Current Affairs 13 April 2021 – Gkseries
Current Affairs 13 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.
Paying extortion money is not terror funding
The Supreme Court has said in a judgment that extortion money paid to a terrorist organisation to protect one’s business is not terror funding. With this, Supreme Court granted bail to a Jharkhand coal transporter who had paid huge amounts to the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway faction of the CPI (Maoist). Read More
CSIR removes NEERI head Rakesh Kumar as Director
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has divested Rakesh Kumar, Director, National Environment Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur of his post and transferred him to its headquarters in Delhi. Read More
Indus and Ganges river dolphins are two different species
In a recent detailed analysis of South Asian river dolphins has revealed that the Indus and Ganges River dolphins are not one, but two separate species. Currently, Indus and Ganges River dolphins are classified as two subspecies under Platanista gangetica. Read More
Iran starts up advanced centrifuges in nuclear deal breach
Iran recently announced to started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after the start of talks on rescuing the accord. Read More
Respond on plea seeking repeal of provisions criminalising begging
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and four states, including Maharashtra and Gujarat, to file their response within three weeks on a plea seeking a direction to repeal the provisions criminalising begging. Read More
Residents of 12 Meghalaya villages oppose dam on India’s clearest river
Stiff resistance from at least 12 villages in Meghalaya has cast a cloud on a 210 MW hydroelectric project on Umngot, considered India’s clearest river. The villages are near the border with Bangladesh in East Khasi Hills district but the dam is proposed upstream in the adjoining West Jaintia Hills district. Read More
AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020 on women empowerment
Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020 on women empowerment to the winners in New Delhi. Read More
United Arab Emirates names its first female astronaut
The United Arab Emirates named the next two astronauts in its space programme including the country’s first female astronaut. Noura al-Matroushi has been identified as the UAE’s first woman astronaut, with her male counterpart as Mohammed al-Mulla. Read More
Discovery of a 3,000-year-old lost golden city in Egypt matters
Egypt announced the discovery of what is being touted as the most important find since the unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb almost 100 years ago. Read More
Melting Thwaites raises global concern along with sea level
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier also called the “Doomsday Glacier” is a matter of grave concern due to its enormous potential to raise the sea level which will be caused by its melting due to the warm water underneath which was overlooked in past. Read More