Current Affairs - April 22, 2022 Current Affairs

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Vikram Dev Dutt as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India Asset Holding (AIAHL).

Young Indian Chess Grandmaster D. Gukesh has emerged as the winner of the 48th La Roda International Open chess tournament, held in Castile-La Mancha, in Spain.

The World Bank - Policy Research Working Paper of the World Bank, India has registered a decline of 12.3% in extreme poverty.

IndusInd Bank has been conferred with the global 'Cellent Model Bank' award under the category of 'Payments System Transformation' for making it a best-in-class enterprise payments hub.

The Union Ministry for Steel hosted the "National Metallurgist Award 2021" event in New Delhi.

State Bank of India (SBI) has raised 3-year funds of $500 million (over Rs 3,800 crore) through a syndicated loan facility at "very fine pricing" through its IFSC Gift City branch.

Telangana launched its Space Tech Framework to promote domestic production of launch vehicles, satellite systems and subsystems, ground equipment manufacturing and other facilities.

Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways will help in providing instant information related to road accidents and in claims of accident compensation To help speed up the e-DAR has been developed in consultation with various insurance companies.

Surat and Indore have bagged the Best City Award and Uttar Pradesh the Best State Award.

India's first 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant has been commissioned by the Oil India Limited (OIL) at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam.

The Indian Army's Trishakti Corps conducted Ex Kripan Shakti at the Teesta Field Firing Firing Ranges (TFFR) near Siliguri in West Bengal.

The government announced a food-grain production target of 328 million tonnes for 2022-23.

The theme for World Creativity & Innovation Day in 2022 is Collaboration. World Creativity and Innovation Day is observed every year on April 21 to emphasize the role of creativity and innovation in different aspects of human development. The main goal behind the celebration of this day is to encourage people to promote multidisciplinary thinking both at individual and group levels.

The World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID) is celebrated on April 21 every year.

The sixth and final submarine in the Scorpene-class under Project 75 has been named 'Vagsheer'.

April 21 Civil Service Day is being celebrated to rededicate and recommit themselves to the cause of the people.

Crypto lender Nexo has partnered with Mastercard to launch the world's first "crypto-backed" payment card.

PM dedicated to the nation a new dairy complex and potato processing plant at Diyodar, Banaskantha district in Gujarat. The facility has been built at a cost of over Rs. 600 crores.

Skill India, in association with the Directorate General of Training (DGT), is organising a day-long 'Apprenticeship Mela' across the country in more than over 700 locations.