Current Affairs ( 22 April 2018)

Daily Headlines ( 22 April 2018)

1. First meeting of the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was held in Washington D.C. USA.

2. Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani and human rights lawyer Indira Jaising have been named by Fortune magazine as the World's Greatest Leaders of 2018.

3. Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajinder Sachar died. He was 94.

4. Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone, Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella were featured on TIME magazine's 2018 list of the world's most influential people.

5. According to the World Bank’s latest Global Findex Database on the sidelines of the annual Spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, India has 19 crore adults without a bank account despite the success of the ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana, making it the world's second largest unbanked population after that of China.

6. Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of over 171 crore rupees on Eveready Industries India Ltd and over 42 crore rupees on Indo National Ltd (Nippo).

7. Gujarati language short film "Rammat- Gammat" will make its world premiere at the 64th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany.

8. The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump-nominated Representative Jim Bridenstine to lead the US space agency.

9. International SME convention will be held in New Delhi.