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Current Affairs Of April 2021 Help Line No:- Khanpur : +91-9311668899 South Ex : +91-9311556699 CONTENT National…………………………………………….…………………….2 International………………………………………………………………7 Defence………………………………………………………………….12 Appointments or Resign/Retired…………………………….…………..14 Honours/ Awards……………………………………………….……….20 Sports……………………………………………..……………..………25 Obituaries………………………………………………..…….….….….30 Important Days with theme………………………………….…….…...33 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs In 2019, AESL partnered with Blackstone to National create India’s largest digitally enabled, omni-channel test preparation company. Rajasthan becomes 1st State to provide Health Insurance for all its residents Now after the acquisition, Blackstone will swap a portion of its 37.5% equity in Aakash The State Government of Rajasthan began for Byju’s stake. registrations for About BYJU’S: ‘Chiranjeevi Health Establishment – 2011 Insurance Scheme Headquarter – Bangalore, Karnataka (Mukhyamantri CEO -ByjuRaveendran Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana). With this launch, Rajasthan became West Central Railway Becomes First Fully the 1st State in India to provide health insurance of up Electrified Indian Railways Zone to INR 5 Lakh to each Family every year. The electrification of the West Central The announcement of the Health Insurance Scheme was made during the presentation of Railways(WCR) was the State Budget for the FY 2021-22. completed and WCR became the first fully The Scheme is worth INR 3, 500 Crore. electrified Indian railway zone. The WCR boasts a 3012 Route km electrified BYJU’S the Edtech company acquired AESL for Network. $1 billion Byju’s, India’s biggest online education startup has After Chief Commissioner of Railway announced its acquisition of Aakash Educational Safety(CCRS) Inspection and Services Limited (AESL), a provider of test Commissioning of electrification of Kota – Chittaurgarh railway section (Srinagar – preparation services for $1 billion (about Rs 7,300 Jalindri) in Rajasthan WCR became the 1st crore). This deal is the biggest acquisition by Byju’s of the 18 railway zones to achieve 100% until now. electrification. The objective of the acquisition: The government ensures that the entire rail Byju’s aims to increase its presence in the test prep network will be fully electrified by space as its competitors/rival Unacademy made close December 2023 and the entire rail network to six acquisitions in the test prep space and Amazon will run on renewable energy by 2030. India made an entry with Amazon Academy in 2020. The cash-and-stock deal: IISc Bangalore and Calcutta University Ranked Best in India : ARWU Ranking 2020 AESL is a provider of test preparation services that gain entry for the students into the According to the country’s elite engineering and medical Academic Ranking of schools. World Universities 2020 (ARWU 2020 After acquisition also AESL will continue to operate as a separate entity with founders also known as J.C. Chaudhry and Aakash Chaudhry Shanghai Ranking) continuing to lead the entity. released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore) was ranked as the www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs best Higher Education Institute in India, while Calcutta Sonu Sood Appointed as Brand Ambassador for University was ranked as the best University in India. Punjab’s Anti-COVID-19 Vaccination Drive i. Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab At the Global Level, Harvard University announced the appointment (USA) was ranked as the Best University of actor and philanthropist followed by Stanford University (USA) & Sonu Sood as the brand the University of Cambridge (United ambassador of the anti- Kingdom). coronavirus vaccination IISc Bangalore was the best ranked Indian programme tof the government of Punjab. Institute at the global level with a ranking in ii.As the brand ambassador, Sonu Sood will be the category 501-600. reaching out and promote the benefits of the covid-19 ARWU is an annual Publication. vaccination iii.The COVID-19 Vaccination Drive, one of the World largest campaigns of Punjab aims to provide all with Institution Country Ranking the required immunity to combat the pandemic. India approves Use of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 Vaccine 501-600 IISc Bangalore India Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the use of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, Harvard “Sputnik V” in India, to tackle the 2nd Wave of the 1 USA University virus spread in India. With this approval, India has 3 Covid-19 vaccines – Covaxin, Covishield and Sputnik- V. Stanford 2 USA University Sputnik-V is manufactured in India by Hyderabad based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. University of United 3 Covishield is manufactured in India by Serum Cambridge Kingdom Institute of India, Pune & developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca. Best Institutes Ranking in India India’s indigenous vaccine “Covaxin” is manufactured by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR – National Regional Global Institution Institute of Virology. Rank Rank India Celebrates ‘Tika Utsav’ Vaccination Festival 1 IISc Bangalore 501-600 to Combat COVID-19 The Government of India launched the Tika 2-4 IIT Madras 601-700 Utsav, a four day COVID- 19 vaccination festival with an University of aim to vaccinate the maximum 2-4 601-700 Calcutta number of eligible people against COVID-19. