Daily Current Affairs – 22 April 2019

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Current Affairs 22 April 2019


Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) Launched in China to Boost Trade

  • A group of five tea-growing and consuming countries in Asia came together to set up Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) on April 19, in Guizhou in China to boost tea trade from these countries.
  • The members of the alliance includes: Indian Tea Association, China Tea Marketing Association, Indonesian Tea Marketing Association, Sri Lanka Tea Board and Japan Tea Association.
  • ATA will work towards enhancing tea trade, cultural exchanges, technology exchanges, global consumption and promotion while creating a sustainability agenda for the future of Asian tea.

SBI General Insurance launches Cyber Defence Insurance

  • SBI General Insurance (SBIG) has launched a new insurance product named – Cyber Defence Insurance. The insurance plan will offer cyber insurance to businesses.
  • In the initial phase, it will focus on small medium-sized enterprise (SME), mid-market businesses.
  • The new insurance plan of SBI General Insurance comes with CyRUSS (Cyber Risk Underwriting and Solution Suite). CyRUSS is a cloud-based tool for commercial cyber polices including risk assessment, ongoing risk management and claim management as well.

Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes first Destination Bank to go live with Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate

  • Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched debit card-based e-mandate on NPCI’s API platform. With this Kotak Mahindra Bank has become the first Destination Bank to go live with Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate authentication.
  • Destination Bank in NACH platform is one that responsible for the processing of Inward NACH transaction file.
  • NACH is a platform of NPCI for bulk and repetitive payment.

Manish Maheshwari appointed Twitter India MD

  • Manish Maheshwari, ex-CEO of Network18 Digital has been appointed as the Managing Director of Twitter for its India Operation.
  • He will take charge on April 29, 2019. He has served important positions in companies like Flipkart, txtWeb, Intuit, McKinsey and P&G.

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky Wins Presidencial Elections in Ukraine

  • Comedian and actor of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has won the 2019 Presidential election of the country in a landslide victory.
  • The 41-year-old Political newcomer defeated incumbent President, Petro Poroshenko, by taking 73 percent of the vote.

Sunil Kumar Gautam Felicitated with Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award for 2018-19

  • Sunil Kumar Gautam, an IPS, Special Commissioner of Police, Operations, Delhi Police has been honored with the Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award for the year 2018-19 for his book Samvidhan Kavya.
  • The award was presented by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  • The book depicts the Constitution of India in a very simple and poetic form to make it understandable to the common man in a very simple manner.
  • In addition to this, books of four other police officers from across the country have also been rewarded.

UAE Adopts National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031

  • The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet has adopted the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031.
  • The Strategy aims to put UAE as a global leader in artificial intelligence by 2031 and develop an integrated system to deploy artificial intelligence in vital areas in the country.
  • The strategy will be put into operation by the Emirates Council for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transactions, in partnership with a number of local and federal bodies.

International Mother Earth Day: April 22

  • Every year April 22 is observed as the International Mother Earth Day (or Earth Day).
  • The day aims to spread awareness that “the Earth and its ecosystems are our home” and “it is necessary to promote harmony with nature and the Earth.”
  • The theme for 2019 Earth Day is ‘Protect Our Species’

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