25 April 2023 : Latest Current Affairs 25th April
Important Current Affairs 25th April 2023
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 25th April including national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 25th April 2023 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 25th April – National News
1. In Thiruvananthapuram, PM Modi laid the cornerstone for the first Digital Science Park.
◉ The first Digital Science Park to be built in India had its foundation stone placed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Technocity campus in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
◉ A multidisciplinary cluster-based interactive innovation zone with an emphasis on digital technologies, the 1,500 crore Digital Science Park project is situated next to the Kerala University of ◉ Digital Sciences Innovation and Technology on roughly 14 acres of land.
◉ It will accommodate two structures with a combined space of 2,000 square feet. The first one would have five floors and more than 1.5 lakh square feet of space dedicated to Centres of Excellence, which will include research labs and a digital incubator.
2. India’s first water metro project was inaugurated by PM Modi in Kochi.
◉ The nation’s first water metro, which connects ten tiny islands surrounding Kochi, a port city in Kerala, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
◉ A distinctive urban mass transit system, Water Metro offers passengers the same comfort and simplicity of travel as a traditional metro system. In cities like Kochi, it is really helpful.
◉ A low-cost mass transit system called Metro Lite offers passengers the same level of comfort, convenience, safety, timeliness, dependability, and environmental friendliness as a traditional metro system.
◉ For Tier 2 cities and smaller cities with Peak Hour Peak Direction Traffic up to 15,000, it provides a low-cost transportation option.
3. A school in Maharashtra installs an AL-machine to evaluate food quality.
◉ Todsa Ashram School in Etapalli, Maharashtra, has constructed a special artificial intelligence-based machine in an effort to raise the nutritional status of Gadchiroli tribal children.
◉ Eight government schools are a part of the project Bhamragad, which was started by the administration.
◉ Notably, the device takes a picture of the student holding their plate of food and determines in a matter of seconds whether the food is of excellent quality without the need for human interaction.
International News
4. UK puts millions of phones through emergency alert system testing
◉ Millions of mobile phones were programmed to vibrate and produce a loud alarm at 3 o’clock (1400 GMT) as part of the UK’s first test of a new emergency warning service.
◉ This is a trial run for Emergency Alerts, a new service from the British government that will alert you to potentially life-threatening situations.
◉ The technology is intended to inform people about problems like extreme flooding and fires, according to emergency services and the government.
Banking
5. Canara Bank collaborates with the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) to launch “Digitalised Submission of Form 15G/15H” Canara Bank has announced its collaboration with the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH).
◉ An individual sends Form 15G (Individual and HUF) or Form 15H (Individual-Senior Citizen) to the bank in order to self-declare that TDS should not be deducted from interest income because the individual’s income is below the basic exemption limit.
◉ Many people, especially older citizens, submit their 15G & 15H forms to their banks at the beginning of the fiscal year, particularly in the first few weeks of April.
◉ For the time being, our bank only accepts submission of these forms through online banking or mobile banking, which calls for knowledge of and access to mobile or internet banking.
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Appointment
6. DPIIT secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh assumes leadership.
◉ Rajesh Kumar Singh, a senior IAS officer, has been appointed secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
◉ Anurag Jain, who was appointed secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, was succeeded by Singh.
◉ Singh worked as the Secretary for the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying before joining DPIIT.
◉ Singh is a Kerala-trained Indian Administrative Service officer from the 1989 batch.
Awards
7. The PM’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration is given to the Ministry of Health.
◉ The Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2022 has been given to the Union Health Ministry’s National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme. The honour was given in the category of innovation.
◉ Rajesh Bhushan, the secretary of health, accepted the honour at the 16th Civil Services Day celebration.
◉ Over 220 crore doses of the Covid vaccination have reportedly been given across the nation thus far, according to a release.
◉ On January 16, 2021, the nationwide immunisation campaign began, with health professionals receiving the first shots. Vaccinations for front-line Covid employees began in February 2021 after that.
Defence
8. Tallinn will host the cyber defence exercise “Locked Shields” in 2023.
◉ the 2023 iteration of the yearly “Locked Shields” exercise, which is held at the Estonian capital of ◉ Tallinn’s NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.
◉ The largest cyber defence exercise in history is called “Locked Shields”. It entails defending computer systems from immediate attacks and modelling tactical and strategic choices in pressing circumstances.
◉ The exercise featured more than 3000 participants from 38 nations, including partners and allies of NATO.
◉ The practice simulates actual attacks and evaluates the ability to make strategic decisions under pressure.
Important day
9. World Immunisation Week is from April 24 to 30.
◉ The goal of World Immunisation Week, which is observed in the final week of April, is to raise awareness of the need for community protection against diseases that can be prevented through vaccination.
◉ WHO works with nations throughout the world to increase public awareness of the importance of vaccines and immunisation, and it makes sure that governments have access to the technical assistance and guidance they need to put high-quality immunisation programmes in place.
◉ More people being protected against diseases that can be prevented by vaccination, as well as their communities, is the ultimate goal of World Immunisation Week.
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10. World Malaria Day is on April 25.
◉ The world celebrates World Malaria Day on April 25.
◉ Goal: To draw attention to the serious effects of malaria on health worldwide and to promote efforts to stop and eradicate the illness.
◉ Theme 2023: Invest, innovate, and implement to achieve malaria eradication
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