21 april - World Creativity and Innovation Day

21 april - National Civil Services Day



NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight

  • Intrepid drone overcomes extreme cold, dangerously thin air and
  • Flawed flight software to become first powered craft to fly on another world.



India ranks 142nd out of 180 countries in the index prepared by Reporters Without Borders.

  • India still ranks as a country that is "bad" for journalism.
  • It is termed as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists trying to do their jobs properly.



Cabinet approves pact between ICAI and Chartered Accountants of Australia, New Zealand.

  • The engagement between the two institutes is expected to result in greater employment opportunities.
  • MoU between the ICAI and CAANZ which provides for mutual recognition of qualification of members.
  • ICAI - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • CAANZ - Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand



Mastercard is acquiring identity verification company Ekata for $850M.

  • With ekata, it can verify the online identity of a person making the transaction in real time using various signals.
  • That can indicate if this is fraudulent or true as they open an account or transact business.



India-Bangladesh MoU on cooperation in trade remedial measures.

  • The primary objective of the MOU is to promote cooperation between the two countries in the area of Trade Remedies.
  • Better cooperation between the relevant authorities of both the countries.
  • To discourage unfair trade practices and promote rule based bilateral trading between the two countries.

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