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Helen McCrory passes away  The govt of Ghana, Bharti Airtel, and Millicom International Cellular S.A. have announced the  British actress Helen McCrory, who starred in the execution of a definitive agreement for the television show Peaky Blinders and the Harry transfer of 'AirtelTigo' to the government of Potter movies, passed away in April 2021. Ghana.  McCrory also starred in the TV thriller  In the proposed agreement, the government of Fearless, movie The Queen, and had roles in Ghana will acquire 100% shares of AirtelTigo, Martin Scorsese’s film Hugo and the James Bond along with all customers, assets, and liabilities. thriller Skyfall.  AirtelTigo would then become and operate as a  She was also known for her charity work, state entity. including FeedNHS, a campaign run during the pandemic. Zeenah Vilcassim: Marketing Director Bacardi Mewalal Chaudhry passes away  Bacardi India has announced the appointment of Zeenah Vilcassim as the company’s Marketing  Former Bihar Education Minister and Janata Dal Director. (United) MLA Mewalal Chaudhry passed away in  Vilcassim, who joined the company on 1 April April 2021 due to Covid-19. 2021, will head consumer and customer  Chaudhary, who was the sitting Member of the marketing across the entire Bacardi portfolio of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Bihar's Tarapur brands. constituency was removed as the state Education  She joined Bacardi four years ago as global brand minister on corruption charges. director for Dewar’s Scotch whisky.  The state currently has 44,700 active cases.  Bacardi sells its signature rum brands in India. Delhi government sets up control rooms Jeremy Choy to join Midea as CFO  The Delhi govt has set up two control rooms to  HSBC Holdings Plc’s head of technology mergers monitor and manage the supply of "COVID-19 and acquisitions (M&A) in Asia, Jeremy Choy is management drugs" amid a massive rise in joining Chinese home appliances giant Midea coronavirus cases. Group Co. as its Chief Financial Officer.  Delhi recorded the biggest jump in its daily  Midea focuses on making air conditioners, COVID-19 tally with 25,462 fresh cases, on 18 refrigerators, and washing machines. Apr'21.  Choy joined HSBC in June 2019 from China  For East, North East, South, Central, New Delhi, Renaissance Holdings Ltd., where he was the head and North districts, the Karkardooma Head Office of M&A. will serve as the control room. West Bengal govt forms 4-member Task Force Govt of Ghana to acquire stake in AirtelTigo

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 The West Bengal government has formed a 4-  Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium will host member Task Force on the augmentation of covid the T20 World Cup final in November 2021. beds in private hospitals and nursing homes to  The BCCI has zeroed in on eight venues in all for mitigate the surging impact of covid19 cases in the October-November T20 Cup, which includes the state. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore,  Sanjay Bansal, Secretary in Health and Family Hyderabad and Dharamshala. Welfare Dept will chair the task force and act as  BCCI has also decided to field both the men’s and State Nodal Officer. the women’s teams at the 2028 Los Angeles  The state reported the highest single-day spike of Olympics if the game is included in the roster. 7713 covid cases on 17 Apr'21. Deepak Punia wins silver in Asian C'ships Kerala imposes new covid restriction  World championships silver medalist Deepak  Kerala has imposed a new covid restriction as Punia settled for a silver medal in the Asian it recorded its highest single-day surge on 18 wrestling championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan Apr'21 with 18,257 new covid cases. on 18 April 2021.  RT- PCR test has been made compulsory for  Sanjeet bagged bronze for India in the 92 kg people coming to Kerala from other states. category.  The test needs to done 48 hours prior to the  India thus ended the Asian Championships with travel and is mandatory even if the person is seven medals in the men’s freestyle event and an vaccinated. overall tally of five gold, three silver, and six  14 days of room isolation is compulsory for those bronze medals. who do not take the test. China, U.S. agree to tackle climate crisis Chhattisgarh imposes lockdown in 28 districts  The world’s two biggest carbon polluters China  In Chhattisgarh, all 28 districts will be under and the US have agreed to tackle the climate crisis lockdown from 20 April 2021. with urgency.  Lockdown has already been imposed in 24  Both countries have expressed their commitment districts of the state. to working together and with other countries to  In the Kanker and Narayanpur districts of Bastar tackle climate change. division, lockdown was imposed from 19 April  The decision came after several meetings held in 2021, while Sukma and Kondagaon districts will April 2021 between Chinese climate envoy Xie be under lockdown from 20 April. Zhenhua and his US counterpart John Kerry in  Meanwhile, the lockdown period has been Shanghai. extended in 13 districts of the state. Shri Ramanujacharya Jayanti: 18 April 6 day lockdown in Delhi from 19th April 2021  Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu paid tributes to  The Delhi government has decided to impose a the great philosopher, saint & social reformer, six-day-long lockdown in the national capital. Shri Ramanujacharya Ji on his Jayanti on 18 April  The lockdown will come into effect from 19th 2021. April which will continue till 26th April morning.  He was a great proponent of Vedanta  It had earlier imposed a two-day weekend curfew and Vaishnavism who also propagated the which came to an end on 19 April 2021. message of universal brotherhood.  People engaged in essential services and facing  The mummified body of Ramanuja is preserved at emergency conditions will be allowed for the Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam using movement during the lockdown. sandalwood paste and saffron. Narendra Modi Stadium will host T20 final Narendra Kaushal passes away 2 | P a g e

