Current Affairs 19 April 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains.
Russia beefs up warship presence in Black Sea
Two Russian warships transited the Bosphorus en route to the Black Sea today and 15 smaller vessels completed a transfer to the sea as Moscow beefs up its naval presence at a time of tense relations with the West and Ukraine. Read More
PM Chandra Shekhar Jayanti
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid homage to former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar on his Jayanti. Chandra Shekhar Singh (1927 – 2007) was an Indian politician who served as the eighth Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. Read More
Experimental antiviral for COVID-19 effective in hamster study
According to a new study from National Institutes of Health scientists, the experimental antiviral drug MK-4482 significantly decreased levels of virus and disease damage in the lungs of hamsters treated for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Read More
Raul Castro passes power in Cuba to younger generation of communists
Raul Castro confirmed he was handing over the leadership of the all-powerful Cuban Communist Party to a younger generation that was “full of passion and anti-imperialist spirit”. Read More
India take various steps for conservation of migratory species
India has undertaken various steps for the conservation of migratory species. In February last year, India hosted the 13th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). Read More
Bustard poaching in Pakistan desert shocks wildlife activists
The recent shooting of two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in Pakistan’s Cholistan desert, with the poachers brazenly getting themselves photographed with the carcasses of birds in their hands and guns on their shoulders, has left wildlife activists in Rajasthan shocked and outraged. Read More
The story of 220 million year old rat like creatures via microfossils
The Tiki Formation in Madhya Pradesh, a treasure trove of vertebrate fossils, has now yielded a new species and two genera of cynodonts, small rat-like animals that lived about 220 million years ago. Read More
Nagaland forms panel on listing indigenous inhabitants
The Nagaland government has decided to form a joint consultative committee (JCC) involving all traditional tribal bodies and, civil society organisations for taking an exercise to register the State’s indigenous inhabitants. Read More
Aditya-L1 to be launched in 2022
The Indian programme to study the Sun and the region between the Sun and the Earth from space – Aditya-L1 – is due to be launched next year (2022). It will carry seven payloads which have been developed by various institutions across the country. Read More
US imposed sanctions on 6 Pakistani nationals
The US has imposed sanctions on six Pakistani nationals and four of their organisations for aiding Russian companies to evade sanctions by fraudulent measures. Read More
