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International Dance Day observed on 29th April EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? International Dance
International Dance Day : april 29
Day
When? April 29
By: ITI

1st OBSRVD: 1982 ITI

HQ: paris,france
Theme: “access and safety”. Founded:1948
DG: Tobias Biancone;

Highlights : Recent News:

•The International Dance Day is observed globally on 29 April every year.
The day celebrates the value and importance of the dance and encourages •World theatre Day 2022
participation and education in this art form through events and festivals. celebrates on 27th March
•This day is also celebrated to promote the multiple benefits of dancing, to
recognize dance as a stress reliever, expressing oneself, a way of celebrating
happiness, and an activity that brings people together.
•International Dance Day to be celebrated every year on the 29th of April,
the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), creator of modern ballet
Obituaries
Veteran actor Kenneth Tsang dies in Hong Kong EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Passed Away : Kenneth Tsang Who? Kenneth tsang

Field: hongkong actor Field? Hong kong actor

Born: shanghai,china Born? Shanghai,china

Highlights :
•The veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang has died in a Covid-19
quarantine hotel in the city.
Recent News
•Tsang was best known internationally for his action roles in the 2002
•Actor-screenwriter Shiv
James Bond film Die Another Day, John Woo’s The Killer in 1989, Rush Kumar Subramaniam passes
Hour 2 in 2001, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. away
•Tsang had 237 acting credits, mainly in Tsang won the Best Supporting
Actor Award at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015. and television
productions, and especially in detective and martial arts movies
MOU
NTPC signs MoU with Energy Vault for gravity-based energy storage EXPECTED QUESTIONS
technology What? MOU with NTPC
by? Energy vault

NTPC
CMD:gurdeep singh
HQ:new delhi
Found:1975
Energy vault
CEO:Robert Allen Piconi
Highlights: Hq:lugano,switzerland
Found: 2017
•India’s largest power generating firm NTPC Limited has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Swiss energy storage company
Energy Vault Holdings for gravity-based energy storage technology. Recent News
•The objective of the MoU is to collaborate and formalise a long-term strategic
partnership for the deployment of Energy Vault’s EVx™ gravity-based energy •IIT Bombay, L&T
storage technology and software solutions. Collaborate To Develop
•The technology also offers beneficial utilisation of coal ash for manufacturing Green Hydrogen
of composite blocks for Energy Vault’s gravity-based energy storage system. Technology
Partnership
Netflix & GoI collaborate for video series on ‘women change-makers’ EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Partners with I&B
ministry
by? Netflix india
Netflix
CEO: ted sarandos
Hq: california US
Founded: 1997
I&B ministry
Anurag singh thakur
Highlights: Cons: hamirpur,HP

•Netflix India, in collaboration with the Information & Broadcasting

Ministry, has released a series of short video series under an initiative
called ‘Azadi Ki Amrit Kahaniya’, highlighting the role of women achievers.
Recent News
•As part of a broader partnership, the global OTT platform will also conduct
workshops and masterclasses for the skill development of Indian filmmakers. •Kerala signed MoU with
•Netflix and ministry will partner to develop a creative ecosystem by the Netherlands for
“Cosmos Malabaricus”
organizing training programs for post-production, VFX, animation, and music
Project
production among others and will be organized on the ground and virtually.
Defence
India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to be handed over to EXPECTED QUESTIONS
Navy in May What? INS vikrant
by? Indian navy

Indian navy
Chief: R.hari kumar
HQ: new delhi
Found: 1950

Highlights:
•The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) will hand over India's first
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) which will be named 'INS Vikrant' to
Recent News
the Indian Navy next month.
•IAC is 60 per cent indigenously made, while the remaining 40 per cent
•Scorpene-class Submarine
of its components are imported .
‘VAGSHEER’ inaugurated at
•It can also make aircraft carriers that use the Electromagnetic aircraft Mazagon Dock Limited
launch system (EMALS) adopted in aircraft carriers of the US Navy.
HAL, BEL sign contract for indigenous infrared search and track system EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? MOU with BEL
by? HAL

