Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: April 13, 2021

April 13, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 13, 2021:

President appoints Sushil Chandra as the Chief Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India
VP releases commemorative postage stamp in memory of former Chief of Brahma Kumaris Rajyogini Dadi Janki
1 crore plants along national highways geotagged across the country: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar
Centre extends ceasefire pacts with 3 Naga insurgent groups by a year
Sonu Sood appointed brand ambassador for Punjab’s COVID vaccination drive

Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh launches 75 series Pension awareness to mark 75 years of independence
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launches trade facilitation mobile app of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
Factory output, measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP), contracts 3.6% in February 2021
Consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation rises to 5.5% in March
No meals in domestic flights with a duration of less than two hours

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan launch construction of trans-border trade center named ‘Central Asia’
Norway raises alarm over unhindered exploitation of dual use technology by Pakistan
Tropical cyclone Seroja rips across 1000 kilometers stretch of Western Australia
International Day of Human Space Flight celebrated on April 12; commemorates the historic space flight that Yuri Gagarin took on 12 April, 1961.