DAILY DOSE 17TH APRIL CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) UDAN scheme selected for Prime Minister’s Award
- Civil Aviation Ministry flagship Regional Connectivity Scheme – ‘Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’, UDAN has been selected for Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020.
- It will be awarded under the category Innovation (General) – Central.
- The Ministry of Civil Aviation will receive the award on 21 April 2022, that is, Civil Service Day.
2) PM Modi unveils a 108 ft statue of Lord Hanuman statue in Gujarat
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 108 feet statue of Lord Hanuman in Gujarat’s Morbi on 16 April 2022.
- The statue is the second of the four statues being built in the four directions across the country, as part of the ‘Hanumanji Char Dham’ project.
- The first statue of the series was set up in the north in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla in 2010.
- The third statue would come up at Rameswaram.
3) 40th edition of Hunar Haat begins in Mumbai on 16 April 2022
- The 40th edition of Hunar Haat began in Mumbai, on 16 April 2022.
- The 12-day event organized by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is aimed at providing exposure and employment opportunities to artisans and craftsmen from across the country.
- The tag line for the event is ‘Confluence of Craft, Cuisine and Culture!
4) Cricketer Joe Root steps down from England’s Test captaincy
- Joe Root has stepped down as England Test captain.
- He holds the record for the most number of matches and wins as England Test captain.
- His 27 victories put him ahead of Michael Vaughan (26), Alastair Cook, and Andrew Strauss (24 each).
- He took over from Alastair Cook in 2017 as the captain.
- He is currently England’s second-highest Test run-scorer of all time.
5) World Voice Day: 16 April
- World Voice Day is celebrated on April 16 every year.
- The day aims to demonstrate the enormous importance of the voice in the daily lives of all people.
- In 1999, the Brazilian Society of Laryngology and Voice under the chairmanship of Dr Nedio Steffen first celebrated the day as Brazilian Voice Day on 16 April.
- The theme for the year 2022 is ‘Lift your voice!
6) Prabhat Patnaik selected for Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2022
- Renowned Indian economist and political commentator Prabhat Patnaik has been selected. for the 2022 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award.
- The award is annually given by the Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust to an outstanding social scientist selected from nominations received by a specially constituted national jury.
- The award comprises a citation and prize money of 2 lakh.
7) Vedaant Madhavan wins silver medal at Danish Open swimming meet
- Vedaant Madhavan bagged a silver medal in the men’s 1500m freestyle event at the Danish Open swimming meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, in April 2022.
- Vedaant, son of Indian actor R Madhavan, clocked 15.57.86 to finish second in the 10-swimmer final.
- He had earlier won a bronze medal at the Latvia Open in March 2021, and seven medals at the Junior National Aquatic Championships.
8) Three Chinese astronauts back on Earth after 183 days in space
- Three Chinese astronauts, the second team sent to orbit for space station construction, returned to Earth on 16 April 2022 after completing a landmark six-month mission.
- It was the longest stay in space by Chinese astronauts on a single mission.
- The return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship was carrying astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu.
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