Current Affairs Today Headline- 26 April 2022

National News

• Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis makes his first visit to India.
• Uttarakhand: Forest fires have been burning hectares of land for the last 3-4 days in the Kirtinagar area of Tehri Garhwal district
• India enters Guinness Book of World Records for waving over 78,000 national flags simultaneously.
• The much-awaited LIC IPO to open on May 4th.
• ICMR-NIIH develop a simple and rapid diagnostic kit for Haemophilia and von Willebrand disease (vWD). 
• Shikhar Dhawan becomes second cricketer after Virat Kohli to complete 6,000 IPL runs.

International News

• Twitter confirms sale of company to Elon Musk for USD 44 billion.
• Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns of 'real' danger of World War III, reports AFP news agency 
• Chinese warships go ballistic with new mystery missile.
• British government to radically reform the governance of football, pledging to establish an independent regulator to deliver financial sustainability across the game.
• Beijing begins mass Covid testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, raising fears that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai.
• North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un vows to 'strengthen' North Korea's nuclear weapons.
• French nun Sister Andre, 118, claims title of world's oldest person.
• International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to join EU team on Ukraine crimes probe.
• Crew of the first private flight to the International Space Station returns to the Earth after splashing down off Florida coast.

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