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DAILY DOSE 5TH APRIL CURRENT AFFAIRS

DAILY DOSE 5TH APRIL CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) IndiGo co-promoter Rakesh Gangwal inks pact with IIT-Kanpur

  • IndiGo co-promoter Rakesh Gangwal has signed a pact with IIT-Kanpur to jointly set up School of Medical Sciences and Technology at its campus.
  • He will donate Rs 100 crore to establish the college and will also be joining the Advisory Board of the school.
  • The school will be completed in two phases.
  • Phase I of the project will include setting up a 500-bed super-speciality hospital.

 

2) UP CM launches ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ from Shravasti district

  • UP CM Yogi Adityanath launched the ‘School. Chalo Abhiyan’ in Shravasti district on 4 April 2022 to ensure 100 per cent enrolment in primary and upper primary schools in the state.
  • Shravasti has the lowest literacy rate in the state.
  • The workers will knock from door to door and ask if there is any child who has been deprived of going to school.
  • That child will be registered to school.

 

3) Information and Broadcasting Ministry launches Broadcast Seva Portal

  • The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has launched the Broadcast Seva Portal.
  • It is a platform aimed at improving the ease of doing business in the broadcast industry.
  • This will be an online portal solution for speedy filing and processing of applications of broadcasters for various kinds of licences, permissions, registrations, and so on.

 

4) Andhra Pradesh gets a new map with 13 new districts

  • Andhra Pradesh on 4 April 2022 got a new map with the creation of 13 new districts, taking the number of total districts in the state to 26.
  • CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy digitally inaugurated them.
  • Some of these districts are Manyam district carved out of Vizianagaram district, Anakapalli district carved out of Visakhapatnam district, Palnadu carved out of Guntur district, and more.

 

5) Jupiter’s identical twin discovered about 17,000 light-yrs away

  • Jupiter’s near-identical twin has been. discovered.
  • The exoplanet, referred to as K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, orbits its star at a similar distance from its star as Jupiter is from the Sun.
  • The study has been published as a preprint on ArXiv.org and submitted to the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
  • The exoplanet is about 17,000 light-years from the Earth.

 

6) CCI approves acquisition of shares of Hero FinCorp by AHVF

  • The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of certain compulsorily convertible preference shares of Hero FinCorp Limited (Target) by AHVF II Holdings Singapore Il Pte. Ltd. (Acquirer).
  • It has been approved under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.
  • Hero FinCorp is primarily engaged in the business of financing and related financial. services.

 

7) SEBI forms committee to strengthen governance of MIIS

  • SEBI constituted a committee on 4 April 2022 for reviewing and making recommendations for further strengthening of governance norms at stock exchange and other market infrastructure institutions (MIls).
  • The six-member committee will be chaired by G Mahalingam, former whole-time member of SEBI.
  • The panel will also review the requirements related to appointment of directors on the board.

 

8) 59th National Maritime Day: 5 April 2022

  • India celebrates National Maritime Day on April 5 every year.
  • The day was first celebrated in the year 1964.
  • On this day in 1919, SS Loyalty, the first ship of The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd., journeyed to the UK, a crucial step in India’s shipping history when sea routes were controlled by the British.
  • The day is observed yearly by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways.

 

9) TN CM launches ‘Kaaval Uthavi’ app for public during emergency

  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on 4 April 2022 launched ‘Kaaval Uthavi’ app.
  • It contains 60 features that will help seek police assistance during any emergency.
  • The app is used to send ’emergency’ alert to the police control room, so as to obtain immediate assistance during any distress.
  • It features a facility to dial 112/100/101 to make direct calls with the police control room.

 


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