Current Affairs

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April - 06

• On April 5th, during the second T20I match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Dunedin, Kim Cotton became the first woman to serve as an on-field umpire in a men’s international match between two full-member teams, making history.

• According to a report by the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), India is poised to become the second-largest solar manufacturing country in the world by 2026, overtaking Japan and trailing only China.

• According to the latest ADB outlook, India’s economic growth rate is expected to reach 6.4% in 2023-24 from 6.8% in FY23, while the growth forecast for the current year has been revised downwards to 6.4% from 7.2% earlier projected.

• Walmart-backed Indian fintech decacorn PhonePe has recently launched Pincode, a new consumer-facing app aimed at strengthening its e-commerce initiatives.

• Kenichi Umeda has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt. Ltd.

• Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India has announced the appointment of Tsutsumu Otani, currently the Vice President at Honda Motor Co., Japan, as the new President, CEO & Managing Director.

• An Indian-American physician and professor Dr. Nitya Abraham has been honoured with the Young Urologist of the Year Award conferred by the American Urological Association (AUA).

• At the Ordinary Congress of European Soccer’s governing body held in Lisbon, Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected as the UEFA president unopposed.

• FIFA announced that it had withdrawn Peru’s hosting rights to the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2023™.