Today Current Affairs: 20th April 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: April 20, 2022
World’s First Crypto-Backed Payment Card
World’s First “Crypto-Backed” Payment Card: Crypto lender Nexo has collaborated with Mastercard to launch the world’s first “crypto-backed” payment card. This launch has signaled the move by financial and crypto networks to collaborate as digital assets are becoming more mainstream. Initially, the card will be available in selected European countries. It will allow users to […]
State of the Economy Report : RBI
State of the Economy Report : RBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its ‘State of the economy’ report cautioned that the surging commodity prices are causing inflation risks, especially through the surging of imports. The ever-growing widening of current and trade account deficits along with the portfolio capital outflows is putting pressure on […]
World’s Highest Tunnel At Shinku La Pass
World’s Highest Tunnel At Shinku La Pass: The world’s highest tunnel will be constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at Shinku La Pass at 16,580 feet. This tunnel will be connecting Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh. The construction of this tunnel by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will begin by July 2022. This tunnel will […]
Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre On Quantum Computing
Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre On Quantum Computing: India and Finland announced the decision to establish an Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing. Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh and visiting Finland Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila, who is currently in India, announced this. An MoU for this was also signed. The Indian […]
Invictus Games 2022
Invictus Games 2022: The 2022 edition of the Invictus Games opened on April 16 night in The Hague, Netherlands, where Prince Harry paid tribute to the Ukrainian team. The Games are scheduled to run until April 22. The first edition of the Games was held in London in 2014, and subsequent competitions were organised in […]
Semicon India-2022
Semicon India-2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first ever Semicon India-2022 Conference on 29th of April in Bengaluru. Semicon India-2022 Conference will be organised by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology from 29th of April to 1st of May around theme of – Design and Manufacture in India, for the World: Making India […]
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande : Chief Of Indian Army
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande : Chief Of Indian Army Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has been appointed as the next Chief of Indian Army. The 29th Army Chief will be the first officer from the Corps of Engineers to become the Chief of Army Staff succeeding General Manoj Mukund Naravane who is scheduled to complete his […]
Guru Tegh Bahadur: Important Points
Guru Tegh Bahadur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on the 400th Parkash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji at the Red Fort in New Delhi on 21st of April, 2022. Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621 – 1675) was the ninth of ten Sikh Gurus and the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his […]
Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme
Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has relaxed various procedures under the Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme in order to reduce compliance requirements and facilitate ease of doing business. EPCG Scheme was launched in the 1990s to facilitate import of capital goods with the aim to enhance the […]
