current affairs 05 April 2022

04 April - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 2022

4th edition of India Boat & Marine Show (IBMS) concludes in Kochi.

The 4th edition of the India Boat & Marine Show (IBMS) was held at Bolgatty Palace in Kochi in Kerala.
IBMS is India’s only and most influential Boat and Marine industry related exhibition.
The event is organised by Kochi-based Cruz Expo.
The IBMS 2022 showcased leading international brands as well as indigenous boat manufacturers from across the country.
Around 45 exhibitors from all over India and two international exhibitors participated in the expo.

The overall unemployment rate in India has dropped from 8.10% (February 2022) to 7.6% (March 2022), as per the data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).
The report also stated that though the overall unemployment rate in the country is falling, it is still high for a poor country like India.
The decrease in the ratio shows that the economy is getting back on track after being hit by COVID-19 for two years.
As per the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) report, Haryana has the highest unemployment rate in March 2022, at 26.7%. followed by Rajasthan (25%) and Jammu and Kashmir (25 %), Bihar (14.4%), Tripura (14.1%) and West Bengal (5.6%).
Karnataka and Gujarat states have registered the least unemployment rate at 1.8.% each in March 2022.
In April 2021, India’s overall unemployment rate was 7.97% and raised to 11.84% in May last year.

Australia defeated England by 71 runs to win a record-extending seventh Women’s ODI World Cup title at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Alyssa Healy of Australia scored 170 runs in the match, the highest individual score made by any cricketer, male or female, in the World Cup Final.
She was also the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 509 runs.
Player of the Tournament went to Alyssa Healy. Sophie Ecclestone of England was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 21 dismissals.
The 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup was the 12th edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup.
The tournament was held in New Zealand from 4 March to 3 April 2022.

India and Australia on Saturday signed an Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) that seeks to almost double bilateral trade in the next five years to $45-50 billion from $27 billion now.
India and Australia began the process for IndAus ECTA from September 30, 2021.
The ECTA was signed by Indian Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, and Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Mr. Dan Teha.
Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison also attended the event.
ECTA would remove trade barriers and open up huge opportunities in both goods and services for both nations.

India and Turkmenistan witnessed signing of four agreements on April 02, 2022, during the state visit of President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind to Turkmenistan.
He is the first-ever President of India to visit independent Turkmenistan.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Indian President Mr. Kovind and Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
President Kovind is on a week-long state visit to two nations, Turkmenistan (April 01-03) and the Netherlands (April 04-07).
The four MoUs signed between India and Turkmenistan includes:

MoU between the Financial Monitoring Service at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, of Turkmenistan and Financial Intelligence Unit of India
MoU between Governments of Turkmenistan and India for cooperation in the field of Disaster Management.
Program of Cooperation in the Fields of Culture and Arts between Governments of Turkmenistan and India for the period 2022-2025.
MoU between Ministry of Sports and Youth Policy, Turkmenistan and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, India for cooperation in Youth Matters.