April current affairs 2

1.British Prime Minister Theresa May has reiterated the UK government’s long-standing expression of ‘deep regret’ over the April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre occured April 13, 1919, marked a turning point in the Indian freedom struggle. 

2.The first photograph of a black hole was revealed by scientists recently.A black hole is an object in space that is so dense and has such strong gravity that no matter or light can escape its pull. Because no light can escape, it is black and invisible.

3.West Bengal’s Utkarsh Bangla and Sabuj Sathi schemes have won the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards under the United Nations.

4. RailWire Wi-Fi by RailTel is now live at 1600 railway stations across the country, with Santacruz railway station in Mumbai becoming the 1600th station to become a RailWire Wi-Fi zone.

5.The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was awarded the distinction of “Public Water Agency of the Year” by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit in London.Namami Gange Programme – is an umbrella programme which  Government of India is supplementing the efforts of the state governments in addressing the pollution of river Ganga by providing financial assistance to the states.

6.The International Day of Human Space Flight was observed across the world on April 12, 2019. The day celebrates the anniversary of the first ever human space flight undertaken by Yuri Gagarin.

7. Air delivery service developer ‘Wing’, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, began delivering its first orders to customers in Canberra, Australia through flying drones. 

8.Russia’s highest civilian award – the “Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First,” will be awarded to PM Narendra Modi for his work on bilateral ties.

9.4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Congress 2019 was recently organized by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in new delhi. It is the annual global platform for urban resilience and climate change adaptation. 

10.The world’s largest aircraft recently took off over the Mojave Desert in California. It is carbon-composite plane built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp. 

11. India recently successfully test-fired its first Sub-sonic cruise missile, Nirbhay. Nirbhay is a long range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile designed and developed in India by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It has an operational range of 1000 km (long range).

12.The Bhutan government has decided to send the bill for ratification of the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) initiative for road and rail connectivity.

13.Telugu poet K Siva Reddy has been selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his work Pakkaki Ottigilite which is a collection of poetry.It is the highest recognition in the field of Indian literature in the country,The award is presented by the KK Birla Foundation also gives vyas samman.

14.With the number of tigers steadily on the rise at Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttarakhand, the authorities feel upgrading it to a tiger reserve,seeking advice of NTCA.

15.NASA’s Cassini-Huygens spacecraft reveal new information about the lakes on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.

16.The SC is hearing the issue of diversion of Beas water for Sidhmukh Nohar Project in Rajasthan. It is constructed to utilise the share of Rajasthan in Ravi Beas surplus water.

17. 150 Great Indian Bustards (GIB) in Rajasthan’s Desert National Park (DNP), as per a survey.It is a critically endangered species, Project Great Indian Bustard  launched in the state of Rajasthan. Its Protected areas are Desert National Park Sanctuary — Rajasthan, Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary – Andhra Pradesh and Karera Wildlife Sanctuary– Madhya Pradesh.


18.The maiden national level Coastal Defence Exercise SEA VIGIL was conducted recently by the Indian Navy.

19.Every year, 18th April is celebrated Worldwide as World Heritage Day to create awareness about Heritage among communities.The theme for this year’s celebrations is ‘Rural Landscapes’, 37 World Heritage Sites located in India. It is recognised by UNESCO.

20.The western disturbance has brought heavy rainfall across various parts of the country. It is an extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden winter rain to the north-western parts of the Indian sub-continent.

21.Sri Lanka has launched its first satellite ‘Raavana-1’ into space.t is designed to orbit the Earth 15 times a day at a speed of 7.6 km per second.

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