HAL
CMD:R.madhavan
Hq: Bengaluru
Founded: 1940
BEL
CMD: Anandi Ramalingam
Highlights: Headquarters: Bengaluru
Founded: 1954
•Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
have signed a contract for the joint development and production of a new
infrared search and track (IRST) system. Recent News
•the long-range dual-band IRST system will be deployed aboard Indian Air
Force (IAF) Su-30 MK1 multirole fighter aircraft. •HAL and Israel Aerospace
•There exists a need to replace this system with the latest generation system have teamed up to convert
with better operational capability, maintainability and improved reliability. civil aeroplanes into mid-
•The system must have “features of television day camera, infrared, and laser air refuellors
sensors in a single window for air-to-air and air-to-ground target tracking and
localisation
Summit
IAF organizes National Level Logistics Seminar ‘LOGISEM VAYU – 2022’ EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? ‘LOGISEM VAYU –
2022’
by? IAF

IAF
Chief: VR chaudari
Hq: new delhi
Highlights: Founded: 1932

•A national seminar on Logistics Management ‘LOGISEM VAYU – 2022’ was

held on 28 April 2022 at Air Force Auditorium, New Delhi. The Chief of the
Air Staff Vivek Ram Chaudhari inaugurated the seminar. Recent News
•He emphasized the need for exploiting advancements in digital
•First edition of Naval
technologies, which would aid in sustaining logistics stamina in support of Commanders’ Conference
operations. of 2022 underway in New
•CAS also urged stakeholders in IAF to work towards achieving the broad Delhi
aims of the National Logistics Policy (NLP) and Atmanirbharta goals of Govt
of India.
Union Minister Mandaviya inaugurates 7th International conference of EXPECTED QUESTIONS
Pharma and Medical Devices sector What? 7th edition of the
International Conference
•The India Pharma is designed around the theme: on Pharma and Medical
'India Pharma-Vision 2047: Transformative Devices sector
agenda for future'. by? Health ministry
•For India Medical Device, the theme is
'Transforming Healthcare through Innovation &
Health ministry
Integrated Services'.
manshuk mandaviya
Cons: palitana,gujarat

Highlights:
•Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Health & Recent News
Family Welfare inaugurated the 7th edition of the International Conference on
Pharma and Medical Devices sector 2022, which is scheduled from 25th to 27th •PM Modi inaugurated
April and three-day conference is being held at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, Global Ayush Investment &
New Delhi. Innovation Summit 2022
•The Union Minister has stated that the Conferences like India Pharma and India
Medical Device 2022 provide a platform for industry, academia and policymakers
to brainstorm and draft a plan for the next 25 years for the sector.
Awards
BRO’s Atal Tunnel Receives ‘Best Infrastructure Project’ Award From EXPECTED QUESTIONS
Indian Building Congress What? ‘Best Infrastructure
Project’ award
by? IBC
IBC
CEO: sanjeev kumar lohia
Hq: new delhi
Founded: 1992

Highlights:
•The Atal Tunnel, built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), received the
‘Best Infrastructure Project’ award from the Indian Building Congress (IBC).
•The 9.02 km-long Atal Tunnel is the longest highway tunnel globally and Recent News
connects Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley throughout the year.
•The Atal Tunnel is built with ultra-modern specifications in the Pir Panjal
•UK’s Commonwealth
Range of the Himalayas at an altitude of 3,000 m (10,000 feet) from the Mean Points of Light Award won
Sea Level (MSL). by Kishore Kumar Das
•The tunnel reduces the road distance by 46 Km between Manali and Leh and
the time by about 4 to 5 hours.
Banking
Pencilton introduces contactless RuPay card in the form of keychain EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? PencilKey,
by? Pencilton

Pencilton
Hq: hyderabad
CEO: Vishwajit Pureti
Founded: 2017

Highlights:
•Pencilton, a teen-focused fintech startup, has launched PencilKey, a National
Common Mobility Card (NCMC) compliant RuPay contactless keychain, in Recent News
partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and
•Pencilton Launches Teen-
Transcorp. Users can activate and manage their PencilKey through the
Focused Debit and Travel
Pencilton app which is also used to load money, check spends, block/unblock Card
the account, set limits, etc.
•Users can buy their PencilKey for ₹150 and PencilCard for ₹100, but as part of
the company’s launch offer, users can also buy a PencilKit (combo) which
includes both PencilCard and PencilKey for ₹200.
BoB launches new feature for seniors on mobile banking platform EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? bob World Gold’,
by? BOB

BoB
Hq: Vadodara
CEO: sanjiv chadha
Founded: 1908

Highlights:
•Bank of Baroda (BoB) has launched ‘bob World Gold’, a new feature on its
mobile banking platform for senior citizens. Recent News
•The new feature on the Bank’s ‘bob World’ mobile banking platform has
easy navigation, large fonts, sufficient spacing and clear menus with added Shafali Verma appointed as
features like ready-to-assist voice based search service, according to the public Brand Endorser of Bank of
sector bank’s statement. Baroda
•bob World Gold brings the essential, frequently used services and favourite
transactions of senior citizens upfront such that they are conveniently
available and easily accessible on the home screen,
National
Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) program EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? DIR-V program
by? GOI

