Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: April 30, 2021

April 30, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 30, 2021:

Centre, States failed to prepare for predictable second wave: International Commission of Jurists
National Commission for Women (NCW) launches WhatsApp helpline number 9354954224 for pregnant women
HAL’s Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv demonstrates deck operations capabilities in ship-borne trials
Covid-19: Bharat Biotech reduces price of Covaxin to Rs 400 for states
Covid-19: India turns down UN integrated supply chain help, says it has robust system
Facebook blocks #ResignModi posts, restores it calling it a mistake
Karnataka ministers to donate one-year salary for Covid-19 relief work

Operation Twist: RBI to buy and sell Rs 10,000 cr market bonds simultaneously under OMO (open market operations)
ICICI Bank launches Merchant Stack set of digital banking services for retail merchants
Axis Bank board approves re-appointment of Amitabh Chaudhry as MD & CEO for 3 years
CSIR-CMERI (CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute), Durgapur transfers technology of Oxygen Enrichment Unit to private sector companies

China launches Tianhe module, the core module of its space station Tiangong
Philippines: President Rodrigo Duterte refuses to stop South China Sea patrols over China’s objections
Astronaut Michael Collins of NASA’s 1969 Apollo 11 moon mission dies at 90