CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 14th APRIL 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 14^th APRIL 2022

1. ‘Ambedkar Jayanti’ (also known as ‘Bhim Jayanti’) is celebrated on 14 April to commemorate the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar. In 2022, we are marking the 131^st birth anniversary of Babasaheb.
2. Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the spiritual of Jainism, Lord Mahavir. This Year, it falls on April 14.
3. ‘World Chagas Disease Day’ is observed on 14 April to raise public awareness and visibility among people about Chagas Disease. The Theme for 2022 is ‘finding and reporting every case to defeat Chagas disease’.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya in New Delhi on April 14.
5. The University Grants Commission on 13 April 2022 released guidelines for pursuing two academic programmes simultaneously.
6. Falguni Nayar has been named as the ‘EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021’, at the 23^rd edition of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year India Awards.
7. A Study led by experts from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, discovered that micro plastics and other contaminants may be causing growth abnormalities and skeletal deformities in Fish in the Cauvery River.
8.  India’s retail inflation surged to a 17-month high of 6.95% in March from 6.07% in the previous month due to a sharp increase I food Prices, the National Statistical Office (NSO) data showed.
9.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honoured with the inaugural ‘Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award’ which is instituted in the memory of the veteran singer of Lata Mangeskar. PM Modi will receive the award for selfless service to the nation and society.
10. In the 80^th ‘SKOCH Summit and SKOCH Awards’, held recently in New Delhi, India’s largest iron ore producer, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), under the Ministry of Steel, received one gold and one silver Medal.
11. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on 13 April 2022 conferred the ‘International Gandhi Award’ for Leprosy, 2021 to Dr. Bhushan Kumar of Chandigarh and Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust of Gujarat, in New Delhi.
12. The first ‘Khelo India National Ranking Women Archery’ will be held in Tata Archery Academy, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
13. 16-year-old chess sensation R. Pragganandhaa has won the prestigious ‘Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament’ in Reykjavik, Iceland.  
14. The Netherlands has lifted their fourth title of ‘FIH Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup’ 2022 after beating Germany at Potchefstroom, South Africa.  
15. In a deviation from the conventional single host city approach, the Commonwealth Games will be held in Victoria in 2026, with the majority of events being organized by the State’s regional centers.
16.  Prem Rawat, a renowned educator has come up with his book titled “Hear Yourself: How to Find Peace in a Noisy World”.