Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 2, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 2, 2022.
INDIA
– Train service between Jayanagar (Bihar) in India and Kurtha in Nepal, a stretch of 34.5 km, to start from April 2
– Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi
– President Ram Nath Kovind arrives at Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
– Nepal’s PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India on three-day visit
– Punjab Assembly passes unanimous resolution seeking transfer of Chandigarh to state; Chandigarh is joint capital of Punjab & Haryana
– NCLT allows govt to take over management of Delhi Gymkhana Club; Centre cited “violations” of companies law by the club
– UP CM Yogi Adityanath directs activation of anti-Romeo squads for safety of women
– Gujarat Assembly passes bill that aims to tackle stray cattle menace in urban areas
– BJP becomes 1st party to exceed 100 seats in Rajya Sabha after 1990
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Unity Small Finance Bank pays Rs 3,800 cr to 850,000 PMC (Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank) Bank depositors; two banks were merged in January 2022
– India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by USD 2 billion in the week to March 25 to USD 617.648 billion
– Vikas Kumar takes charge as new managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
WORLD
– US to release 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from its strategic reserve in an effort to tame the elevated gas prices
– Russian troops leave heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear site after returning control to the Ukrainians
SPORTS
– Khelo India University Games Logo and mascot launched in Bengaluru
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