World Creativity and Innovation Day: 21 April
World Creativity and Innovation Day-WCID is observed every year on 21 April with the aim of creating awareness about the importance of innovation and creativity to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
National Civil Service Day: 21 April
Every year 21 April is celebrated as Civil Services Day.
On this day, ‘Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration’ is awarded.
On 21 April 1947, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel attended the Metcalf House in Delhi the first batch of administrative services was addressed to the supervisors.
In his speech, he called the civil servants ‘the steel frame of India’.
This day was celebrated for the first time in the year 2006.
Lord Cornwallis is known as the ‘Father of Civil Services in India’.National Civil Service Day: 21 April
Sunil Arora becomes the new governor of Goa
Sunil Arora, who recently retired as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), has been appointed as the new Governor of Goa.
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is currently holding additional charge as the Governor of Goa.
The Governor is appointed by the President.
Current Chief Election Commissioner (CEC): Sushil Chandra
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Indian Railways started ‘Oxygen Express’ trains
Railways will run ‘Oxygen Express’ trains to meet the huge demand and lack of oxygen due to increase in the number of Corona patients in the country.
Railway liquid medical oxygen (LMO) and oxygen cylinders will be delivered across the country through these trains.
A green corridor is being built to run at high speed for Oxygen Express trains.
The Green Corridor is a temporarily prepared route with the mutual support of the hospital personnel and the police, in which traffic is stopped or regularized for a while on the designated route with the help of the traffic police. So that the pilot vehicle or ambulance has the least time to travel from one place to another.
Piyush Goyal is the current Railway Minister of India.
Establishment of Indian Railways: 16 April 1853
Headquarters: New Delhi
On 16 April 1853, the first train in India ran 35 kilometers between Boribandar (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal) to Thane (Mumbai).
The Indian rail network is divided into 18 zones.
South Coastal Railway Zone (Datre) is the 18th Indian Railway zone, headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Rajasthan government starts ‘Public Discipline Fortnight’
In order to control and prevent the speed of corona infection, the Rajasthan government has started ‘Public Discipline Fortnight’.
Under this, Public Discipline Fortnight will be celebrated in the entire state from 5 am on 19 April to 5 am on 3 May.
All the work places, business establishments and markets of the state will remain closed during the fortnight.
Asian Wrestling Championship 2021
The 34th edition of the Asian Wrestling Championships was held from 13 to 18 April 2021 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
In this championship, India finished third by winning a total of 14 medals.
Both Iran and Kazakhstan topped with 17 medals each.
| Medal | Winner |
| Gold | Ravi Kumar Dahiya (Men’s Freestyle) |
| Gold | Vinesh Phogat (Women’s Freestyle) |
| Gold | Anshu Malik (Women’s Freestyle) |
| Gold | Sarita More (Women’s Freestyle) |
| Gold | Divya Kakran (Women’s Freestyle) |
| Silver | Bajrang Punia (Men’s Freestyle) |
| Silver | Deepak Punia (Men’s Freestyle) |
| Silver | Sakshi Malik (Women’s Freestyle) |
| bronze | Karan More (Men’s Freestyle) |
| bronze | Narasimha Yadav (Men’s Freestyle) |
| bronze | Sanjeet (Men’s Freestyle) |
| bronze | Satyavrat Kadian (Men’s Freestyle) |
| bronze | Seema Bisla (Women’s Freestyle) |
| bronze | Pooja Sihag (Women’s Freestyle) |
Vinesh Phogat won her first gold medal of the Asian Wrestling Championship in the 53kg category.
Sarita More became the first woman to win consecutive gold medals in the 59kg category.
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Kannada writer Ganjam Venkatasubbaiya passed away
Famous Kannada writer editor and lexographer G. Venkatasubbaiya passed away at the age of 107.
He has also been awarded the Padma Shri Award in 2017 for his contribution to Kannada language.
Apart from this, he also received Kannada Sahitya Academy Award and Pampa Award.
Fierce fire in South Africa’s ‘Table Maunton National Park’
A fire broke out in ‘Table Mountain National Park‘ located in Cape Town, South Africa, which went out of control.
200 more fire crews have been deployed in the area to extinguish the fire.
The park is included in the UNESCO World Heritage.
The park has two famous landmarks: Table Mountain, for which the park is named; And the Cape of Good Hope, the most south-western end of Africa.
Stefanos Sitipas wins Monte Carlo 2021 title
In the final of the Monte Carlo Masters Tennis Tournament 2021, Stephanos Sitsipas won the first and sixth career title of the year by defeating Andre Rublev.
Microsoft buys AI and speech tech company Nuance
Microsoft Corporation has purchased Artificial Intelligence (AI) and speech technology company ‘Nuance’ Communications for $ 19.7 billion.
Which aims to promote its cloud strategy for healthcare.
Earlier, in 2016, LinkedIn was bought by Microsoft for 26 billion$.
Establishment of Nons: 1992
Headquarters: Massachusetts (USA)
CEO: Mark D. Benjamin
Founded Of Microsoft: 4 April 1975
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, (USA)
CEO: Satya Nadella
Founders: Bill Gates, Paul Allen
Former India football player Ahmed Hussain passed away
Former India Olympian footballer Ahmed Hussain Lala died due to Covid-19.
He was part of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 1951 Asian Games.
He represented India at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne), where India finished fourth.
