Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 19, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 19, 2022.
INDIA
– Lt Gen Manoj Pande becomes first engineer to be appointed Army chief
– Gujarat: PM visits Command & Control Centre for Schools (Vidhya Samiksha Kendra) in Gandhinagar
– President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates Diamond Jubilee celebrations of India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi
– National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval inaugurates 10-days National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise in New Delhi
– India, Finland announce decision to establish Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing
– Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth arrives on 8-day visit to India
– India assures Mongolia of help in space, telecom and energy sectors
– Legendary Odia singer and music director Prafulla Kar dies at 83
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– World Bank report says extreme poverty in India declines 12.3% during 2011-2019
– WPI inflation hits 4-month high of 14.55% in March as crude, commodity prices spike
– Enforcement Directorate (ED) attaches assets worth over Rs 757 cr of Amway India Enterprises Private Ltd; company accused of running a multi-level marketing scam
WORLD
– World Bank cuts its global growth forecast for 2022 from 3.2% from 4.1%,
– Google launches ‘Switch to Android’ app allowing Apple users to move their data from iPhone to Android
– World Heritage Day celebrated on April 18, theme: ‘Heritage and Climate’
SPORTS
– India finish third in Asia-Oceania Billie Jean King Cup women’s tennis tournament in Antalya, Turkey
– Haryana defeats Tamil Nadu in final to win Hockey India Senior Men’s National Championships in Bhopal
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Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
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