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Days

• 1^st April is celebrated as Odisha Foundation Day or Utkala Dibasa commemorating the date in 1936 when Odisha became a separate state after being carved out from the Bengal Presidency.
  • John Hubbak was the first Governor of Odisha.
  • Odisha:
    • Governor – Raghubar Das
    • Chief Minister – Naveen Patnaik of Biju Janta Dal (BJD).
    • Capital– Bhubaneshwar.
• Prevention of Blindness Week campaign is going to be organised by the Government of India from 1^st to 7^th April for increasing the awareness towards the blind people.
• 1^st April 2024 marked 90 years of the Reserve Bank of India. The Finance Ministry has issued a special commemorative coin of ₹90 denomination to mark the occasion.
  • RBI Governor – Shaktikanta Das.
• 2^nd April was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as World Autism Awareness Day in 2007.
  • Theme 2024: “Moving from Surviving to Thriving: Autistic individuals share regional perspectives”.
• Easter was celebrated on 31^st March this year on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox. Easter is a Christian Festival that celebrated the triumph of life over death. It is celebrated as a Resurrection Sunday to mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his crucifixion on Good Friday.
• 30^th March is celebrated as the International Day of Zero Waste since 2023 by the UNEP and the UN-Habitat.
• 30^th March 2024 also marks the 100^th Year of Vaiom Satyagraha – the nonviolent social agitation against untouchability in Kerala. In those days, the people belonging to various backward classes were neither allowed temple entry nor were they allowed to walk past the roads of the Vaikom Mahadeva Temple at the Travancore State. Prominent leaders of the time including Mahatma Gandhi championed the cause of untouchability in that movement.
• The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has organised the closing ceremony of the International Year of Millets 2023 on 29^th March at the FAO headquarter Rome, Italy.

Appointments

• Shephali Sharan has taken the charge as Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau after the superannuation of Manish Desai.
• Joyshri Das Verma becomes the New President of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) – a division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the apex industrial and commercial body of India.
  • FLO is the oldest women led women centric business chamber of South East Asia.
• Santosh Kumar Jha has been named as the new CMD of the Konkan Railways.

Reports and Indices

• Institute for Human Development (IHD) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released the India Employment Report 2024:
  • The ‘Employment Condition Index’ of the states have improved b/w 2004-05 and 2021-22.
    • Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and UP have remained at the bottom position in this index.
    • Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand and Gujarat has stayed at the top of the list.
  • Almost 82% of the Work Force is engaged in the informal sector and 90% is informally employed.
  • Wages and earnings are stagnant or declining.
  • Youth employments of poorer quality than that of adults.
  • Self Employment and unpaid family work has increased among women.
  • The Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR):
    • It was 55.2% in 2022 for adults over 15 years of age, which was lower than the world average of 59.8%.
  • The unemployment rate had increased from 2012 to 2019 due to shrinking of employment opportunities and the trend reversed from 2019 t0 2022 due to significant growth in work force and employment opportunities.
  • Female LFPR declined sharply by 14.4% between 2000 to 2019 and the trend reversed b/w 2019 – 2022 with a greater increase in the LFPR by 8.3%.
  • There is stark gender gap in the Indian Labour Market with women’s LFPR  being 2.3 times lower than the rate of men.
  • The dominant category of employment in India remains ‘Self-employment’.
  • The share of Casual employment has declined significantly from 33.3% in 2000 to 22.7% in 2022.
  • The unemployment rate increased among the youths with high level of education and was the highest among youths with a graduate degree or higher in 2022.

