22 April – Current Affairs
- PM Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma are the only Indians named in TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list for 2017.
– Time Magazine is Published in USA
– Managing Editor :- Nancy Gibbs
- India has made a contribution of $250,000 to the UN election assistance programme for helping countries to hold elections and develop their electoral systems.
– This was India’s 2nd Contribution, 1st Was in 2012 -
China successfully launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft ‘Tianzhou-1’ by ling March-7 Y2 Rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Center.
– Orbital life :- 10 years
– Aim :- To build a permanent space station by 2022
- Actor Aamir Khan and cricket icon Kapil Dev will receive the 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards, at a ceremony on April 24.
– Cash Prize :- Rs. 1 lakh
– This award is started by Lata Mangeshkar in 1999 in the memory of her father Dinanath Mangeshkar (A well Known Marathi Theatre Actor, Natya Sangeet Musician and a Hindustani classical vocalist )
- The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad has been given the carbon neutrality status(Carbon Free Status) by Airports Council International (ACI) under its Airport Carbon Accreditation programme.
– Airports Council International (ACI) :- HQ:- Montreal, Canada
- UNESCO has named Giuseppina Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa (Italy) and the non-governmental organisation SOS Mediterranee (France) as the winners of Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize 2017 “for their work to save the lives of refugees and migrants.
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Private sector health insurance company Max Bupa Health Insurance has entered into a tripartite agreement with GOQii (California-based a fitness technology company) and global reinsurer “Swiss Re” to help its customers reach its health related offerings.
– GOQiiis a California-based fitness technology venture in Menlo Park that offers a wearable fitness band paired with remote personalized coaching -
The 2017 BRICS Film Festival will be held in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province from June 23 to 27.
– Also 9th BRICS Summit will be held in China from 3 – 5 September 2017 -
British athlete Germaine Mason, who won a high jump silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, died. He was 34.
– Born in :- Jamaica - Hollywood actress Julia Roberts(America) has been named the World’s Most Beautiful Woman for a record fifth time by People magazine.
– Last Time it was given to Jennifer Aniston