Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (April 01st to 07th April 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of April 01st to 07th April  2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Every year World Backup Day 2022 is celebrated on 31 March.
• The Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an international awareness day is observed on March 31, honouring transgender and gender nonconforming people’s achievements and resilience.
• The International Day of Drug Checking is celebrated on 31st March every year since 2017.
• The foundation day of Odisha, known as Odisha Day, or Utkal Diwas will be observed on 1st April.
• International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) is orgainsed every year on April 2 since 1967, by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) – an international non-profit organisation.
• World Autism Awareness Day is observed on April 2, every year to make people understand and accept people with autism, foster worldwide support, and inspire people.
• National Maritime Day is annually observed on April 5, 2022.
• The General Assembly of the United Nations agreed in 2019 to declare April 5th the International Day of Conscience, with the aim of creating conditions of stability and well-being and relationships based on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction based on race, sex, language or religion.
• The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), which takes place annually on 6 April, presents an opportunity to recognize the positive role sport and physical activity play in communities and in people’s lives across the globe.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has approved over 433 crore rupees for 28 Urban Local bodies in Maharashtra to effectively managing the Solid Waste Management. Garbage Dumpsites have become a massive problem for most urban cities, Maharashtra’s Greater Mumbai holds the maximum amount of legacy waste in the state.
• The Union Cabinet has approved 808 million dollars or over Six thousand 62 crore rupees, World Bank assisted programme on Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance RAMP.
• The Cabinet Committee on Security, CCS has approved procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopter Limited Series Production at the cost of three thousand 887 crore rupees.
• Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the release of an additional instalment of three Percent of dearness allowance, DA to Central Government employees and dearness relief to pensioners from the first of January 2022.
• Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi has launched an auction of 122 Coal and Lignite Mines including 18 New Mines.
• The High-Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Home Minister Amit Shah has approved additional Central assistance of over one thousand 887 crore rupees to five States under the National Disaster Response Fund.
• A National Conclave on “Production of Bees Wax” was organized by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Gujarat in collaboration with the National Bee Board (NBB), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 30th March, 2022.
• Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has approved the construction of two lakh 42 thousand houses in six states under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
• Doordarshan FreeDish has become the largest DTH platform with reach of more than 43 million households.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)
• The National Commission for Women launched an Anti-Human Trafficking Cell.
• The Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba has informed the Lok Sabha that IFFCO has developed nanotechnology-based Nano Urea (Liquid) fertilizer.
• National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) under the Ministry of Ayush has prepared a draft scheme namely “Pradhan Manti VRIKSH-AYUSH Yojana” for promotion of Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Post-harvest management and Marketing support by involving farmers and the Ayush industry.
• The government has further extended the existing Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) till September 30,2022.
• The General Assembly approved the decision on December 8, 2005, and declared April 4 of each year to be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
• Minister of State for Culture & External Affairs, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi launched the website ‘Temple 360’ in an event organized by Ministry of Culture at IGNCA Ampitheatre, Indira Gandhi National Centre of Arts, New Delhi under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• The 4th India Boat & Marine Show (IBMS) was held at Bolgatty Palace in Kochi in Kerala between 25th March and 27th March 2022.
• Unemployment rate in the country is decreasing with the economy slowly returning to normal, according to CMIE data.
• On April 02, 2022, commemorating 60 Glorious years of service by Chetak Helicopter in IAF, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a Conclave hosted by Indian Air Force at Air Force Station, Hakimpet.
• Chief Justice of India NV Ramana launched ‘Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records’ (FASTER), a digital platform to communicate interim orders, stay orders, bail orders etc of the apex court to the concerned authorities through a secured electronic communication channel.
• The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested 1,459 touts and blocked 366 IRCTC agent IDs and 6,751 personal IDs as part of a month-long pan-India drive against illegal ticketing.
• Walmart-backed E-commerce giant Flipkart announced that it has constituted Flipkart Foundation.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement ( IndAus ECTA) was inked by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan in a virtual ceremony.
• The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) signed an agreement with the Indian company Adani Ports and SEZ Limited to set up an Indian Economic Zone at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) in Mirsarai of Chattogram.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba met in New Delhi with the two countries launching multiple initiatives as well as signing four crucial agreements in multiple domains.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• Newly-elected Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant presented the state Budget of Rs 24, 467crore for 2022-23 in the legislative assembly.
• According to the annual flagship report titled State of World Population 2022 Seeing the Unseen : The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy released by UNFPA, nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year throughout the world, are unintended.
• On April 04, 2022, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy virtually inaugurated 13 new districts and the inauguration took place via video conferencing organized at his office camp in Tadepalli in the Guntur district,AP.
• The Arunachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Board (APSBB), in collaboration with WWF India, will be developing the state biodiversity strategy and action plan (SBSAP) in New Delhi during a meeting presided by state Environment and Forest Minister Mama Natung.
• Leh Administration has set to sign a tripartite agreement to develop Hanley as Dark Sky Sanctuary and Leh Hill Council, WildLife and Tourism departments will jointly develop the area for Astro Tourism.
• The Assam Cabinet approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the environment and forest department of the State and Agence Francaise de Development, a French funding agency, to foster bilateral dialogue in the field of environment.
• Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ in a bid to ensure 100 per cent enrolment in primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh.
• Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Establishing the ‘Nandini Ksheera Samridhi Cooperative Bank’ is a revolutionary initiative, which will provide greater financial strength for the milk producers.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank and Shoppers Stop, India’s leading fashion and beauty destination have joined hands to launch co-branded credit cards & The credit cards will be available in two categories, Shoppers Stop HDFC Bank Credit Card & Shoppers Stop BLACK HDFC Bank Credit Card.

