Current Affairs Today Headline- 21 April 2022

National News

• Prime Minister of UK Boris Johnson arrives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat today. He is on a 2-day India visit.
• Maharashtra Government inaugurates tap-in tap-out service on the Gateway of India to Churchgate route. Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) is India’s first bus service to go completely digital.
• Prime Minister Modi to address the nation from Red Fort today on the 400th Prakash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
• Assam Government to file an interlocutory application to seek Supreme Court’s clearance for Aadhaar Cards to 28 lakhs, including NRC rejects.
• Security deployed in the Jahangirpuri area of Delhi which witnessed the violence on April 16, 2022, during a religious procession.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met the US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in Washington DC. They discussed ways to strengthen economic cooperation, in bilateral and global contexts.
• Tripura Cabinet gives approval to insurance scheme for journalists.
• BJP backs the tribals protesting for over three months against the alleged forcible land acquisition for West Bengal Government’s project Deucha Panchami Coal Project in Birbhum district.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to address the 30th Annual General Meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce in India.

International News

• Russia announces successful test launch of Sarmat Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
• Australia to not challenge Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition by a British court.
• World Economy to grow at a slower pace due to Russian-Ukraine Conflict, says International Monetary Fund.
• Russia, and Ukraine reach an agreement to open a safe route for the civilians to flee Mariupol.
• US Capitol Police ordered Capitol evacuation, citing aircraft posing a probable threat.

Sports News

• West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard announces retirement from the International Cricket.
• Asian Wrestling Championships: India’s Sachin Sahrawat and Harpreet Singh win Bronze medals in Mongolia.
• Olympians to participate in Khelo India University Games that are set to begin on April 24, 2022.

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