National News:

• Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has inaugurated the Param Vir Chakra Garden in Tambaram, where the statues of 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees are present along with their history.
• Newly conferred GI Tags and the states:

Products		states	Products	states
Asharikandi Terracotta Craft		Assam	Bodo Dokhona (Traditional attire of Bodo women)	Assam
Pani Meteka Craft		Assam	Pachra Rignai	Tripura
Mising Handloom Products		Assam	Matabari Peda	Tripura
Sarthebari Metal Craft		Assam	Lynrai Pottery	Meghalaya
Bodo Eri Silk (Fabric of Peace)		Assam	Chubitchi	Meghalaya
Jaapi (Bamboo head gear of rural Assam)		Assam	Banaras Thandai	Uttar Pradesh
Bihu Dhol		Assam	Banaras Tabla	Uttar Pradesh
Bodo Thorkha (a musical instrument)	Assam		Banaras Shehnai	Uttar Pradesh
Bodo Sifung (a long flute)	Assam		Banaras Lal Bharwamirch	Uttar Pradesh
Bodo Jwmgra (a traditional scarf)	Assam		Banaras Lal Peda	Uttar Pradesh
Bodo Gamsa (traditional dress of Bodo men)	Assam

Obituaries

• The only and esteemed Grade ‘A’ Mizo artist of All India Radio Vanhlupuii has breathed her last.

Sports

• Miami Open 2024:
  • After Winning the Miami Open Men’s Doubles title along with his Australian  partner Matthew Ebden, Rohan Bopanna became the oldest man to win a Masters 1000 title on the ATP circuit at the age of 44.
  • Men’s Singles: Winner – Jannik Sinner, Runner Up- Grigor Dimitrov
  • Women’s Singles: Winner – Danielle Collins, Runner Up-  Elena Rybakina.
• Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid of Bangladesh becomes the first Umpire from the country to be inducted into the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires.
  • Indian Umpire Nitin Menon has found his place in the elite  panel for 5^th straight time.
  • The Elite Umpire’s Panel is responsible for umpiring most men’s Tests and One-Day International matches.
• Spain Masters 2024 Badminton Tournament:
  • Winners: Men’s – Kean Yew Loh of Singapore, Women’s – Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand.            
• Hockey India Awards 2023:
  • Salima Tete (Women’s) and Hardik Singh (Men’s) have received the Hockey India Balbir Singh Senior Award for Player of the Year 2023.

Business and Finance:

• Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Panasonic Energy has signed a pact to form a joint venture to manufacture lithium-ion cells in India.

Current Affairs                    3^rd April, 2024

Days

• 61^st “National Maritime Week” or “Merchant Navy Week” is being observed from 30^th March to 5^th April 2024.
  • Theme – ‘Sustainable Shipping: Opportunities and Challenges’.
  • 61^st National Maritime Day will be celebrated on 5^th April commemorating the maiden voyage of the first Indian vessel “S.S. LOYLTY” from Mumbai to London.

Obituaries

• World War II veteran Subedar Thanesia of Indian Army’s Assam Regiment who participated in the Battle of Kohima and hailed from Mizorm, has died at the age of 102.
• Former Asian Games Star Deanna Syme Tewari has passed away. She represented India at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta and was a torch bearer in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.
• Legendary cricketer and former Kerala Captain Ravi Achan passess away at the age of 96.
  • He was the first Kerala cricketer to have both 1000 runs and 100 wickets accomplished in his name.

Awards

• REC (formerly known as Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd) – a ‘Maharatna’ CPSE of the Ministry of Power wins SKOCK ESG Award 2024 in Renewable Energy Financing category.
  • The SKOCH ESG Awards are a citation of organisations demonstrating outstanding performance in environmental, social and governance practices.
• Vineet Jain, the MD of The TIMES Group has been conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award 2023 from the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA) in recognition of his immeasurable contributions to the Indian television news landscape.

National

• Paradip Port of Odisha becomes the highest cargo handling port of India in the FY 23-24 leaving behind Deendayal Upadhyay, Kandla Port after achieving an incredible 145.38 MMT cargo throughput.

Science

• A team of scientist led by R. Ramachandran of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad has discovered strong evidence indicating the presence of Ozone on Jupiter’s moon Callisto.
  • Callisto is the third largest moon in the Solar System after Ganymede and Titan.

Defence

• The Indian Air Force begins its biggest War Exercise “Gagan Shakti’ involving all air force station in Pokhran, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
  • This exercise is held in every five years. It will go on from April 1 to April 10.
  • The Indian Army is providing logistics support for this mega exercise.
  • IAF Chief – VR Chaudhary.
  • Motto of the IAF – Touch the Sky with Glory.