 A senior officer of the Indian Information Service  These coaches will be allocated to state Narendra Kaushal passed away following a COVID- governments on request. 19 infection in April 2021.  Railways has deployed 94 coaches in  Narendra Kaushal served in different departments Maharashtra's Nandurbar. of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting  Meanwhile, Northern Railways has deployed 50 including All India Radio, Doordarshan, ROB, and isolation coaches at Delhi's Shakur Basti railway RNI in senior positions. station. Centre allows transition time of 6 months Prime Minister chairs important meeting  The Centre has allowed a transition time of six  Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired an months for ensuring supply chain continuity and important meeting on 19 April 2021 on the access of eight regulated medical devices while COVID-related situation in the country. implementing their regulatory order under  The senior officials of the Health Ministry were Medical Devices Rules MDR, 2017. present in the meeting.  These medical devices include CT scan equipment,  The Prime Minister had on 17 April 2021 reviewed MRI equipment, PET Equipment, Dialysis the COVID and vaccination situation in a crucial Machine, X-Ray Machine, and Bone marrow cell meeting where he called for putting up a more separator. vigorous fight to defeat the second wave of Centre bans oxygen for industrial usage COVID. Insurance Policy claims to be settled  The Centre has prohibited the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes by manufacturers and  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, PMGKP suppliers from 22 April 2021 till further orders. Insurance Policy claims of COVID Warriors will  The matter was deliberated by the Department continue to be settled till 24 Apr 2021. for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  PMGKP was announced in March 2020 and it was (DPIIT) with all the stakeholders. extended thrice till 24th April.  This prohibition, however, shall not apply to the  The policy was launched to provide a safety net to supply of oxygen for nine industries including the health workers fighting COVID19. pharmaceuticals.  Insurance cover of 50 Lakhs rupees is provided IFFCO to set up oxygen plant in Gujarat under the PMGKP scheme.  Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited IAF Chief on an official visit to France (IFFCO) is going to set up an oxygen plant with  Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria left for France on 200 cubic meters per hour capacity in its Gujarat's 19 April 2021 on five days official visit. Kalol unit.  The visit will enhance potential avenues for  It will provide free oxygen to hospitals suffering strengthening the level of interaction between from a shortage of oxygen amid the the Indian and French Air Forces. unprecedented surge of COVID-19 infections.  During his visit, the Chief of Air Staff will hold  The plant will fill 700 big D-type cylinders daily meetings and discussions with the senior military and also 300 medium B size cylinders on demand. leadership of France and visit operational facilities Train coaches converted to isolation facility and airbases. First-ever online exhibition on Ramayana  Indian Railways has converted 4,002 train coaches as a COVID-19 care-cum-isolation facility to assist  Tourism and Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel state governments facing a shortage of beds in has inaugurated the first-ever online exhibition on their states. Ramayana. 3 | P a g e

 The online exhibition will showcase forty-nine (ICANN) registrar to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, miniature paintings collections of the National Litecoin and has now become the first to accept Museum, Delhi from different art schools of India. Dogecoin.  Mr. Patel also addressed a webinar 'India's  Dogecoin is a meme-inspired cryptocurrency Heritage: Powering Tourism' on the occasion of started in 2013. World Heritage Day 2021 observed on 18 April. NASA schedules Ingenuity's 1st flight Scientists create whitest-ever paint  The first scheduled flight of Nasa's Ingenuity  Scientists at Purdue University have developed a helicopter on Mars will take place on 19 April paint significantly "whiter than the whitest paint 2021. currently available".  It will be the first aircraft to attempt controlled  The newly developed ultra- flight on another planet, a feat with a high degree white paint reflects more than 98% of sunlight. of difficulty.  On contradictory, commercially available white  The 1.8 kilograms Ingenuity helicopter arrived on paints are able to reflect between 80% and 90% Mars on 18 February 2021 with its parent rover of sunlight. Perseverance and touched the surface of Mars on  This new paint technology could help to save 4 April 2021. energy and to fight against climate change. Railways to run ‘Oxygen Express’ trains A new super-Earth detected  Amid reports of shortage of oxygen supply for  A student at the Instituto de Astrofisica de COVID-19 patients, the Railways will operate Canarias has uncovered a new super Earth Oxygen Express trains to transport liquid medical orbiting the star GJ 740, a red dwarf. oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country.  It only takes 2.4 days to complete one orbit  A green corridor is being created to ensure fast around its star. movement of Oxygen Express trains by railway  This super-Earth around GJ 740 has three times ministry. the mass of the Earth.  The oxygen is a key element in the treatment of  This super-Earth is a little smaller than Neptune, certain medical conditions in the Covid infection. the fourth largest planet in our solar system after Over 12 cr covid vaccine doses administered Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.  The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine Flavoured milk taxable at 12% under GST doses administered in the country has crossed 12  Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has cr within 92 days of the world's largest classified Flavoured milk as 'beverage containing vaccination drive. milk' and is taxable at 12 percent under GST.  India is the fastest country to achieve this  This ruling has been given by AAR after Gujarat landmark. Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, the  It is followed by the US which took 97 days and cooperative behind Amul, approached AAR on China which took 108 days. taxability under GST regarding its flavoured milk  Cumulatively, 12,26,22,590 vaccine doses have named Amul Kool and Amul Kool Cafe. been administered through 18,15,325 sessions, as of 18 Apr 2021. EasyDNS starts accepting Dogecoin payments

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