Current Affairs Today Headline- 19 April 2022

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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