• The deadline to link a permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhaar will end on March 31.
• MG Motor India has announced the launch of e-Pay, a one-stop online car finance platform for an end-to-end digital auto finance process that provides instant loan approvals.
• The commodity market is a buzz again with Wheat and Maize harvesting in the field and sales starting on the Tech platform ‘GrainBank’ (developed by Ergos).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• The Maharashtra government launched a scheme to provide personal loans for prisoners & the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank will give loans under the scheme up to Rs 50,000 at an interest rate of 7 per cent.
• Google Pay has partnered with Pine Labs to launch Tap to Pay for UPI – a functionality that aims to bring the seamless convenience of Tap to Pay to UPI.
• State-owned Central Bank of India has selected ID to implement digital know your customer (KYC), video KYC and eKYC for its network across India.
• HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co. has launched a digital customer engagement and rewards programme – VAULT an industry-first digital customer engagement and rewards program.
• The government plans to sell upto 1.5% equity stake in state-run oil and gas giant ONGC Ltd via an offer for sale of equity shares over two days beginning on March 29, to raise upto Rs 3,000 crore.
• Indian private lender IDBI Bank has announced plans to sell its stake in the life insurance joint venture with Ageas Insurance International and Federal Bank.
• Nabet India and PNB Housing Finance Pvt Ltd joined hands to carry out a special women’s health and wellness initiative.
• Capital markets regulator Sebi imposed fines totaling Rs 25 lakh on five entities for conducting non-genuine trades in the illiquid stock option segment in BSE.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and HSBC India have signed an agreement to establish a $100 million partial-guarantee programme to support more than 400,000 (0.4 million) micro-borrowers and mostly women-run microenterprises across India.
• Financial services company FinMapp has received a licence from Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) under the National Pension Scheme (NPS).
• The Reserve Bank of India has extended the timeline for implementation of cassette swap in all ATMs by banks by one year till March 31, 2023.
• The Reserve Bank of India has decided to reduce the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for states and Union Territories to Rs 47,010 crore from Rs 51,560 crore, in view of improvement in the pandemic situation.
• The Reserve Bank of India has announced the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the first half of the financial year 2022-23 (April 2022 to September 2022) will be ₹1,50,000 crore.
• Redeemption Digital Technology Private Limited has soft-launched India’s first KYC-compliant crypto token – Redeemption.
• Chairperson of SEBI Madhabi Puri Buch in association with the other market infrastructure institutions and QRTAs, has announced the launch of ‘Manthan’, an Ideathon for supporting new ideas and innovations in the securities market.
• The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Economic Outlook Survey has estimated India’s GDP to grow at 4% in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23) with a minimum and maximum growth estimate of 6.0 per cent and 7.8 per cent, respectively.
• Aegon Life, a digital life insurance company, has partnered Ahalia Finforex, a Kerala-based diversified financial services firm, to provide life insurance access to the unorganized and unserved segments residing in tier 2, tier 3, and tier 4 towns.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• General MM Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff presented the prestigious ‘President’s Colours’ to two battalions of the Dogra Regiment, namely 20 DOGRA and 21 DOGRA during an impressive Colour Presentation Parade held at the Dogra Regimental Centre, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh.
• The Stockholm Water Prize 2022 has been awarded by The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to Professor Wilfried Brutsaert for his innovative advertisement evaluating environmental evaporation.
• The 64th Annual Grammy Awards were held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada & it recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021.
• Mumbai-based Scroll.in reporter Aarefa Johari has won the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson 2021.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Payments Council of India (PCI), a payments ecosystem industry body and a part of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has re-elected Vishwas Patel as the chairman of PCI for the second term in 2022.
• On 28th March, 2022 the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi appointed Renu Singh as Director of the premier Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) extended the term of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg by a year until September 30, 2023.

• Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela has been sworn in for a second term after his ruling Labor Party won the 2022 general election in a landslide victory.

• India’s Aprajita Sharrma, has been appointed as the vice-chairperson of Council Standing Committee on Administration and Management of International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
• S. Raju, has taken over the charge of Director General (DG) of Geological Survey of India (GSI) with effect from April 01, 2022.
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Dr Arunabha Ghosh to his new ‘High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities’.
• Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund, a joint venture of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited (Mahindra Finance) and Manulife Investment Management (Singapore) Pvt Ltd announced the appointment of Anthony Heredia as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mahindra Manulife Investment Management Private Limited, effective April 1.
• The UN’s top rights body United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has appointed Dr Ian Fry as an expert on climate change and human rights for the first time.
• In Hungary, nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban won a fourth successive term in the General election.
• On April 04, 2022, The Indian government appointed senior Indian Foreign Service officer Vinay Mohan Kwatra as the new foreign secretary & he replaced incumbent Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, a 1984-batch IFS officer who will superannuate on April 30, 2022.

• Vikas Kumar, a 1988-batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
• Consumer healthcare app PharmEasy has launched its latest campaign #GharBaitheBaitheTakeItEasy featuring Bollywood star Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador.
• Serbia’s incumbent president, Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic, He has secured 59.5% of votes in a presidential election, the State Election Commission stated after counting 87.67% of ballots.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• Multinational conglomerate LuLu Group International signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government to invest Rs 3,500 crore in Tamil Nadu to build two shopping malls and set up an export-oriented food processing unit.
• The chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya Himanta Biswa Sarma & Conrad Sangma signed an agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to resolve part of their five-decade-old inter-state border dispute in six of the 12 locations along the 9 km border.
• The Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India, signed two contracts worth a total of 3,102 Crores with the Bengaluru and Hyderabad Units of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), at New Delhi.
• India’s Khanij Bidesh India (KABIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to invest $6 million with Australia’s Critical Minerals Facilitation Office (CMFO) on lithium and cobalt identification projects in Australia in the next six months.
• Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and Tawazun Economic Council (TEC), United Arab Emirates, have exchanged Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore new business opportunities in various areas of mutual interest in the field of defence.
• As a part of Manipur Olympian Park and at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex, the Manipur state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with tech-giant Samsung Data System India and Abhitech IT Solutions for setting up a world class ‘Sports Digital Experience Centre’
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has signed an MoU with the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir (DSEK), for promoting Commerce Education among students of the Union Territory of J&K.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPS & SERVICES

• Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has launched the Broadcast Seva Portal in New Delhi.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin launched ‘Kaaval Uthavi’ app containing 60 features that will help seek police assistance during any emergency.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : DEFENCE NEWS