Highlights:
•The launch of the Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) program was announced by
the government of India with the aim of creating Microprocessors for the
country’s and the world’s future and to achieve industry-grade commercial Recent News
silicon and design for the next generation of microprocessors by the month of
December 2023. •IIT Guwahati collaborated
•DIR-V will be witnessing partnerships between academia, start-ups, and with NTPC to develop
energy efficient tech to
multinationals with the aim of making India not a talent hub of RISC-V as well
capture CO2
as a supplier of RISC-V SoC (System on Chips) to the world for mobile devices,
servers, IoT, automotive, microcontrollers, etc.
State
ABPMJAY- SEHAT scheme: Samba becomes 1st district to cover 100% EXPECTED QUESTIONS
households What? Samba 1 district for
ABPMJAY
in ? J&K

J&K
Cap: jammu,sri nagar
lt.gov: manoj sinha

Highlights: Recent News

•In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Samba district of the
Jammu division has become the first district in India to cover 100% of •J&K launched ‘Jan Nigrani’
households under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana app to help people lodge
(ABPMJAY)- SEHAT scheme. complaints
•The ABPMJAY SEHAT scheme is the world’s largest health insurance scheme
fully financed by Government and the people with Ayushman Bharat Golden
Card get free treatment up to Rs. 5 lakh in all government and empanelled
private hospitals across India.
Organisation / Bank: HAL COUN\CAP
ITI CMD:R.madhavan I&B ministry J&K
HQ: ---------------------- Hq: Bengaluru Anurag singh thakur Cap: jammu,sri nagar
Founded:1948 Founded:--------- Cons:---------- lt.gov: manoj sinha
DG: Tobias Biancone; BEL
Health ministry
NTPC CMD: ------------
Headquarters: Bengaluru
manshuk mandaviya
CMD:-------------
HQ:new delhi Founded: 1954 Cons: ------------
Found:1975 IBC
Energy vault CEO: sanjeev kumar lohia
CEO:Robert Allen Piconi Hq:----------
Hq:lugano,switzerland Founded: 1992
Found: --------- Pencilton
Netflix Hq: hyderabad
CEO: -------------- CEO: ------------
Hq: california US Founded: 2017
Founded: 1997 BoB
Indian navy Hq: -------------
Chief: ----------- CEO: sanjiv chadha
HQ: new delhi Founded: 1908
Found: 1950
IAF
Chief: ----------
Hq: new delhi
Founded: 1932
Organisation / Bank: HAL COUN\CAP
ITI CMD:R.madhavan I&B ministry J&K
HQ: paris,france Hq: Bengaluru Anurag singh thakur Cap: jammu,sri nagar
Founded:1948 Founded: 1940 Cons: hamirpur,HP lt.gov: manoj sinha
DG: Tobias Biancone; BEL
Health ministry
NTPC CMD: Anandi
Ramalingam
manshuk mandaviya
CMD:gurdeep singh
HQ:new delhi Headquarters: Bengaluru Cons: palitana,gujarat
Found:1975 Founded: 1954
Energy vault IBC
CEO:Robert Allen Piconi CEO: sanjeev kumar lohia
Hq:lugano,switzerland Hq: new delhi
Found: 2017 Founded: 1992
Netflix Pencilton
CEO: ted sarandos Hq: hyderabad
Hq: california US CEO: Vishwajit Pureti
Founded: 1997 Founded: 2017
Indian navy BoB
Chief: R.hari kumar Hq: Vadodara
HQ: new delhi CEO: sanjiv chadha
Found: 1950 Founded: 1908
IAF Suryoday SFB
CEO: VR chaudari CEO: baskar babu
Hq: new delhi Hq: navi mumbai
Founded: 1932 Founded: 2017
1. International Girls in ICT Day 2022 Observed on___________
28th April
2. Padma Shri Structural biologist __________passes away
M. Vijayan
3. Nasscom appoints ____________as Chairperson for 2022-23
Krishnan Ramanujam
4. Cabinet approves _________ financial support for India Post
Payments Bank
Rs 820 cr
5. Indian ___________wins Menorca Open chess tourney
GM Gukesh