Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 8, 2022

April 8, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 8, 2022.

INDIA

– Both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh releases 3rd positive indigenisation list to develop India as defence manufacturing hub

– IDFC to sell its mutual fund business to consortium led by Bandhan Financial Holding Limited for Rs 4,500 crore

– Bandhan Financial is the holding company of Kolkata-based private sector lender Bandhan Bank

– Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) notifies changes to the voluntary liquidation regulations, timeframe for a corporate to exit the business reduced to 90 days if no claims are received from any creditor

– Infosys and Rolls-Royce launch ‘Aerospace Engineering and Digital Innovation Centre’ in Bengaluru

– Tata Group company Tata Digital launches super app Tata Neu

WORLD

– Russia suspended from UN Human Rights Council by 193-member UN General Assembly; voting: 93 in favour, 24 against, 58 abstentions, including India

– Deputy speaker’s ruling that dismissed a no-confidence motion faced by PM Imran Khan’s government on April 3 prima facie violates rule: Pakistan Chief Justice

– World Health Day celebrated on April 7; theme: ‘Our planet, our health’

– International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda observed by UN on April 7