WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS FROM 11TH APRIL TO 17TH APRIL

Which state gets India’s first floating LNG storage and regasification unit?	Maharashtra
Lost golden city of Luxor’ discovered by archaeologists in ______.	India
Who will take charge as the Director- General of the National Anti-Doping Agency?	Siddharth Singh Longjam
The Government of India has announced mandatory hallmarking of gold artefacts and jewellery from ______.	1st June 2021
As per the IRDAI (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has extended the validity of Regulatory Sandbox for ______.	2 Years
Who has authored the book titled “India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural Revolution”?	Sanjaya Baru
Which app has been launched by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government for to promote wellbeing across age groups?	MANAS
Tata Consumer Products (TCP) has announced the elevation of whom as President for its packaged beverages business in India and South Asia?	Puneet Das
Who has announced their partnership to launch a mobile-based consumer-friendly payment solution – the Pay by Bank App?	RBL Bank and Mastercard
Who touched ₹1 trillion in market capitalization after its shares hit a fresh record high on 15 April 2021.	Dabur India Ltd
Who has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from a local firm’s wind power project?	Facebook
Which life insurance company and Fincare Small Finance Bank has recently joined hands for a bancassurance partnership?	Bharti AXA Life Insurance
Who has won the AICTE Lilavati Awards, 2020 under “Legal Awareness” sub theme?	Radiant Seetha from Thiagarajar Polytechnic College
Who has been appointed as the first woman director general of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)?	Poonam Gupta
In April 2021, the Chief Minister of which state has released an amount of Rs52 crore for 52 districts of the state?	Madhya Pradesh
India has recently agreed to institute a ‘Strategic Partnership on Water’ with which country?	Netherlands
Bollywood actor ________ has been made the brand ambassador for Punjab’s anti-coronavirus vaccination programme.	Sonu Sood
Who has launched ‘Rewards123’ savings account to offers benefits on digital transactions?	Airtel Payments Bank
Acclaimed _________ Guneet Monga is to be conferred with honour of the Knight of the Order of Arts, a civilian French honour.	Film-maker
Who becomes the United Arab Emirates’s first female astronaut?	Noura al-Matroushi
Renowned sportsman and coach Sanjay Chakravarty passed away recently, he was associated with which sport?	Shooting
Which two Asian countries has launched the construction of an international center for trade and economic cooperation named ‘Central Asia’?	Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Name the Indian origin business tycoon of UAE who has been honoured with Abu Dhabi’s top civilian award for their noble and charitable contributions to the community?	Yusuffali MA
Who has agreed to acquire speech-recognition firm Nuance Communications Inc. for $16 billion?	Microsoft Corporation
Who launched “Aahaar Kranti” in April 2021?	Harsh Vardhan
Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) registered over how many million digital transactions in March 2021?	970
The 2021 Davis Cup Finals will be held in which city?	Madrid, Innsbruck, and Turin
Name the first mutual fund house in India to cross the Rs. 5 lakh crore average assets under management (AAUM) mark.	SBI Mutual Funds
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently appealed to the Chief Ministers of the States to organise “Tika Utsav”. It is to be held between?	11 April to 14 April
Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou has been named as the Prime Minister of which of the following country?	Niger
Two-week “Balikatan” (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) military exercise is being conducted between which countries?	USA and Philippines
Which film has won the best picture at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2021?	Nomadland
In April 2021, who has announced the launch of its ‘Mentor Connect’ programme?	Amazon India
Which country becomes the first country to introduce climate change law for financial firms ?	New Zealand
Which district of Jammu and Kashmir has bagged top position at National level for successfully implementing Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during 2020-21?	Udhampur
Who has launched DGFT ‘Trade Facilitation’ app to promote ease of doing business?	Piyush Goyal
Hindustan Unilever and which other company in association with MyGov India announced a agricultural hackthaon to address issue of water scarcity?	Google
Recently Fintech platformU Gro Capital partnered with which bank to launch credit cards for MSMEs?	SBM Bank
Which e commerce company signed agreement with Adani Group to boost infrastructure and logistics?	Flipkart
Who became the first ever female sailor from India to qualify for Olympics?	Nethra Kumanan
The Pakistan Cricket aboard will be launching its own Hall of Fame.How many legends are planned to be inducted initially?	6
The Union Agricultural Ministry signed MoU with which company for a pilot project in 100 villages of 6 states to raise farmers income?	Microsoft
Which city will host 22nd Laureus World Sports Awards 2021?	Seville
Recently which national digital depository on health and nutrition was launched by NITI Aayog in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?	Poshan Gyan
Which application was launched at ICCR Foundation Day held in Beijing?	Little Guru
Government think tank NITI Aayog Atal Innovation Mission partnered with which major to work on healthcare and agriculture innovations?	Bayer
Who is NOT one of the “Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year” in the 2021 edition of Wisden Almanack?	Alistair Cook
Believe – What Life and Cricket Taught Me” is the memoir Book of which cricketer?	Suresh Raina
Who has launched the “Online Grievance Management Portal of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)”?	Ravi Shankar Prasad
The 37th Siachen Day was celebrated by Siachen Warriors Brigade of Fire & Fury Corps on ____________, 2021.	13 April