Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 9, 2021:

PM Modi participates in virtual meeting with President of Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan; the two leaders jointly inaugurate New Magistrates’ Court Building in Seychelles capital Mahe, a fast patrol vessel (FPV) christened as ‘PS Zoroaster’, one MW solar power plant and 10 HICDPs (High Impact Community Development Projects)
India-Bahrain High Joint Commission meeting held in New Delhi; co-chaired by EAM S. Jaishankar and his Bahrain counterpart Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
1st meeting of India-Maldives Joint Working Group on ‘Counter Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism and De-Radicalisation’ held on a virtual platform
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria flies Su-30MKI fighter jet in Bengaluru to witness its ‘capability enhancement’
Indian Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Bharat Pannu breaks two Guinness World Records for fastest solo cycling
Army Chief Gen. M. M. Naravane leaves for Bangladesh on 5-day visit
Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant Human Attacks using Bees) will soon be replicated in all states: Govt.
Try artificial rain to douse forest fires: Uttarakhand High Court tells state govt.
Varanasi Court orders ASI probe into Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute

RBI doubles limit of maximum balance that an individual customer can hold with payments banks to Rs 2 lakh

India contributes $500,000 to United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism; India’s total contribution now USD 1.05 million.
BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) nations ask developed economies to provide finance to developing nations to battle climate change
Australian air force to call its personnel aviators rather than airmen, women comprise 20%
Recovery underway after worst global recession since World War II: IMF MD Christine Georgieva
France: President Emmanuel Macron announces plans to scrap elite ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration) graduate school and replace it with a new institute; ENA seen as symbol of elitism