current affairs 12 april 2021 (In English)

Akshay Kumar, Leonardo DiCaprio honoured for environmental preservation.

• He will now be honored by the "Golden Globe Honors Foundation" along with Hollywood star.
• He spread awareness on poor sanitation issues in India and encouraging people to maintain sanitation.

5-year-old Indian-American reads 36 books in 105 minutes; sets world record.

• Kiara Kaur, born to Chennai-based parents, currently resides in the UAE.
• She has entered the World Book of Records in London and Asia Book of Records for reading.

India signed an air bubble agreement with Sri Lanka.

• It will allow all eligible passengers to travel between the two countries.
• India has already established individual bilateral bubbles with 28 other countries.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has adopted 295 Labs of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).

• Adopted with an aim to inculcate scientific research and innovation culture among students.
• The objective of the scheme is to “foster curiosity, creativity, and imagination in young minds”.
• and inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing, etc.

Union Minister Of Education Presents AICTE "Lilavati Awards 2020" On Women Empowerment.

• "AICTE is honoring teams with Lilavati Awards to create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition using traditional Indian values.
• Initiatives like Lilavati award from AICTE could catalyze efforts to ensure strengthening of women in the nation.