Current Affairs 12 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.
Khelo India State Centre of Excellence for Rowing discipline
Union Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurated Khelo India State Centre of Excellence for Rowing discipline at the Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council Water Sports Academy in Srinagar on 10th April 2021. Read More
Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates
Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance. Read More
Goa’s newly introduced Advanced Antiquities Mgmt System
The Directorate of Archives and Archaeology (DAA) of the Goa government inaugurated the Advanced Antiquities Management System on March 30 that it claimed was the first such system in the country for storage of antiquities. Read More
Dolphin boom in Odisha’s Chilika lake
The population of dolphins in Chilika, India’s largest brackish water lake, and along the Odisha coast has doubled this year compared with last year. The State Environment Department released the final data on the dolphin census conducted in January and February this year, indicating a spectacular growth in numbers. Read More
IIT research may improve lithium-ion battery performance
Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed a technique to improve the performance of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which power most of the portable devices used today. Read More
FCI needs to be saved to protect Farmers interests
Farmers under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha recently opened a front against the FCI by staging protests outside the agency’s godowns and offices calling it ‘FCI Bachao Diwas’. Read More
2-day Scientific Convention on World Homoeopathy Day
A two-day Scientific Convention on ‘Homoeopathy – Roadmap for Integrative Medicine’ was inaugurated at New Delhi. The Convention was organized by the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), an autonomous apex research organization under Ministry of AYUSH to celebrate the occasion of the World Homoeopathy Day. Read More
Fisher unions oppose move to close case against Italian marines
The fishermen unions in Kerala opposed the move by the Union government to withdraw the case against the two Italian marines accepting the compensation offered to the victims. Read More
Egypt jails top Muslim Brotherhood leader for life on murder
Egypt recently sentenced Mahmud Ezzat, the 76-year-old top leader of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of “terrorism,” the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Read More
Crude oil falling prices impact fuel prices in India
The price of Brent crude has fallen under $63 per barrel from a high of $70 per barrel in early March on the back of growing fears about a fall in demand due to new travel restrictions to combat a resurgence in Covid-19 infections and increasing crude oil supply. Read More
