Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: April 21, 2021

April 21, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 21, 2021:

Cyclone Amphan of 2020 resulted in $14 billion economic losses in India: UN’s ‘State of the Global Climate 2020’ report
Covid-19: First ‘Oxygen Express’ train leaves from Mumbai region to Vizag in AP
Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership (AIIPOIP) grant program launched to widen Indo-Pacific partnership with India

Former RBI Governor (1977) Maidavolu Narasimham dies in Hyderabad at 94
India’s crude oil output drops 5% to 30.5 million tonnes, gas production falls 8% to 28.67 billion cubic meters in 2020-21: Govt data
Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval for amendments to Finance Bill, 2021
Cabinet gives ex post facto approval to MoU between DG of Trade Remedies, India and the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission
Cabinet approves MoU between Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Administrative Council for Economic Defense of Brazil, (CADE)
Cabinet approved MoU between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, (CA ANZ)
Cabinet approved an exclusive subsidy policy for urea produced through coal gasification by Talcher Fertilizers Limited.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) allows Boeing 737 MAX 8s to overfly India after 2-year ban

Global CO2 emissions set for second-biggest spike in history: says IEA in its Global Energy Review 2021
Cuba’s Communist Party chooses President Miguel Díaz-Canel as leader
Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale (1977-81) dies at 93