Vedant, son of actor Madhavan wins gold medal at Danish Open swimming competition
- The Danish Open Swimming Championships are being held in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the men's 800 meters, Vedant of India won the gold medal in 8: 17.28 seconds.
- This is the 2nd medal won by actor Madhavan's son Vedant. Vedant won the silver medal in the 1500m freestyle last Saturday. Vedant won a bronze medal at the Latvia Open last year and four silver and three bronze medals at the Junior National Swimming Championships the same year.
- At the Chennai General Secretariat, Chief Minister MK Stalin on behalf of the Department of Social Welfare and Women's Rights presented the Best Transgender Award for the year 2022 to Transgender A. Marlima from Villupuram District in recognition of her outstanding service and role model for the welfare of transgender people.
- Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (DITCO) has entered into an agreement with GE Aviation, an aircraft engine maker in the United States, to set up an விமான 141 crore Aeronautical Technology Research Center.
- Titco and GE Aviation are to invest this amount in 2 phases. Research on technological advancement will be carried out on various spare parts, including aircraft engines
- The Sri Lankan government plans to receive Rs. 30,000 crore in financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help the country recover from the economic crisis. A delegation led by Finance Minister Ali Sabri has left for the United States. In this situation 17 new ministers were appointed.
- The ministers took office in the presence of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Fisheries has been allotted to Douglas Devananda. Wimalaweera Dissanayake - Forest Department, Mohan, Priyadarshna de Silva - Drinking Water Board.
- At present, only President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa are in office from the Rajapaksa family. Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections soon.
- India and Maldives have signed seven MoUs on April 18 under the Indian Grants Assistance Scheme for Community Development Programs. It was signed by Foreign Minister Abdullah Saqib and High Commissioner of India Munu Mahawar (I Commissioner). It is noteworthy that the total value of these MoUs is approximately US $ 1.7 million.
- The country's sugar exports, which stood at US $ 1,177 million in the last financial year 2013-14, have grown by 291% to US $ 4600 million in FY21-22. According to data from the Directorate of Trade Intelligence and Statistics, India exports sugar to 121 countries worldwide.
- Sugar exports increased by 65 per cent in 2021-22 over the previous year. This growth has been achieved amid challenges such as high freight rates, container shortages and the risk of COVID19 infection.
- Annual inflation, which was 7.89% in March 2021, is 14.55% (provisional) in March 2022. The rise in inflation was due to the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the global supply chain, which pushed up the prices of crude oil, natural gas, mineral oils and basic metals.
- The new Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Shri. Manoj C Pandey has been appointed. Will be Commander-in-Chief from the afternoon of April 30, 2022. Mr. Manoj C Pandey joined the Army Corps of Engineers on December 24, 1982. In his 39 years of work experience, he has served in various key responsibilities.
- He has also served as the Army Commander of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and as the Commander-in-Chief of the Kolkata-based Eastern Regional Army Headquarters.
