Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: April 20, 2021

April 20, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 20, 2021:

All above age of 18 years to get COVID-19 vaccine from May 1
States allowed to use 50% of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) in 2021-22 to curb pandemic surge
INAS 323 commissioned at Goa as first unit of indigenously built ALH MK III enters Naval Service
Indian Navy’s INS Suvarna seizes over 300 kgs of narcotic substances in the Arabian Sea
National Film Award-winning Marathi Director Sumitra Bhave passes away at 78
J&K: Red flags on Indian Army vehicles replaced with white-and-blue ones
Indian Army’s mobile training team (IA-MTT) trains Nigerian Army in guerrilla warfare in Nigeria
Railways to map festivals along the tracks to prevent fatalities
Nagaland govt. sets up panel on the issue of preparing RIIN (Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland)

DRDD’s DEBEL (Defence Bio-Engineering and Electro Medical Laboratory), Bengaluru develops SpO2 (Blood Oxygen Saturation) Supplemental Oxygen Delivery System
SpO2 is an automatic system that delivers supplemental oxygen based on the SpO2 levels and prevents the patient from sinking into a state of Hypoxia, which is fatal in most cases, if sets in

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal launches Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)
SISFS aims to provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialization
Seed funding will be provided to eligible startups (incubatees) through eligible incubators across India

US retains India in currency manipulator watch list due to huge dollar purchases by RBI
Sivasubramanian Ramann takes charge as CMD of SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India)
Advertising professional and former FCB Ulka Chairman Anil ‘Billy’ Kapoor dies at 74

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter makes history with successful flight on planet Mars
Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul awarded Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize by PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)
World Heritage Day (International Day for Monuments and Sites) celebrated on April 18, theme: “Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures”
World liver day observed on April 19, theme: ‘Keep your liver healthy and disease-free.’

Indian men at Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan: Gold won by Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg), silvers won by Deepak Punia (86kg) & Bajrang Punia (65kg), bronze medals won by Karan Mor (70kg), Narsingh Yadav (79kg) and Satyawart Kadian (97kg)
India’s women’s tennis team lose 1-3 to Latvia in the Billie Jean King Cup World Group playoff
IAS officer Siddharth Singh Longjam appointed new Director-General of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
Football Olympian Ahmed Hussain Lala dies in Bengaluru at 89, played in 1956 Melbourne Olympics
Hockey player-turned-umpire Anupama Puchimanda dies in Bengaluru at 40
Barcelona win Copa del Rey football tournament at Seville in Spain
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge wins Enschede marathon in Netherlands
Stefanos Tsitsipas wins men’s singles title at Monte Carlo Masters tennis in Monaco
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins Formula One Emilia Romagna