Current Affairs - April 14, 2022 Current Affairs

International Turban Day is being 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.

Located in the Rann of Kutch region, this place is also known as the 'Wagah of Gujarat'.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Arbor Day Foundation have jointly recognised Mumbai and Hyderabad as '2021 Tree City of the World'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya on April 14, 2022, as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Dozens of megalithic stone jars have been unearthed in the state of Assam, at four previously unknown sites.

The number of patent filings increased from 42,763 in 2014-15 to 66,440 in 2021-22.

The Airports Council International (ACI) World [Headquarter- Montreal, Canada] released the list of the top 10 busiest airports worldwide for 2021. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL, 75.7 million passengers, +76.4%) is back at the top of 2021 rankings, followed by Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW, 62.5 million passengers, +58.7%), and Denver International Airport (DEN, 58.8 million passengers, +74.4%). After reaching the top rank in 2020, Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport (CAN, 40.3 million passengers, -8.0%) slid to the eighth position in 2021.

PM-DAKSH (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) Yojana, implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, is a National Plan for the skilling of marginalized persons.

The fourth edition of the '2+2' Ministerial dialogue between India and the United States has been held in Washington DC.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has downgraded its forecast for global GDP growth in Financial Year 2022 to 2.8 percent from the previously predicted 4.1 percent.

P Gopi Krishna, Chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank has launched a new deposit scheme of the bank named Vikas Siri Sampat-1111.

The Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, inaugurated the "Amrit Samagam", a conference of tourism and culture ministers of the country, in New Delhi.

India's first indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee - Kadam has launched by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M).

Noted Assamese poet and litterateur Nilmani Phookan has been felicitated with the 56th Jnanpith award for 2021.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been named as the ICC Men's Player of the Month for March 2022.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre completed 103 years on April 13, 2022.

Gujarat has topped NITI Aayog State Energy and Climate Index-(SECI) Round 1 among larger states.

Himachal Pradesh's Kangra tea will soon get a European Commission Geographical Indication Tag (GI tag).

Eminent Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo has been conferred with the 57th Jnanpith Award for the year 2022.

The 38th Siachen Day has celebrated by the Siachen Warriors Brigade of Fire & Fury Corps on April 13, 2022, with tremendous zeal and enthusiasm.