Current Affairs - April 15, 2021 Current Affairs

The International Turban Day is celebrated every year on April 13 since 2004 to bring awareness of the strict requirement on Sikhs to put the turban as a mandatory part of their religion.

A Sanskrit learning app 'Little Guru' has launched in Bangladesh by the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) of the High Commission of India.

In 2021, April 13 marks the 102nd anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, that took place on April 13, 1919 at Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab's Amritsar.

The Drugs Controller General of India has approved Russian Covid-19 vaccine "Sputnik V" for use in the country, Sinovac vaccines is not permitted in India.

The Axis Bank along with its subsidiaries, Axis Capital and Axis Securities, have completed the acquisition of 12.99 percent stake in the Max Life Insurance Company.

Anthony Hopkins, The Father has won the award for "Best Leading Actor" at the 74th edition of the BAFTA awards 2021.

The World Chagas Disease Day is observed on 14 April to raise the public awareness and visibility among people about Chagas Disease.

Six higher education institutions have been awarded the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020.

The World bank economist Poonam Gupta has been appointed as the new Director General of the policy think tank "National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)".She would succeed Shekhar Shah.

The Radiant Seetha from Thiagarajar Polytechnic College won the contest in the 'Legal Awareness' sub-theme.

The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) has issued India's first Green Municipal bond.

The Raisina Dialogue is a multilateral conference held annually in New Delhi, India. Since its inception in 2016, the conference has emerged as India's flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics. The theme for the 2021 conference is "#ViralWorld: Outbreaks, Outliers and Out of Control".

The Lilavati Award under "Women's Health" sub theme was won by WIT Women Health Coalition from Walchand Institute of Technology, Maharashtra.

The Dronacharya awardee renowned rifle shooting coach Sanjay Chakravarty, has passed away due to Covid-related complications. He was 79.

The Prime MInister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2021 "Raisina Dialogue" the sixth edition of the annual dialogue.

Nandan Nilekani is the incumbent the President of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER).

Daniel Kaluuya has won the award for the "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" at the 74th edition of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) awards 2021.

Frances McDormand has won the award for "Best Leading Actress" at the 74th edition of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) awards 2021.

The Ambedkar Jayanti is an annual festival observed on 14 April to commemorate the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar.