News Headlines : 24th April 2022

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Jammu and Kashmir today to participate in National Panchayati Raj Day celebrations; To also launch multiple development projects worth over 20 thousand crore rupees.
  • Reserve Bank of India issued new directions on Credit Card and Debit Card which shall be effective from July 01, 2022.
  • In Mann Ki Baat programme, Prime Minister says, small online payments are helping in building big digital economy in the country; Terms, water conservation as a social and spiritual duty of all.
  • PM Said, “Friends, Mathematics is such a subject about which we Indians should be most comfortable.
  • PM Modi said after all, the people of India have given the most research and contribution to the whole world regarding mathematics.
  • Mr. Modi said you must have heard a lot about zero, that is, the discovery of zero and its importance. 
  • In a spectacular grand ceremony the Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu declared the Khelo India University Games open in Bengaluru.
  • The 10 days game has seen participation from over 4,000 sportspersons from 200 Universities across India.
  • Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates seven National Highway Projects worth over 5500 crore rupees in Maharashtra.
  • Three terrorists affiliated with proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit gunned down by security forces in a gunfight that broke out this evening between terrorists and security forces at Pahoo area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Ashish Mishra, accused in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case surrendered at Lakhimpur Kheri District Jail. The apex court had last week cancelled the bail granted to Ashish Mishra in the violence case and asked him to surrender within a week.
  • Police in Ivory Coast seize a record haul of more than 2 tonnes of pure cocaine with a street value of around 41 billion CFA francs ($67.7 million).
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi honoured with first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai.
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is organizing the ‘Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari’ campaign from tomorrow.
  • The campaign which will continue till 30th of April is being organised under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in association of various other Ministries and Departments.
  • Prime Minister to inaugurate seventh edition of Raisina Dialogue tomorrow; European Union President, Ursula Von Der Leyen to be chief guest at the event.
  • External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held a meeting with Foreign Minister of Argentina Santiago Cafiero in New Delhi today. Mr Cafiero is on his first visit to India.
  • India’s exports of Ceramics and Glassware products for 2021-22 hit a record at 3,464 million US dollar. During Fiscal Year 2013-14, India’s Ceramic & Glassware products exports were valued at 1,292 million US dollar.
  • India’s Deepak Punia wins 86 Kg men’s freestyle silver medal while Viky clinches bronze in 92 Kg on final day of Asian Wrestling Championship 2022 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.