Top Current Affairs 11 April 2021
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National
Government launches Mass Vaccination Programme “Teeka Utsav” to control surging COVID-19 cases
- In a bid to fight against the surging COVID-19 cases, the Government of India has launched a mass vaccination programme “Teeka Utsav (vaccine festival)” from April 11 to 14, 2021.
- It must be noted that April 11 marks the birth anniversary of Jyotiba Phule and April 14 is the birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Ambedkar.
- As a result, the nation-wide vaccination drive will be observed as vaccination festival, and will aim to inoculate maximum number of eligible people against the coronavirus.
- All eligible persons for vaccination can register and book an appointment with the help of CoWIN portal and Aarogya Setu App. Apart from this, on-site registration facility is also available.
- PM Narendra Modi has urged the youth to come forward and help senior citizens and others who need help to register for COVID vaccination.
Conference
India-Netherlands Virtual Summit
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mr. Mark Rutte, held a Virtual Summit on April 09, 2021.
- During the India- Netherlands virtual Summit, the two leaders reviewed the existing bilateral engagements and also exchanged views on further expanding and diversifying the relationship in trade and economy, water management, agriculture sector, smart cities, science & technology, healthcare and space.
- Apart from this the two Prime Ministers also agreed on instituting a ‘Strategic Partnership on Water’ to further deepen the Indo-Dutch cooperation in the water related sector, and upgrading the Joint Working Group on water to Ministerial-level.
- They also exchanged views on regional and global challenges such as climate change, counter-terrorism and Covid-19 pandemic and agreed to leverage the emerging convergences in new areas like Indo-Pacific, Resilient Supply Chains and Global Digital Governance.
International
- On April 9, 2021, Singapore ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the world’s largest free trade agreement, led by China.
- In doing so, Singapore became the first among 15 participating countries to ratify RCEP.
- RCEP is a multi-nation trade pact, comprising 10 ASEAN economies as well as Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
- The RCEP was signed by the 15 participating countries in November 2020.
- India had opted out of it in 2019.
- The RCEP must first be ratified by at least six ASEAN and three non-ASEAN member states to come into effect.
- Once implemented, RCEP would be the world’s largest free trade agreement, covering around one third of the world’s population and about 30% of the world’s economy.
Appointment
Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou sworn in as new Prime Minister of Niger
- Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has appointed Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as the new Prime Minister of the country effective from April 03, 2021.
- Prior to this, the 66-year-old Mahamadou served as a minister in charge of the finance and mining portfolios.
- He replaces Brigi Rafini, who served as the Prime Minister of Niger from 2011 to 2021.
- Niger Capital:Niamey and Currency: West African CFA franc
Sports
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurates Khelo India State Centre of Excellence for Rowing discipline in Srinagar
- Union Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurated Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) for Rowing discipline at the Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council Water Sports Academy at the Nehru Park in the world famous Dal Lake in Srinagar on April 10, 2021.
- This is one of the two KISCEs from Jammu & Kashmir. The other being the Maulana Azad Stadium for Fencing discipline in Jammu.
- There are currently 24 KISCEs across 23 States and Union Territories.
- Each of them focuses on Olympics sports discipline.
- KISCEs is an ongoing endeavour to scale-up existing centres from the States and Union Territories to the world standard level keeping in mind the goal of getting India excelled at the Olympics.
Days
World Parkinson’s Day: April 11
- Every year, April 11 is observed as World Parkinson’s Day to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease, which is a progressive nervous system disorder.
- The day marks the birthday of Dr James Parkinson from London, who was the first person to systematically described the six individuals with the symptoms of Parkinson Disease.
- Apart from this, the month of April is observed as the Parkinson’s Awareness Month.
National Safe Motherhood Day: 11 April
- National Safe Motherhood Day is observed every year on April 11 to raise awareness about adequate access to care for women during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal services.
- The day also marks the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of the father of Nation Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi.
- In 2003, upon the initiative of the White Ribbon Alliance, the Government of India declared the national safe motherhood day to be held on April 11 and also became the first country to do so.
