Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: April 11, 2021

April 11, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 11, 2021:

West Bengal Assembly elections: 4 killed in CISF firing at a polling booth in Cooch Behar district
Centre to observe ‘Tika Utsav’ on April 11-14 across the country; aim to vaccinate maximum eligible people
World Homeopathy Day celebrated on April 10; the birth anniversary of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843)
World Homeopathy Day theme for India: “Homeopathy- Roadmap for Integrative Medicine”
S. Swaminathan felicitated for work towards TB eradication by Chennai-based NGO REACH
CSIR removes NEERI (National Environment Engineering and Research Institute), Nagpur head Rakesh Kumar as Director over corruption allegations

BASIC nations oppose European Union’s idea of ‘carbon border tax’ as part of its green push; call it trade barrier
ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) launches ‘Little Guru’ app to promote Sanskrit learning, in the Indian embassy at Beijing
La Soufrière volcano erupts on Caribbean island of St. Vincent
Indonesia: 6.0 magnitude earthquake on Java Island kills seven
Sri Lanka: Jaffna Mayor Viswalingam Manivannan arrested for ‘promoting LTTE ideology’; released on bail
Iran unveils advanced nuclear centrifuges at Natanz uranium enrichment plant
UAE names first female astronaut Noura al-Matroushi for its space programme
China imposes $2.8 bn penalty on Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group in monopoly probe

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurates Khelo India State Centre of Excellence for Rowing at Water Sports Academy in Srinagar
Women wrestlers Anshu Malik (57 kg), Sonam Malik (62 kg) qualify for Tokyo Olympics