The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with the Defence Minister of Kazakhstan Lieutenant General Nurlan Yermekbayev on April 9, 2021.

Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh passed away at the age of 99 years on April 9, 2021. Prince Philip was the longest-serving royal consort in British history, being by his wife’s side throughout her 69-year reign.

The Reserve Bank of India has enhanced the limit of maximum balance at end of the day maintained in Payments Bank from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh per individual customer.

The policy rates are as follows:

• Repo rate : 4%
• Reverse repo rate : 3.35%
• CRR : 3.50%
• SLR : 18.00%

World Health Day is observed every year on April 7 since 1950. This day is aimed at creating awareness of a specific health theme and also to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s billionaires is topped by Amazon’s chief executive officer and founder Jeff Bezos for the fourth year in a row. His net worth is $177 billion, up to $64 billion from a year ago as a result of surging Amazon shares, Forbes said

Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched Madhukranti portal and Honey Corners of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation, NAFED in New Delhi.

 In a step towards making Ladakh a carbon-neutral zone a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding was signed.

Bharti Airtel has entered into an agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm to transfer ‘Right to Use’ for some of its 800 MHz spectrum in three circles to the Mukesh Ambani-led firm.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday retained the economic growth projection for the current financial year at 10.5 per cent.

Northern Railways completed the construction of the arch closure of the Chenab Bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge on April 5, 2021. The 1.3-kilometer-long bridge sits at a height of 359 meters above the bed of the Chenab river in the Jammu & Kashmir state.

New Zealand on April 8, 2021, temporarily suspended entry for all travelers from India, including its own citizens due to a high number of COVID-19 cases in the country. This suspension will be for about two weeks and it comes after New Zealand recorded 23 new COVID-19 cases at its border, 17 of which were from India.

The construction of the arch of the world’s highest railway bridge that soars 359 metres above the bed of the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on 5th April, with the Northern Railways terming the achievement a milestone. This bridge is 1315m long.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard naval ships against enemy missile attack.

Axis Bank Ltd said that it has become co-promoters of Max Life Insurance Company Limited,after completion of the acquisition of 12.99% stake collectively by the Axis Entities in the company.

The Theme of 2021 World Health Day is “Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone”.

India’s richest billionaire Mukesh Ambani ranked at 10th position with total net worth of USD 84.5 billion.

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL), an invoice discounting platform for MSMEs, has discounted receivables of Rs 1,000 crores in a month.

RBI Policy: Governor Das announces three changes to mobile wallets. NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das, while detailing the first by-monthly monetary policy statement of fiscal 2021-22 on Wednesday, announced three reforms for prepaid instruments or PPIs such as mobile wallets.

Ambani, the richest person in India and also the wealthiest in Asia, is ranked 10 on the global billionaires’ list. He reclaimed his spot as Asia’s richest person with a net worth of USD 84.5 billion.

The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Shaktikanta Das announced RBI’s bi-monthly monetary policy review on April 7, 2021. The Monetary Policy Committee retained the projection of real GDP growth for 2021-22 at 10.5 percent and decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 4 percent and reverse repo rate stands at 3.5 percent.

Forbes recently revealed its 35th annual list of the world’s richest people. The billionaires’ list, which is one of the biggest ever, includes 2755 billionaires, 660 more than last year. Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos continued to top the list with a net worth of $177 billion, making him the world’s richest person for the fourth year running.

Aiba president, Umar Kremlev, said: “I am happy to announce Uzbekistan, the country which has strong boxers and a champion’s character, to be the host of the 2023 Championships.

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice N V Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India, accepting the recommendation made by the outgoing CJI SA Bobde. Justice Ramana will have a term till August 26th next year.

 Payments aggregator BillDesk announced a partnership with global financial institution J.P. Morgan to offer online payments solutions to the bank’s corporate clients in India.

As instances of cyber-security breaches at Indian tech startups over the last few months is on the rise, the Reserve Bank of India has tightened its supervision norms over payment companies storing customer data.

Chaff is a passive expendable electronic countermeasure technology used worldwide to protect naval ships from enemy radar and Radio Frequency (RF) missile seekers.

In addition to tracking 33 diseases now as compared to the earlier 18 diseases, it shall ensure near-real-time data in digital mode, having done away with the paper-mode of working, the health minister said

As per the National Savings Institute data, West Bengal has been leader in collections for the small savings schemes and the collection hovered around 12-15 per cent in the last few years

Indian Railways is constructing the iconic Arch Bridge on River Chenab as a part of the USBRL project to connect the Kashmir valley to the rest of the nation. This bridge is 1315m long. This is the highest Railway Bridge in the world being 359m above the river bed level.