients.
01.04.2010.

In view of steep increase in the international prices of fertilizers & inputs

i.e. Urea, DAP, MOP and Sulphur, Government has decided to absorb the
increased prices by increasing subsidy on P&K fertilizers including DAP.
• The subsidy would be released to fertilizer
companies as per approved rates so that
they can make available fertilizers to
farmers at an affordable price than it would
have been otherwise.
• The Union Government has decided to
provide subsidy of Rs. 2501 per bag on DAP
instead of existing subsidy of Rs.1650 per
bag which is a 50% increase over the last
year’s subsidy rates.
• The increase in the prices of DAP & its raw
material is in the range of approx. 80%.
Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)
scheme to continue till December 2024
• The approval was given by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with a focus on enhanced
collateral-free affordable loan corpus, increased adoption of digital
transactions and holistic socio-economic development of the Street
Vendors and their families.

• According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the scheme

had envisaged to facilitate loans for an amount of Rs 5,000 crore.

• Today’s approval has increased the loan amount to Rs 8,100 crore,

thereby providing the Street vendors working capital to further expand
their business and making them AtmaNirbhar

• launch of the Scheme in June 2020 i.e. the pandemic and related stress
on the small businesses
The Union Cabinet approved an additional funding of Rs 820 crore for
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) that will be utilised for expansion of its
services to all post offices in the country.

• Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that out of the little over 1.56 lakh post
offices, IPPB, currently operates from 1.3 lakh post offices.
• IPPB has enabled 1.36 lakh post offices to provide banking services. It has
also equipped nearly 1.89 lakh postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks with
smartphone and biometric devices to provide doorstep banking services.

• IPPB was launched in September 2018, with 650 branches or controlling

offices.
• "The objective of the project is to build the most accessible, affordable and
trusted bank for the common man; spearhead the financial inclusion agenda
by removing the barriers for the unbanked and reduce the opportunity cost
for the under-banked populace through assisted doorstep banking.
Revision Time
Ans:c
Which state/UT government has signed an MoU with National
Highways Logistic Management Limited (NHLML) for the development
of seven ropeway projects?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Ladakh
Ans:b
James Dringwell Rymbai passed away recently. He was the former Chief
Minister of which state?
(a) Telangana
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Tripura
Ans:d
Which city has become the first city in India to have vacuum-based
sewers?
(a) Dhanbad
(b) Kanpur
(c) Ghaziabad
(d) Agra
Ans:c
Which of the following has partnered with I&B Ministry to develop
short videos highlighting role of women changemakers?
(a) SonyLIV
(b) Disney+ Hotstar
(c) Netflix
(d) Amazon Prime Video
Ans:a
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the
construction of the 540-Megawatt Kwar Hydro Electric project located
on which river?
(a) Chenab
(b) Sutlej
(c) Ganga
(d) Tapti
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the 540-megawatt Kwar
hydroelectric project on the Chenab in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kwar Project is part of the Indus basin and would be one of at least four projects coming up in the
district, including the 1,000 MWs Pakal Dul hydroelectric project and 624 MWs run-of-the-river
Kiru hydroelectric project.

Under the 1960 vintage Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan, the two countries
share the waters of six rivers in the Indus basin that flow through India towards Pakistan.

Of these, India has complete rights over three eastern rivers – Sutlej, Beas and Ravi, while
Pakistan has rights over the western rivers – Chenab, Jhelum, and Indus.

The Kwar project will be implemented by Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Ltd (CVPPL), a
joint venture company between NHPC Ltd and Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development
Corporation (JKSPDC).

The project is expected to generate 1975.54 million units in a 90% dependable year.
Ans:d
Elvera Britto has passed away recently. She was the captain of which
sport’s Indian women’s team?
(a) Football
(b) Cricket
(c) Wrestling
(d) Hockey
Ans:d
Which is the first Indian company to hit the Rs 19 lakh crore market
valuation mark in intra-day trade?
(a) Infosys
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Tata Consultancy Services
(d) Reliance Industries Limited
Question of the day
Which district has become the first district in India to cover 100% of
households under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
(ABPMJAY)- SEHAT scheme?
(a) Reasi district, Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Jamtara district, Jharkhand
(c) Ernakulam district, Kerala
(d) Samba district, Jammu
 Malcha Mahal
• The Delhi government is about to renovate the 14th century
monument Malcha Mahal.

• It was built in 1325 by the then Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq and
was, for a long time, used as a hunting lodge.
• It later became the residence of the descendants of the Nawab
of Awadh.
• It is said that it came to be known as ‘Wilayat Mahal’ after
Begum Wilayat Mahal of Awadh, who claimed that she was a
member of the royal family of Oudh.
• She was given the palace by the government in 1985.
• When she died by suicide in 1993, it came into the ownership of
her daughter Sakina Mahal, and son Prince Ali Raza (Cyrus), who
died in 2017, his sister passed away some years before that.
Thank You
Ans:d
Who has been appointed as chairperson of National Association of
Software and Services Companies (Nasscom)?
(a) Navrang Saini
(b) Anant Maheshwari
(c) Rekha M Menon
(d) Krishnan Ramanujam
Ans:d
Who is the author of the book titled “Chinese Spies: From Chairman
Mao to Xi Jinping”?
(a) Natasha Lehrer
(b) Martin Horn
(c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(d) Roger Faligot