current affairs 24 april 2021 (In English)

24 april - National Panchayati Raj Day

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology announced a #FOSS4GOV Innovation Challenge.

• To accelerate adoption of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) In Government.
• India’s largest-government projects (including Aadhaar) and many technology start-ups have also been built using FOSS.
• Due to the large number of 4G data customers in India, the country has well become a vibrant center for FOSS innovations.

Madhuri Srikanth receives special invitation to showcase works in Milan.

• Invited to showcase her works at ‘ROMANTICA’, an International Art Exhibition, at the prestigious M.A.D.S. Art Gallery in Milan,Italy.
• Madhuri is a self-taught painter and believes canvas is her medium to express her dreams.

PM Modi announces India-U.S. climate partnership.

• Partnership with the US for the "Agenda 2030" initiative to combat climate change.
• To “mobilise investments, demonstrate clean technologies and enable green collaborations” in India.
• He pitched for concrete action at a "high speed and on a large scale" globally to combat climate change.

Indian women won 7 gold medals at the World Youth Boxing Championships in Poland.

PM Modi launches physical distribution of property cards under SVAMITVA scheme.

• The beneficiaries now will have a right, a legal document of owning their houses.
• This scheme helps in making rural India self-reliant.