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs Tika Utsav is India’s Mass vaccination drive to the occasion he released 4 books based on Baba Saheb combat COVID-19. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s life, which were authored by Kishor Makwana. The 4-day vaccination drive started on 11th 4-Books: Dr. Ambedkar Jivan Darshan, Dr. Ambedkar April 2021, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and continued Vyakti Darshan, Dr Ambedkar Rashtra Darshan, and till 14th April 2021 the birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar Aayam Darshan. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Note- 14th April 2021 marks the 130th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar, which is celebrated in India as Ambedkar Jayanti. Sanjaya Baru releases new book, ‘India’s Power About B R Ambedkar: Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural Revolution’ i.He is the 1st Law Minister of India & popularly India’s famous political commentator, Sanjaya Baru, known as the “Father of Indian Constitution”. released his new book “India’s Power Elite: Class, ii.He was the inspiration behind the 1956 Dalit Caste and a Cultural Revolution”. The book discusses Buddhist movement in India. the socio-cultural changes that happened in India after iii.Books by B.R. Ambedkar – Annihilation of the 2014 General Elections. Caste,Who Were the Shudras?,The Buddha and His Dhamma,The Problem of the Rupee: Its Origin and Its The book analyses the regime of Prime Solution,Castes in India. Minister Narendra Modi & Bharatiya Janata Party, on how the party wins state elections in places where it had no footprint. Suresh Raina Authored His Memoir “Believe — About Sanjaya Baru: What Life and Cricket Taught Me” With Bharat i.He served as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Sundaresan media advisor and chief spokesperson (PMO) between Suresh Raina penned his Memoir “Believe — What May 2004 and August 2008. Life and Cricket Taught ii.He was the former Secretary-General of the Me” Co-authored by Bharat Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Sundaresan to be released by Industry (FICCI). May, 2021.The book will be published by Penguin Random Other Books – House. The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making Note – Memoir means a historical and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh account or biography written from personal knowledge. 1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History About the Book: Strategic consequences of India’s economic The Book is all about the Suresh Raina, it describes performance about his life, challenges he faced as a young cricketer. India and the World: Essays on Geoeconomics About Suresh Raina: and Foreign Policy i.He hails from Uttar Pradesh. ii.He is the first Indian batsman to hit a century in all PM Narendra Modi Released 4 books on Life of BR three formats(Test, ODI, T20I) of international cricket. st Ambedkar Authored by Kishor Makwana iii.He is also the 1 Indian player to score 6,000 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually participated in 8,000 runs in T20 cricket. the Association of Indian Universities’ 95th Annual iv.He is the first cricketer in the history of the Indian Meet and National Seminar of Vice-Chancellors. On Premier League (IPL) to complete 5000 runs. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs About Bharat Sundaresan: Goa Civil Code (also known as Goa Family He is a world-renowned, award-winning cricket writer Law) is based on the Portuguese Civil Code currently based in Adelaide, Australia. He is the which was introduced in 1870. Australian correspondent and senior writer for In Indian Constitution, UCC is placed among Cricbuzz.He was well known for his book, “The Dhoni the non-justiciable Directive Principles of Touch”. State Policy – Article 44. Adani Group Became 3rd Indian Conglomerate To Cross 100 Billion USD mcap New Book:“The Living Mountain” by Jnanpith Adani Group became the 3rd indian conglomerate to Awardee Amitav Ghosh cross 100 billion USD in market capitalization(mcap). Noted Indian writer Amitav Ghosh has authored a new On 6th April the total mcap of the 6 listed companies book titled “The Living of Adani Group at the close of trading was Rs.7.84 Mountain: A Fable for lakh crore(106.8 billion USD). Our Times”. This book The other 2 indian conglomerates to cross 100 billion was written during the mcap are Tata Group and Reliance Industries limited. course of the pandemic.It will be Published by Harper Collins India. PhonePe becomes 1st company to cross 1 billion About the Book: transactions in UPI i.The Book is written in the Structure of a fable about PhonePe, a Bengaluru based digital payments and Mahaparbat,the living mountain. financial services company has become the first ii.It is a cautionary tale of how humans have company to cross 1 billion transactions on Unified systematically exploited nature leading to an Payment Interface(UPI).The company has crossed environment collapse.