Sports

• MS Dhoni becomes the first wicket keeper to complete 300 dismissals in T20 cricket and also become the first indian wicket keeper to score 7000 runs in T20 Cricket.
• Mirabai Chanu becomes the only weightlifter of India to qualify for Paris Olympics 2024.
• After beating English David Causier, Pankaj Advani retains his CCI Billiards Classic Title.
• Sumit Nagal reahes his career-high ATP ranking of 95 in the Chart. He recently won the Chennai Open ATP Challenger Series.

International

• Judith Suminwa Tuluka has been appointed as the first female Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • DRC :
    • Capital: Kinshasa
    • Currency: Congolese Franc
    • President: Felix Tshisekedi

Current Affairs                    4^th April & 5^th April

Day

• 4^th April is celebrated as the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
  • Theme: ‘Protecting Lives, Building Peace’.
• 5^th April is celebrated as National Maritime Day in commemoration of the maiden voyage of the first Indian vessel ‘S.S. LOYLTY’ from Mumbai to London on Aril 5, 1919.

Obituaries

• Juan Vincente Perez Mora, the oldest man in the world from Venezuela has breathed his last at the age of 114.

Appointments

• Sanjay Singh has become the new President of ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India), the oldest apex conduit b/w the industry and the government.

Reports and Indices

• Forbes’ 2024 list of the World’s Billionaires:      
  • Total Billionaire world wide – 2781.
  • Indians – 200 (169 last year)
  • Combined wealth of the Indian Billionaires- $954 Billions (41% up from last year).
  • Mukesh Ambani is the 9th Richest Man of the World and top richest person of India and Asia.
  • World Toppers:
    • Bernard Arnault (Louis Vuitton) – 1st
    • Elon Musk – 2^nd
    • Jeff Bezos – 3^rd
  • US has the most number of Billionaires in the world.
  • World’s richest woman- Bettencourt Meyers (Granddaughter of the founder of L’Oreal).
• The Carbon Majors report 2024:
  • Released by – Influence Map, a non-profit organization.
  • Findings:
    • From 2016 to 2022, 80% of the total CO2 emissions can be traced to a group of just 57 fossil fuels and cement producing companies.
    • The Top 3 CO2 emitting companies:
      • Saudi Arabian state powered, Saudi Aramco -1^st
      • Russia’s state owned energy giant Gazprom – 2^nd
      • India’s Coal India- 3^rd
    • The report also found that most companies had expanded their fossil fuel production since 2015 after the signing of the U.N. Paris Agreement.
    • According to the International Energy Agency, Global energy-related CO2 emissions had hit a record high last year.

National

• Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) of the Vedanta Group has become the first Indian company to be certified with the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance standard V3 – a citation that recognizes BALCO’s adherence to across all the three sustainability pillars – Environment, Social and Governance  – for the manufacture and supply of a wide range of primary aluminium products at its Korba facility.
• Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who served as PM of India from 2004 to 2014, has put an end to his 33 years long parliamentary stint after his membership in the Rajya Sabha ended on 3^rd April.
• The Election Commission of India has introduced the ‘Myth Vs Reality Register’  to combat the spread of misinformation  and uphold the integrity of the election process before the upcoming General Elections 2024.
• April 1 onwards the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has enforced the ‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ norm that prohibits the use of a single FASTag across multiple vehicles or the association of several FASTags with one vehicle.

• Election Commission has brought in Ayushman Khurrana to ‘Urge Youths to Vote’.

Science & Tech

• The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KSO) has completed its 125 years of foundation. On 1909 the Evershed Effect, which is the phenomenon of radial motion of gases in sun spots was discovered at KSO.
• President Draupadi Murmu  has launched India’s first home-grown anti-cancer CAR-T cell therapy NexCAR19 at the IIT Bombay in collaboration with doctors at the TATA Memorial Centre Mumbai.
  • It is reportedly the most affordable CAR-T cell therapy of the world.
• C-CAMP (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms) , Bengaluru has developed a novel microfluidic chip-based platform named ‘OptiDrop’ to study single cells.
• Hume, a New-York based research lab and technology company has introduced Empathic Voice Interface (EVI), the first conversational AI with emotional intelligence. It is powered by a empathic large language model.

