Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: April 22, 2021

April 22, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 22, 2021:

India ranked 142nd on 2021 World Press Freedom Index by French NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Civil Services Day celebrated on April 21
You are not exploring all avenues to augment oxygen supply: Delhi HC to Centre
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin neutralises the double-mutant coronavirus strain: ICMR
Nashik (Maharashtra): 24 patients die due to interrupted supply of oxygen at hospital run by municipal corporation
Control rooms for migrant workers reactivated by Union Labour and Employment Ministry
Noted Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh dies at 90; had won Padma Bhushan, Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi awards

Covid-19 surge: Govt waives import duty on Remdesivir API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients), injections and specific inputs till Oct 31
IIT Kharagpur commercialises its COVIRAP diagnostic technology that detects infectious diseases including COVID-19
CEA, CEEW launch Renewable Dashboard for detailed operational info on RE projects in India
India ranks 87th in WEF’s global Energy Transition Index (ETI) among 115 countries

India elected by acclamation to three bodies of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2022
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Executive Board of the U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (U.N. Women)
Executive Board of the World Food Programme

India should be a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ for Religious Freedom: US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
Sri Lanka asks Chinese ship to leave Hambantota port after radioactive material found
Australia cancels deals of Victoria state with China on “Belt and Road” infrastructure building signed in 2018-19
U. proposes rules for high-risk artificial intelligence uses such as live facial scanning
Indonesian submarine ‘KRI Nanggala 402’ goes missing with 53 people on board
Former Minneapolis (US) police officer Derek Chauvin convicted for killing George Floyd
EU nations agree to cut emissions by at least 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels
Greece lends Patriot air defence system to Saudi Arabia to protect critical energy facilities
World Creativity and Innovation Day celebrated by UN on April 21
Chinese Language Day observed by UN on April 20