China
has accused India of violating the World
Trade Organization WTO’s “principle
of non-discrimination” after the India
tweaked its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy to make its approval mandatory for firms in neighbouring
countries to invest in Indian companies.
Every
year, 21st April is
celebrated as the Civil Services Day by
the Government of India. It is celebrated as an occasion for the civil servants to rededicate themselves to
the causes of citizens and renew their commitments to public service and
excellence in work.
World Creativity and Innovation Day is
observed on 21 April. The day aims to encourage people to generate new ideas to
make the world a better place to live in. The day aims to inspire people to
live a more creative life.
Secretary's day or Administrative Professionals Day is
observed on 21 April in India. The day aims to celebrate the administrative
professionals who work as the glue in keeping a business together. The
Secretary's week is observed on the last full week in April of each year.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) constructed
the Daporijo bridge over Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh in a record span of just 27 days.
Chandigarh city uses Vehicle tracking applications and GPS (Global
Positioning System) enabled smartwatches for waste collection drivers in its
fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
Waste
Collection.
A high-speed magnetic Random Access Memory (RAM)
has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, Himachal
Pradesh.
Himachal Pradesh government has rolled
out “e-sanjeevani-opd” for free
online medical consultation to sick people who were feeling uncomfortable to
visit hospitals in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
ICICI bank has rolled out a new feature
of voice banking services on Amazon Alexa
and Google Assistant for its customers. It will enable customers
to BankWithTheirVoice and get
answers to banking queries, check account balance & transactions, credit
card due date and more.
Due
to Covid-19 lockdown hospitals
across India are facing acute shortage of
blood and have started contacting individual blood donors to meet
the demand.
According
to a report by the Delhi Pollution Control
Committee (DPCC), the quality
of water in the river Yamuna has improved along the Delhi stretch,
compared to April 2019. DPCC, along with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) carried out the study
after being asked by a National Green
Tribunal (NGT) appointed monitoring committee.
The
Union Health Minister has recently asserted that lockdowns and social
distancing are the most effective “social vaccines” available to fight the pandemic (Covid-19).
The Union Minister of Finance attended the 5th Annual Meeting of the Board of
Governors of New Development Bank
(NDB) through video-conference in New Delhi.
Veteran
author Sudha Murty’s first book in an audio
format titled “How the Onion Got Its Layers” is released.This is the
second book of the chapter series by Murty, the first being “How the Sea Became Salty”.
Kapil Dev Tripathi was appointed as
the Secretary to President Ram Nath
Kovind on 20 April. His appointment was approved by the
Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Private sector lender City Union Bank reappointed N Kamakodi as the Managing Director (MD)
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank. The appointment was approved by
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Former Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has
passed away. He was the sixth Prime Minister of Fiji and served from 2000 to
2006.
BMW Group President and CEO Rudratej Singh has
passed away. He was the first Indian to
lead the BMW India operations and was appointed as the head of India operations
from August 1, 2019.
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