Defence

• Strategic Forces Command (SFC) and DRDO has successfully flight-tested the Agni-Prime medium-range nuclear capable ballistic missile with a range of 1000 to 2000 km.

Sports

• Maharashtra has won the 56^th National Kho-Kho Championship at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
• Arjun Erigaisi  has surpassed Vishwanathan Anand to become the top rated chess player of India on the FIDE List.

International

• ‘Iseult’ the world’s most  powerful MRI machine (11.7 Tesla) has scanned the human brain is the most detailed form ever.
• The White House has directed NASA to create a ‘Coordinated Lunar Time’ or ‘Lunar Standard Time’ for the moon by the end of 2026.
• The World Bank has projected India’s growth of economy at 7.5% in 2024.
• South Korea’s Artificial Sun – ‘Korean Superconducting Tokamach Advanced Research (KSTAR)’ – has set a world record after sustaining and ion temperature of 100 million degree Celsius for 48 seconds.
• Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa has declared national disaster over the country over drought after 80% of the country had received below normal rainfall.
• A massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Taiwan. Taiwan lies very close to the ‘Ring of Fire’ – where 90% of the world’s earthquake takes place.

Current Affairs                    6^th,7^th & 8^th April, 2024

Day

• 6^th April is observed as ‘International Day for Sport for Development’ world wide.
  • Theme 2024: “Sport for the Promotion of Peaceful and Inclusive Societies”
  • National Sports Day in India is observed on 29^th August every year commemorating the birth anniversary of the Hockey Legend Major Dhyan Chand, ‘The Wizard’.
• 7^th April is celebrated as ‘World Health Day’ commemorating the foundation of the World Health Organization in 1948.
  • Theme: ‘My Health, My Right’.

Obituaries

• First Telugu news anchor on Doordarshan Shanti Swaroop has breathed his last.

Appointments

• Meenesh Shah has been elected as the Chairman of National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd. (NCDFI), the apex dairy cooperative of the country.
• Wipro has appointed Srini Pallia as its new CEO & MD.
  • HQ of Wipro: Bengaluru.
• Delhi HC has appointed its former judge Najmi Waziri, “The Green Judge” as the head of the internal departmental committee tasked with the protection of forest in the national capital.
  • He is referred to as ‘the Green Judge’ because of his myriad orders that resulted into plantation of over 3 lakh saplings.

National

• Former canoeist from Jammu and Kashmir, Bilquis Mir becomes the first Indian woman who is going to serve as a jury member at Paris Summer Olympics 2024 starting from July 26.
  • She also served as a jury member at the Asian Games 2023, Hangzhou, China.
• Sitar and Tanpuras from Miraj town of Sangli district gets GI tag from Maharashtra. The famous craft dates back to more than 300 years in the place of its origin.
• Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is going to build a small test center for various weapons in the Junput Village of West Bengal.
  • The new facility is also situated by the Bay of Bengal like Odisha’s Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR).
• Sri Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji of Sri Puthige Matha, Udupi, Karnataka, has started the ‘Koti Gita Lekhana Yajna’ initiative at Udupi Matha where over 1 crore people from across the globe are expected to write the entire Bhagavad Gita by hand in the language of their choice, over the next two years and offer it at the feet of Lord Sri Krishna at Udupi.
  • The initiative has garnered praise of the PM.
• SJVN Ltd., a Miniratna CPSE under the Ministry of Power, has been awarded the 15^th CIDC Vishwakarma Awards 2024 in the honor of its Corporate Social Responsibility Contribution (CSIR) for the 3^rd consecutive year.
• Archaeologists have unearthed a lead coin hoard from the Ikshvaku period in Phanigiri of Suryapet, Telangana – containing 3730 lead coins with elephant symbol on one side and Ujjain symbol on the other side. The coins date back b/w 3^rd to 4^th CE.

