Today’s Current Affairs Headline- 19 April 2022

Today’s Current Affairs Headline

National News

• The head of the International Monetary Fund praised India’s help in dealing with Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis.
• The Ujjain administration has installed a digital countdown timer to ensure the timely completion of the second phase of the Mahakal temple expansion. The cost of this project in Madhya Pradesh is around Rs. 150 million rupees.
• The East, South, and North Delhi Municipal Corporations of Delhi were merged and renamed the Delhi Municipal Corporation. This change has been made under the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022
• Prime Minister Modi will today inaugurate the WHO World Center for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
• Prime Minister Modi will open India’s first Semiron conference on April 29.
• African swine fever has spread in Tripura. The government orders the mass execution of the pigs.
• The Haryana government has made wearing masks mandatory in four districts of the state amid rising COVID cases.
• The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his consent to the Criminal Procedure (Identity) Act, 2022.
• Delhi’s positivity rate rose to 7.72% on April 18, as the national capital reported 501 new cases.
• General Manoj Pandey will be the next Chief of Staff of the Indian Army.

International News

• The United States will no longer enforce the mask mandate on public transportation.
• Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed the new cabinet. Seventeen members, including several former cabinet ministers, were sworn in.
• The Russian military has announced it has destroyed a large foreign arms depot recently handed over to Ukraine near the western city of Kyiv.
• The United Arab Emirates approves new entry and residence schemes for foreigners.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Indonesia today.
• A White House spokesman announced that US President Joe Biden has no plans to travel to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky.
• The United States will closely monitor China’s support for Russia in Ukraine affairs.

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