Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 15, 2022

April 15, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 15, 2022.

INDIA

– Sabka Vikas Maha Quiz contest launched to build awareness about various Govt schemes

– PM Modi inaugurates Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya at Teen Murti Estate in New Delhi; covers the lives and contributions of all the 14 former Prime Ministers of the country.

– IMD predicts normal South West Monsoon in country

– Govt. lays down norms for quota in promotions; departments asked to collect data on SC/ST representation

– Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras sign MoU for technology development and finding indigenous solutions towards sustenance of weapon systems

– Contractor’s death: Karnataka Minister K. S. Eshwarappa announces resignation on charges of abetment to suicide

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– Finance Ministry waives customs duty on cotton imports till September 30

– Dornier 228 aircraft manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) takes first commercial flight from Dibrugarh (Assam) to Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh)

– Telangana govt. to buy entire quantity of paddy cultivated in current rabi season after centre’s refusal to buy

– Manufacture of Apple’s iPhone 13 begins in India at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu

– Economist Prabhat Patnaik wins Malcolm Adiseshiah Award

WORLD

– World Chagas Disease Day observed by WHO on April 14

– More than 77 million people worldwide slipped into poverty in 2021: UN

– IMF to launch Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) in May to help “low-income and vulnerable middle-income countries” cope with protracted challenges like pandemics and climate change

– Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41.39 billion