Regular current affairs viable of 21st April 2021.

Regular current affairs viable of 21st April 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 21st April 2021. covering the following news headlines: Water Sports and Adventure Institute, Ramayana, Cuba, Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme, World Press Freedom Index 2021.

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So, here is the GK update of 21st April 2021 to help you prepare the Current affairs part. After reading this section, you can successfully attempt current affairs quiz.

Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows:

• National News
• State News
• International News
• Ranks and Reports News
• Agreements News
• Science and Technology News
• Important Days
• Miscellaneous News
• Obituaries News

National News

1. Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurates first-ever online exhibition on Ramayana

• Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture (I / C), Prahlad Singh Patel, literally inaugurated the first online exhibition on the epic of Ramayana, the epic written by Maharishi Valmiki on the occasion of World Heritage Day 2021.
• The online exhibition is titled “Ram Katha: The Story of Ram through Indian Stories”.
• It shows a collection of 79 miniature paintings from different art schools in India from the 19th century onwards. The collection of paintings is taken from the National Museum, New Delhi.

State News

2.  AP launched Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme

• The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has released the first installment of Rs 672 crore under the Jagannath Vidya Deewana Yojana for the year 2021-22 at the earliest. It compensated the fees of 10.88 lakh students.
• So far, 4, 879 crore rupees have been distributed under the Jaganna Vidya Diwan scheme.
• This scheme mainly focuses on students pursuing higher education. Its main objective is to provide fee compensation to more than 14 lakh students of the state.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams: 

• Andhra Pradesh Chief minister: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
• Andhra Pradesh Governor: Biswabhusan Harichandan.

International News

3. Miguel Díaz-Canel to succeed Raúl Castro as the President of Cuba

• Miguel Mario Diaz-Cannel has been officially commissioned as the first minister of the ‘Communist Party of Cuba’, soon after the resignation of Raul Castro. The Communist Party’s ministerial one-party ruling is the most influential position in Cuba.
• Diaz-Canel now holds two of Cuba’s most important positions, being the head of the party and the president of the state.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

• Cuba Continent: North America;
• Cuba Capital: Havana;
• Cuba Currency: Cuban peso.

Ranks and Reports News

4. India Ranks 142 in World Press Freedom Index 2021

• India has been ranked 142nd out of 180 countries in the latest World Press Freedom Index 2021 released on April 20, 2021. India was also ranked 142 in 2020.
• Norway has retained the top spot for its fifth year, followed by Finland and Denmark in second and third place. Eritrea is at the bottom of the indicator mark at 180th position.
• To evaluate the state of the freedom of the press in 180 countries and territories, the International Journal of Not-for-Profit body, “Reporters Without Borders (RSF)”, is published every year as an indicator.

Agreements News

5. India-Germany enter into agreement to prevent plastic waste entering oceans

• The Government of India and Germany have signed an agreement for technical cooperation in enhancing practices to prevent plastics from entering the marine environment at a virtual ceremony in New Delhi.
• The project named ‘Energy Combating Plastic Entering the Marine Environment‘ will be implemented for a period of three and a half years.
• The outcome of the project is entirely in accordance with the objectives of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, with a focus on sustainable concrete waste management and Prime Minister Modi’s vision to gradually remove single-use plastics by 2022.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams: 

• Germany Capital: Berlin, Currency: Euro, Chancellor: Angela Merkel.

Science and Technology News

6. NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Takes Flight On Mars

• NASA successfully flew its small helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, its first flight to another planet, and a top engineer called “the moment of our Wright brothers”.
• Data and images from autonomous flight were sent back to Earth 173 million miles (278 million kilometers) where they were received by NASA’s ground antennas and processed more than three hours later.
• The mini 4-pound (1.8-kg) copter also produced a little wing fabric from a similar history-making right flyer in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

• Headquarters of NASA: Washington D.C., United States.
• NASA Founded: 1 October 1958.
• Acting Administrator of NASA: Steve Jurczyk.

Important Days

7. World Creativity and Innovation Day: 21 April

• World Creativity and Innovation Day is celebrated globally on 21 April every year. The day is celebrated to raise awareness of the importance of creativity and innovation in problem solving in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals of the organized nation, also known as the “Global Goals”.
• World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) was established on 25 May 2001 in Toronto, Canada. The founder of the day was Canadian Marcy Sehgal. Sehgal was investigating creativity at the International Center for Studies in Creativity in 1977.

8. National Civil Services Day: 21 April

• In India, India Civil Service Day is observed every year on 21 April. It is a day to appreciate the good work done by the officials engaged in public administration, in the separate departments of the Central and State Governments.
• The Government of India had chosen 21 April as National Civil Service Day as the first Home Minister of the country, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, requested the newly appointed Administrative Service Officers in 1947.
• The historic occasion took place at Metcalf House, Delhi. In his address, he called the civil servants the ‘Steel Frame of India’.

Miscellaneous News

9. Priyanka Mohite becomes first Indian woman to scale Mt Annapurna

• Priyanka Mohite of Satara in Western Maharashtra has attained Mount Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain peak in the world, becoming the first Indian female climber to achieve success.
• Mount Annapurna is a massif of the Himalayas in Nepal, which includes a peak of more than 8,000 meters and is considered to be one of the most difficult mountains to climb.

10.  ITBP Water Sports & Adventure Institute inaugurated in Tehri

• The Water Sports and Adventure Institute (WSAI) has been set up by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand.
• The institute was inaugurated on Friday by Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju.
• The Institute of Mountaineering and Skiing of the ITBP at Auli will run the institute independently, providing training in sports and sports activities related to air, water and land.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

• ITBP Headquarters: New Delhi, India.
• ITBP Founded: 24 October 1962.
• ITBP DG: S S Deswal.

Obituaries News

11. Former RBI Governor Maidavolu Narasimham passes away

• Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Maidavolu Narasimham has died. He was known as the “father of Indian banking reform”.
• He was the 13th Governor of RBI and served from 2 May 1977 to 30 November 1977. He was also known as the chairman of two high-powered committees on banking and financial sector reforms.

12. Former US Vice President Walter Mondale Passes Away

• He was the 13th Governor of RBI and served from 2 May 1977 to 30 November 1977. He was also known as the chairman of two high-powered committees on banking and financial sector reforms.
• He served as Vice President from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. He also served as the US Ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996 under Bill Clinton.

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