Defence

• The Ministry of Defence organized a tri-service conference ‘Parivartan Chintan’ for the purpose of achieving enhanced unity and integration among the army, navy and the air force on 8^th April in New Delhi. It was chaired by CDS Anil Chauhan.
• INS Sharda has been awarded ‘On the Spot Unit Citation’ by the Indian Navy for  recently conducting successful anti-piracy operations that involved safe release of 19 crew members from the Iranian Vessel Omari in the East Coast of Somalia from Sea pirates of Somalia.

Finance

• RBI on its recent Monetary Policy Committee meeting, has kept the Repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for 7^th consecutive time in a row.
• The RBI has allowed foreign investors registered in IFSC (International Financial Services Centre) to invest in Sovereign Green Bonds. Currently, only the FPI investors registered in  the SEBI are allowed to invest in SGrBs under different routes.

Sports

• Bindyarani Devi has won the Bronze Medal in Women’s 55kg category in the IWF World Cup 2024 held in Phuket, Thailand.

 International

• Philippines is going to hold joint Naval Drills with U.S., Japan and Australia in the South China Sea to counter China’s expanding influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

China claims 90% of the South China Sea based on its U-shaped nine-dash line that was etched on map in the 1940s by a Chinese geographer.

Current Affairs        9^th-10^th April, 2024

Day

1. 10^th April gets observed as ‘World Homeopathy Day’ in commemoration of the birth anniversary of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, the father of modern homeopathy.
   1. Theme 2024: “Homeoparivar: One Health, One Family”.
2. On 9^th April 2024, Hindu New Year – Vikram Sambat 2081 – fell on the Pratipada of Shukla Paksha in the Chaitra month. This occasion of New Year is observed throughout the whole country in different names around the same time of the year:
   1. ‘Ugadi’ in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.
   1. ‘Gudi Padwa’ in Maharashtra.
   1. ‘Navreh’ in Jammu & Kashmir.
   1. ‘Sajibu Cheiraoba’ in Manipur.
   1. ‘Cheti Chand’ by the Sindhi Community.
   1. ‘Vaishakhi’ in the Punjab-Haryana.
   1. ‘Pohela Boisakh’ by the Bengali Community in West Bengal.
   1. ‘Rongali Bihu’/ ‘Bohag Bihu’ in Assam.
   1. ‘Vishu’ in Kerala.
   1. ‘Puthandu’ in Tamil Nadu.
3. On 7^th April, on the occasion of UN International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the Qutub Minar was lit up in the color of Rwanda’s National Flag in remembrance of the Rwanda Genocide of 1994.
   1. The Rwandan Genocide , known as Kwibuka 30 – one of the deadliest bloodshed mayhem of the 20^th Century – happened due to the ethnic clash between the 8.4% Tutsi population of Rwanda (who happened to elicit more favors under the Belgian Colonialism due to their ethnic proximity) and the 85% Hutus population who were socio-culturally backward in the country.2
   1. In the 1959, with the rising tide of African revolutions against the Colonial forces, the Hutus revolted against the Belgian colonialists. But after the Hutus gaining independence in 1962, the Tutsi refugees threatened them a coup.
   1. Amid this prolonged conflict and insurgence of a Uganda based Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) , in 1990 a civil war had broken out in Rwanda b/w the RPF and the Rwandan Government that resulted in the deadly genocide.
   1. Rwanda:
      1. Capital – Kigali.
      1. Currency – Rwandan Franc (RWF).

Appointments

• The Government of India has appointed Manoj Panda as the new full time members of the 16^th Finance Commission after Niranjan Rajyadhyaksha expressed his inability to join the commission.
  • The Sixteenth Finance Commission consists of various members and a chairman that is appointed by the President of India. It also consists of one secretary post. The list is as follows:
    • Chairman – Arvind Panagariya, former vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
    • Member – Ajay Narayan Jha, former member, 15th Finance Commission and former secretary, Expenditure
    • Member – Annie George Mathew, former special secretary, Expenditure
    • Member – Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Advisor, State Bank of India.
    • Secretary – Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey, IAS.
• Air India has appointed Jayaraj Shanmugam as the new head of its Global Airport Operations.

