Current Affair - 25/April/2019

Vikas Khanna: IAAC brand ambassador –

·       Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna was named brand ambassador of Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC).

·       The IAAC will represent the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), North America’s longest running and most prestigious Indian film festival from May 7-12, 2019.

·       The festival’s centrepiece is ‘Photography’, directed by Ritesh Batra and starring Sanya Malhotra.

Mercury has solid inner core –

·       The smallest planet in our solar system, Mercury, has a massive solid inner core.

·       Mercury has a solid inner core about 2,000 kilometers in diameter, making up about half of Mercury’s entire core.

·       The planet has a weak magnetic field generated by circulation of molten metal in that liquid core.

·       The solid inner core makes up about half of the total core. The entire core is 85% of the planet.

Indian Coast Guard Vessel commissioned –

·       A new Coast Guard vessel was commissioned by Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala Shri Tom Jose at Vizhinjam harbour, on 24 April 2019.

·       Indian Coast Guard Ship C-441 is capable to undertake multifarious tasks such as close coast surveillance, and interdiction.

·       The ship is commanded by Assistance commandant Amit K Choudhary and has 13 crew onboard with specialisation in various fields.

World Malaria Day: 25 April –

·       World Malaria Day is observed every year on 25 April, to spread awareness about malaria disease globally and to promote efforts to prevent malaria around the world.

·       The theme of World Malaria Day 2019 is ‘Zero malaria starts with me’.

·       World Malaria Day was developed from Africa Malaria Day which was first held in 2008.

New community in Golan be named after Trump –

·       Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a new community in the Golan Heights would be named after US President Donald Trump.

·       Israel has also stated it intends to name a proposed train station near Jerusalem’s Western Wall after him.

·       Israel captured the Golan from Syria in a 1967 war and annexed it, in a move not recognized internationally.

National Panchayati Raj Day: 24 April –

·       The National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated every year on 24^th April.

·       The Constitution of India recognizes Panchayats as ‘Institution of self-government’.

·       This day marks the passing of Constitution (73^rd Amendment) Act, 1992 that came into force with effect from 24 April 1993.

·       The first National Panchayati Raj Day was celebrated in 2010.

Indonesia’s Mount Agung erupted again –

·       The active volcano of Indonesia Mount Agung has erupted again to a height of 2km.

·       Two other volcanoes popular with tourists Mount Bromo in East Java and Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta also continues to erupt.

·       Mount Agung is an active volcano in Bail of Indonesia.

Arab League pledged $100 mn to PA –

·       The Arab League has pledged $100 million per month to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to make up for funds with held by Israel.

·       Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the Arab League in Cairo, as part of diplomatic effort to rebuff the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan.

·       Israel collects taxes on behalf of the PA but withheld $138 million in transfers in February.

RBI sold entire stake in NHB –

·       RBI has exited the National Housing Bank (NHB) and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), by selling its entire takes to government for Rs. 1,450 crore and Rs. 20 crore.

·       With this divestment, the government now holds 100 percent stake in both these financial institutions.

17 Coord, appointed to help Indian’s –

·       External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said 17 coordinators have been appointed to help Indians leaving Libya.

·       Indian Embassy is helping with them with Exit Visa even in cases where their visa has expired.

·       Earlier the Minister had asked Indians leaving in Tripoli in Libya to leave the war-raged country immediately as Government of India will not be able to evacuate them later.

Cultural Festival began in Guwahati –

·       South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) of ministry of Culture, Government of India is organizing Madhya Dakshini Festival 2019 from April 25-28 in 4 venues of Guwahati.

·       In the festival, around 100 folk artist from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh will perform folk dances showing the rich culture heritage of India.

Dark Matter search: Xenon unstable –

·       In a spectacular discovery, the XENON collaboration publicly announced the discovery that xenon-124, an isotope of the element Xenon, is fundamentally unstable.

·       Its half-life is 1.8 x 1022 years: more than one trillion times the present age of the universe.

·       It’s the longest half-life humanity has ever measured directly, and its implications for the nature of reality couldn’t be more profound.

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