Current Affairs : April 27, 2021

 

India

• Election Commission ‘most irresponsible institution’ in country: Madras HC on Covid surge
• Armed forces recall retired medical staff to work to battle COVID-19 pandemic
• Waman Bhonsle, national award-winning film editor who worked on over 230 movies, passes away at 87

Economy & corporate

• ‘Not more than 15 years’: RBI’s new guidelines for tenure of bank MDs, CEOs
• US govt lifts export ban on essential raw materials required for manufacturing COVID vaccine in India
• Oxford Economics lowers India’s 2021 GDP growth forecast to 10.2%
• DRDO develops critical crystal blade technology for aero engines
• Former Maruti Suzuki MD Jagdish Khattar passes away at 79

Academy awards

• Best Picture: Nomadland
• Best Director: Chloe Zhao for ‘Nomadland’
• Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins for ‘The Father’
• Best Actress: Frances McDormand for ‘Nomadland’
• Best International Feature Film: Another Round (Denmark) in Danish

World

• World Intellectual Property Day celebrated on April 26, theme: ‘IP & SMEs: Taking your ideas to the market’
• International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day observed on April 26
• Indonesian brigadier general killed in in restive Papua province
• Global military spending rises 2.6% in 2020: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Sports

• India finished with three gold medals and one bronze at Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Guatemala City; Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das won gold medals in women’s and men’s recurve individual events respectively
• Australian swimming great John Konrads dies at age 78; won 1,500-meter freestyle gold at 1960 Olympics in Rome