Current Affairs 11 April 2022

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Current Affairs 11 April 2022 includes all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, and all Government official websites.

 News Headlines 

1. Trade Facilitation Centre At Jodhpur Inaugurated
2. Two Day National Workshop to Speed Up Development of National Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museum Organised At Bhopal
3. World Doubles Squash Championships: India win maiden Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles titles in Glasgow
4. South-Central Railway launches ‘One station One Product’ initiative at 6 major stations
5. Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System and Pinaka Area Denial Munition Rocket Systems successfully flight-tested by DRDO & Army
6. Cabinet nod to distribute fortified rice under central schemes
7. Kia India launches new versions of Seltos, Sonet
8. Indian luxury handbag brand ‘Aranyani’ launched in New York
9. Karbon Card launches new Payout product for startups and SMBs
10. RBI starts SDF to raise effective policy rate
11. Tata Group officially launches super app Tata Neu
12. Indian Railways: CAG Flags Slow Progress In Reducing Travel Time Of Passenger And Freight Trains
13. Government launches ‘Broadcast Seva’ portal to bring transparency
14. IOC, L&T, ReNew power form joint venture to develop green hydrogen sector

 News Details 

1. Trade Facilitation Centre At Jodhpur Inaugurated

• Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti and Smt.
• Darshana V Jardosh, Minister of State for Textiles & Railways today jointly inaugurated the Trade Facilitation Centre at Boranada, Jodhpur.

2. Two Day National Workshop to Speed Up Development of National Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museum Organised At Bhopal

• A two-day national workshop (7th and 8th April 2022) was organised at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh by the Development Support Agency of Gujarat (DSAG), Tribal Development Department of Gujarat and Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.

3. World Doubles Squash Championships: India win maiden Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles titles in Glasgow

• In the World Doubles Squash Championships, India’s Dipika Pallikal teaming up with Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa, has won mixed doubles and women’s doubles titles at Glasgow.

4. South-Central Railway launches ‘One station One Product’ initiative at 6 major stations

• The South-Central Railway (SCR) has launched the “One station One Product” initiative at 6 major stations in all its six divisions.
• The stalls have also been opened at Kacheguda beside Vijayawada, Guntur and Aurangabad Stations.
• The Government had announced the new initiative in the General Budget 2022-23 and is already under trial at Tirupati.
• South-Central Railway Headquarters: Secunderabad.

5. Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System and Pinaka Area Denial Munition Rocket Systems successfully flight-tested by DRDO & Army

• Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System (EPRS) and Pinaka Area Denial Munition (ADM) rocket systems have been successfully flight-tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army at Pokhran Firing Ranges.

6. Cabinet nod to distribute fortified rice under central schemes

• In a move aimed at reducing malnutrition in the country, the Union cabinet approved a scheme to distribute fortified rice under various government programmes.
• This will provide nutrition to every poor person of the country to overcome malnutrition and lack of essential nutrients in women, children and lactating mothers.

7. Kia India launches new versions of Seltos, Sonet

• Automaker Kia India has launched the refreshed versions of its two popular products, Seltos and Sonet, with prices starting at Rs 10.19 lakh and Rs 7.15 lakh (ex-showroom, pan India), respectively.
• The refreshed Kia Seltos has been updated with 13 new enhancements, while the Sonet has been updated with 9 additional features.

8. Indian luxury handbag brand ‘Aranyani’ launched in New York

• In line with the focus on the Make in India’ and Local for Global’ campaigns, the first luxury handbag brand from India amalgamating traditional Indian craftsmanship, contemporary format and design was launched in New York.

9. Karbon Card launches new Payout product for startups and SMBs

• Karbon Card, a corporate card provider and an emerging Neobank for the new-age startups and SMBs, announced launching a new Payout product making the salary payments easier and faster.
• Karbon : Founded in 2019 by Kartik Jain, Pei-fu Hsieh, Amit Jangir, and Sunil Kumar.

10. RBI starts SDF to raise effective policy rate

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has effectively raised the policy rate by 40 basis points by introducing a standing deposit facility (SDF), through which it seeks to suck out excess liquidity in the system, but without offering any collateral to banks.

11. Tata Group officially launches super app Tata Neu

• Tata Group has officially launched its much-anticipated super app Tata Neu, as it attempts to take on Amazon and Jio Platforms.
• The app will allow users to access a range of services from the company-owned brands including Air Asia, BigBasket, Croma, IHCL, Qmin, Starbucks, Tata 1Mg, Tata CLiQ, Tata Play, and Westside.
• Chandrasekaran is the chairman of Tata Sons.

12. Indian Railways: CAG Flags Slow Progress In Reducing Travel Time Of Passenger And Freight Trains

• In its latest report tabled in Parliament, the CAG has pointed out that there was no significant improvement on the mobility outcomes.
• Despite investing Rs 2.5 lakh crore on track infrastructure during 2008-19, Indian Railways has failed to speed up passenger and freight trains.
• Comptroller and Auditor General of India : Girish Chandra Murmu.

13. Government launches ‘Broadcast Seva’ portal to bring transparency

• The Information and Broadcasting ministry launched the ‘Broadcast Seva’ portal to facilitate application and processing of licences, permissions and registrations for broadcasters.
• The revamped portal is expected to bring transparency, accountability and responsiveness to the ecosystem.
• Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports : Anurag Thakur.

14. IOC, L&T, ReNew power form joint venture to develop green hydrogen sector

• To enable decarbonization push, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), ReNew Power announced signing of a binding term sheet for the formation of a Joint Venture (JV) company to develop the nascent green hydrogen sector in India.
• The JV will focus on developing Green Hydrogen projects in a time-bound manner to supply Green Hydrogen at an industrial scale.

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