• Fintech major, BharatPe, has appointed Smriti Handa as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. This is the first key leadership appointment by BharatPe this year. 
• Prior to joining BharatPe, Smriti was HR Head, Reckitt Hygiene - SoA, before taking over as Global Talent Acquisition Director. Over the years, Smriti has worked closely with Business and HR leadership to create business impact deep-rooted in people, performance and purpose. Handa is an alumnus of SRCC, Delhi University and MDI, Gurgaon.

• To mark the efforts of the civil servants working tirelessly and relentlessly in different departments to ensure that the administrative machinery works smoothly India celebrates National Civil Services Day on April 21.
• The first National Civil Services Day was observed in 2006.
• The Prime Minister’s Excellence Award in Public Administration is also presented to the civil servants.
• Father of the Indian Civil Service:  Lord Cornwallis

• PM Patrick Achi has been reappointed as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast by President Alassane Ouattara.
• He was appointed prime minister in March 2021.
• He was the third prime minister in the West African state (Ivory Coast) in the last three years after Amadou Gon Coulibaly (who died in 2020) and Hamed Bakayoko (who died in 2021).
• On April 13, 2022, President has accepted Achi resigned ahead of a government reshuffle.

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has reconstituted its advisory committee on enhancing the regulator's technology capacity and on exploring appropriate technological solutions for early detection of market anomalies.
• The Advisory Committee for Leveraging Regulatory and Technology Solutions (ALeRTS) is headed by Sunil Bajpai.
• The seven-member committee was set up in December 2021 and was earlier chaired by Madhabi Puri Buch.

• The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has entered an MoU with the National Insurance Academy (NIA).
• Aim: Capacity building and providing skilled talent pool in the insurance sector in International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs).
• This MoU undertakes to build the required skilled manpower for the IFSC.
• IFSCA had already executed an MoU with the Insurance Institute of India (III) with the focus to address needs of IFSC Insurance entities.

• The Chairman and Managing Director of Serum Institute of India(SII), Dr Cyrus S. Poonawalla has topped the Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List 2022 with a new value of USD 26 billion (up 41%).
• He is followed by Thomas Frist Jr & Family of HCA Healthcare, Li Xiting and Xu Hang of Mindray (Net value of USD 19 billion).
• China (34) followed by the USA (16), Switzerland (15), Germany (11), and India (9) have the most healthcare industry billionaires.

• Vagsheer (sixth submarine, Yard 11880) of the P75 project of the Indian Navy was launched at Mazgaon Dock Ltd.
• This is the last of the Scorpene class submarines made under the P75 project and can join the Navy fleet after sea trials.
• Designed by: French naval defence and energy company DCNS
• Manufacturer: Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai
• Submarines: INS Kalvari(2017), INS Khanderi(2019), INS Karanj(March 2021), INS Vela (November 2021), INS Vagir(November 2020, sea trial)

• Oil India Limited (OIL) has set up India's first 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen with an installed capacity of 10 kg per day at Jorhat Pump Station in Assam.
• The plant produces Green Hydrogen from the electricity generated by the existing 500kW Solar plant using a 100 kW Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Electrolyser array. The AEM technology is being used for the first time in India.
• The production of plant will increase from 10 kg per day to 30 kg per day in the future.

• United Kingdom PM Boris Johnson has arrived in India for a two-day visit. He will visit the Gandhi Ashram, Gujarat Biotechnology University, the plant of JCB Company, and the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar.
• Johnson will also hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• The two Prime Ministers will also review the implementation of the 2030 Roadmap and set their vision for further intensifying cooperation across the full spectrum of bilateral ties.

• Harpreet Singh and Sachin Sahrawat have bagged bronze as Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers and have concluded their campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia.
• Harpreet (82kg) was declared the winner after Jafar Khan from Qatar suffered an injury.
• Sachin Sahrawat(67Kg) won bronze against Uzbekistan’s Makhmud Bakhshilloev.
• Vikas (72kg) and Ravi (97kg) have lost and crashed out of the medal race.

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