Obituaries

• Telangana Senior IPS Officer Rajjiv Ratan who was serving as the DG of Telangana Vigilance and Enforcement has passed away due to cardiac arrest.

Books and Authors

• Father of  Indian Telecom revolution and the Father of Yellow Revolution, Sam Pitroda has launched his new book ‘The Idea of Democracy’.

National News

• Before the onset of the General Elections, the Election Commission of India has launched the ‘Suvidha Portal’ for the sake of developing a single window to process all the election permissions for applications to organize rallies, opening temporary party offices, door-to-door canvassing, obtaining vehicle permits etc.
• GAIL (India) Ltd has won the prestigious CIDC- Vishwakarma award for Barauni-Guwahati Pipeline in the ‘Achievement Award for Best Construction Projects’ category. This 718 km Pipeline of Bihar-West Bengal – Assam has connected the North East India with the National Gas Grid for the first time.
• On a recent verdict, the Allahabad High Court upheld that ‘Kanyadaan’ is not a mandatory ritual in Hindu Marriage. But the ‘Saptapadi’ or ‘Saat Pheras’ is regarded as the marriage’s  fundamental ritual as per section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
  • The conditions of the Hindu Marrriage Act, 1955 which encompasses the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and the Jain community under its ambit due to  such provisions under Article 25(2) of the Indian Constitution, lays down following conditions:
    • “Section 5. A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely-
• neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage
• at the time of the marriage, neither party
  • is incapable of giving a valid consent to it in consequence of unsoundness of mind; or
  • though capable of giving a valid consent, has been suffering from mental disorder of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage and the procreation of children;
• the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty-one years at the time of the marriage;
• the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two;
• the parties are not sapindas of each other, unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two.”
• The Sangeet Natak Academy is going to organize ‘Shakt- a festival of Music and Dance’ at seven different Shaktipeets, starting from the Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati and ending at Maa Harsidhi Temple, Ujjain.
• After the Ministry of External Affairs has approved the India Ports Global’s (IPGL’s) proposal to take over the entire operations of the Sittwe Port situated on the Kaladan River of Myanmar, Sittwe port becomes the 2^nd Global port of India.
  • 1^ST Global Port of India- the Shahid Beheshti Port, Chabahar of Iran.

State news

Punjab

• The ‘Booth Raabta‘ website has been launched in Punjab to provide election related information to the people.

Defence

• Coastal security ‘Exercise Sagar Kavach 2024’ – begins  in the Lakshadweep islands among the Navy, Coast Guards, Marine Police and Fisheries and other security stakeholders of the sea.
• The Indian Army has received 24 Igla-S Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) from Russia along with 100 missiles to deploy at the Line of Actual Control as an enhancement to the army’s Very Short Range Air Defense (VSHORAD) capabilities in the high mountains.

Environment, Science & Technology

1. A recent scientific expedition that came across 532 dead Adelie penguins have suggested the possibility of the outbreak of Bird Flu – H5N1 Virus – in Antarctica.
   1. H5N1 is a Type A Influenza which is called ‘bird flu’ when it affects the Avian creatures and is called ‘Swine Flu’ when affects the Pigs. It is highly infectious.
2. The Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) has launched India’s first private earth observation satellite – TSAT-1A – in collaboration with the USA based company “Satellogic” from the Kennedy Space center, Florida. 

Sports

1. After beating Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi in the first round, Sumit Nagal becomes the first Indian in four decades to win a Monte Carlo Masters Singles main draw.
   1. Only Vijay Amritraj and Ramesh Krishnan were the other Indians to feature in Monte Carlo before him.
2. Max Verstappen of Red Bull has won the Japanese F1 Grand Prix.
3. Indian origin American golfer Akshay Bhatia has won the Valero Texas Open.
4. Russ Cook of Britain becomes the first person on Earth to run the entire

International News

• Peter Pellegrini has been elected as the new President of Slovakia.
  • Slovakia: Capital – Bratislava , Currency – Euro.
• John Alfred Tinniswood of England becomes the oldest living person on earth with an age of 111 years, following the expiry of 114 year old Juan Vincente Perez of Venezuela.

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