• The 20th edition of the Bilateral Naval Exercise between Indian and French Navies – ‘VARUNA’ is being conducted in the Arabian Sea from March 30 to April 03, 2022.
• The maiden edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMEX-22) was conducted at Goa and in Arabian Sea from 26 – 30 March 2022.
• Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 316, the Navy’s second P-8l aircraft squadron, will be commissioned at Indian Navy Ship (INS) Hansa Naval air base in Goa in the presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar.
• China’s modified version of the Long March-6 carrier rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province & sent two satellites into preset orbits.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Pixxel, a space-technology startup, has successfully launched its first fully-fledged commercial satellite Shakuntala (Technology Demonstrator-2) with the SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket which was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, US.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has acquired 7.84 percent stake in the open public digital infrastructure framework entity, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), through an investment of Rs 10 crore.
• HDFC Limited will merge with HDFC Bank, creating a banking behemoth.
• State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Border Security Force to offer special benefits to the serving and retired BSF personnel and family pensioners through the Central Armed Police Salary Package (CAPSP) Scheme.
• HP has completed its acquisition of Poly for $1.7 billion in an all-cash deal worth $3.3 billion when debt is factored in.
• Citibank has announced that it has reached an agreement with Axis Bank for the sale of Citi’s consumer businesses in India.
• Four public sector lenders — State Bank of India, Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank and Union Bank of India — their stakes in India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL) have come down to 5 per cent each.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : RANKING & INDEX

• HDFC Bank has been adjudged the Best Performing Bank in SHG Linkage by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India at a function organised at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
• Uttar Pradesh has reclaimed its position as the top producing State in vegetables relegating West Bengal to the second position after two years, but this time the difference between the two is more than a million tonnes.
• Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar is ranked into the top 10 list of self-made women billionaires in the world with a massive $7.6 billion wealth according to a compilation Hurun Richest self-made women billionaire in the world 2022 released by the Hurun Research Institute.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : BOOKS & AUTHORS

• A new book titled “Crunch Time: Narendra Modi’s National Security Crises” has been released.
• Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Education and Skill Development, has released a book named “Birsa Munda – Janjatiya Nayak.”
• Devika Rangachari, an award-winning children’s author and historian, has written a new novel called “Queen of Fire,” which tells the narrative of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SPORTS NEWS

• Virat Kohli has emerged as the most valued celebrity in India for the fifth year in a row, topping the Duff & Phelps Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2021 despite seeing a dip in his brand value to $185.7 million last year from a high of $237.7 million in 2020.
• Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year award.
• Sportswear giant Adidas has unveiled Al Rihla – the official match ball for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
• Ann Mariya M.T. from Kerala won the women’s 87-kilogram gold medal with a national record aggregate of 231 kg on the concluding day of the National weightlifting championships at the KIIT University campus in Bhubaneswar.
• Meghalaya is all set to host the 83rd National Table Tennis Championship 2022 scheduled to begin from April 18th till 25th, 2022 at SAI Indoor Training Centre, NEHU in Shillong.
• Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur and Governor of Karnataka, TC Gehlot launched the logo, jersey, mascot and anthem of the Khelo India University Games 2021 (KIUG 2021) on April 01, 2022, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
• Australia defeated England by 71 runs to win the ICC Women’s World Cup in Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Iga Swiatek of Poland won the 2022 Miami Open tennis tournament by defeating Naomi Osaka of Japan in the final match, 6-4, 6-0.
• Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur launched six new and rare Reference Materials (RMs), the highest form of chemical required for anti-doping analysis in all World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratories throughout the world.
• The Centre has sanctioned three crore 65,00,000 rupees for international exposure trips of Indian Athletics and Yachting teams.
• The 2022 Miami Open (also known as the Miami Masters, and currently branded as the Miami Open presented by Itaú for sponsorship reasons) tennis tournament was the 37th edition of the men’s and women’s event, held from March 22 to April 3, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
• The 75th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy will kick off on April 16 with a match between traditional powerhouses West Bengal and Punjab at the Kottappadi Stadium in Malappuram, Kerala.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : OBITUARIES

• Belgian footballer Miguel Van Damme passed away at the age of 28 following a lengthy battle with Leukaemia.
• Former chief minister of Sikkim – BB Gurung passed away at 92 years

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