International Dance Day: 29 April
International Dance Day is celebrated every year on 29 April.
In 1982, the International Drama Institute (ITI) decided to celebrate International Dance Day.
The day is celebrated on his birth anniversary (April 29) to honor Jean Georges Nouvere, the creator of modern ballet dance.
Theme of International Dance Day 2021: ‘Purpose of dance’
Establishment of International Drama Institute: 1948
Headquarters: Paris, France
New MD & CEO of NCDEX: Arun Raste
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved the appointment of Arun Raste as the new MD and CEO of the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX), the country’s leading national commodity exchange.
He will have a tenure of 5 years at NCDEX.
Arun Raste is currently working as Executive Director in the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
Establishment of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): 12 April 1988
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
President: Ajay Tyagi
Establishment of NCDEX: 15 December 2003
Headquarters: Mumbai
Establishment of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB): 16 July 1965
Headquarters: Anand, Gujarat
Founder: Varghese Kurien
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India, the world’s third largest military spenders in the year 2020
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI has recently released its report “Military Expenditure Database”.
According to this report, the top military spending countries in the world are the United States, China and India.
Top five military spending countries:
| Country | Total expenditure |
| America | $ 778 billion |
| China | $ 252 billion |
| India | $ 72.9billion |
| Russia | $ 61.7 billion |
| United Kingdom | $ 59.2 billion |
These five countries together account for 62% of global military expenditure.
The US spent 7% of its GDP on the military.
While India and China spent 9% and 1.7% respectively in their GDP.
The course of Saudi Arabia included ‘the Ramayana’ and ‘the Mahabharata’.
Saudi Arabia has included Ramayana and Mahabharata in its new curriculum for students.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia has launched ‘Vision-2030‘ to mold the country amid the changing global scenario, in which students are also taught the history and culture of other countries under cultural courses.
English language has also been made mandatory in the new Vision 2030.
ADB raises India’s GDP growth forecast to 11% in FY 2022
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) fiscal year 2021-22 has raised India’s gross domestic product (GDP) rate estimate to 11%.
Also, it has projected GDP growth rate of up to 7% for the financial year 2022-23.
Establishment of Asian Development Bank (ADB): 9 December 1966
Headquarters: Manila, Philippines
Speaker: Masatsugu Asakawa
Shivalik Small Finance Bank started operations
Shivalik Small Finance Bank of the private sector changed operations from an urban co-operative bank to a small finance bank (SFB), which started operations on 26 April.
Shivalik Small Finance Bank is the 11th small finance bank in the country.
It is the first bank in the country to become a small finance bank from an urban co-operative bank.
Shivalik SFB has a total of 31 branches in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
MD & CEO of Shivalik Small Finance Bank Limited: Suvir Kumar Gupta
Headquarters: Uttar Pradesh
Chandler Good Government Index 2021
The Chandler Good Governance Index (CGGI) 2021 was recently released by the Chandler Institute of Governance.
India has ranked 49 in the list of 104 countries in the index.
| Ranking | Country |
| 1 | Finland |
| 2 | Switzerland |
| 3 | Singapore |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 49 | India |
| 90 | Pakistan |
Headquarters of Chandler Institute of Governance: Singapore
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham spearheads global vaccination campaign
David Beckham Janleva, UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador and Founder of Seven Funds for UNICEF, has launched a global initiative to instill confidence in the vaccine and encourage parents around the world to vaccinate their children against deadly diseases. .
World Vaccination Week ‘is being observed between 24 April to 30 April.
Theme of World Vaccination Week 2021: “Vaccines bring us closer”
David Robert Joseph Beckham has been an England footballer.
Establishment of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): 11 December 1946
Headquarters: New York
UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace in 1965 for its outstanding work.
Amit Banerjee appointed as the new CMD of BEML
The Public Enterprise Selection Board- PESB has appointed Amit Banerjee as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Earth Movers Limited, (BEML), an Indian public sector undertaking.
Establishment of Bharat Earth Movers Limited: 1964
Headquarters: Bengaluru
Gambia becomes the second African country to end Trachoma
The Gambia has recently become the second African country to end trachoma.
Ghana became the first African country to eliminate trachoma in 2018.
Trachoma is an eye disease caused by an infection with a bacterium called ‘Chlamydia trachomatis’.
It is also called Rohe disease.
India was relieved of trachoma in 2017.
Recently El Salvador is the first country in Central America to be certified malaria free by the World Health Organization.
The Capital of The Gambia: Banjul
Currency: Dalasi
President: Yahya Jammeh
