Current Affairs Today Headline- 19 April 2022

Apr 19, 2022, 10:23 IST

Find here Today's Current Affairs News Headlines by Jagran Josh for 19 April 2022.

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National News

  • International Monetary Fund Chief hails India’s help to Sri Lanka in dealing with its worst economic crisis.
  • Digital countdown timer installed by Ujjain Administration to ensure timely completion of 2nd phase of Mahakal Temple Extension. The project in Madhya Pradesh is worth about Rs. 150 crores.
  • Delhi’s east, South, and North Delhi Municipal Corporations merged into one and to be called the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The change has been done under The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022.
  • Prime Minister Modi to inaugurate WHO Global Centre for traditional medicine at Jamnagar, Gujarat today.
  • Prime Minister Modi to inaugurate India’s first Semicron Conference on April 29.
  • African Swine Fever breaks out in Tripura. The government orders the mass execution of pigs.
  • Haryana Government makes the wearing of masks mandatory in four districts in the state amid rising COVID cases.
  • President of India Ram Nath Kovind gives his assent to the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022.
  • Delhi’s positivity rate on April 18 jumped to 7.72% as the National Capital records 501 fresh cases.
  • Gen Manoj Pande to be India’s Next Chief of Army Staff.

International News

  • United States will no longer enforce the mask mandates on public transportation.
  • President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa appoints new Cabinet. A total of 17 members including many former Cabinet ministers were sworn in.
  • Russian Army announced that it has destroyed a large depot of foreign weapons recently delivered to Ukraine near the Western City of Lviv.
  • United Arab Emirates approves new entry, and residence schemes for foreigners.
  • An Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred in Indonesia today.
  • White House Spokesperson announces that US President Joe Biden has no plans of visiting Kyiv to meet the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.
  • United States to keep a careful eye on China’s level of support for Russia over Ukraine issues.

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