Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 04 April 2022

SSC CGL Current Affairs

Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 04 April 2022

::NATIONAL::

Iconic LaxmanJhula in Rishikesh closed for public after supporting cable snaps

LaxmanJhula is a suspension bridge across the river Ganges in Rishikesh, connecting the villages of Tapovan to Jonk. Tapovan is in TehriGarhwal district, on the west bank of the river, while Jonk is in PauriGarhwal district, on the east bank. The bridge will be closed permanently when the new bridge built parallel to it is completed.
Public movement on the iconic 450 feet long LaxmanJhula (suspension bridge) over the Ganga River in Rishikesh has been stopped by Muni kiReti police after one of its supporting wires suddenly snapped on Sunday morning at around 11 am.
The work for the construction of a new bridge is going on adjacent to the old bridge whose wire snapped on Sunday.
Muni Ki Reti police station in charge Ritesh Shah said, “A supporting wire of the bridge snapped early in the morning and considering the risk it posed to the pedestrians and the two-wheelers plying on it we have halted any movement on the bridge.”
The PWD department also inspected the bridge and has termed it risky for any pedestrian or vehicular movement, he added.
The LaxmanJhula Bridge was closed for the public on July 13 citing safety reasons but due to pressure from local citizens, it was reopened after some time. However, with the snapping of the supporting wire, any kind of movement has been stopped on the bridge and a police team has been deployed on both ends of the bridge.

::INTERNATIONAL::

Sri Lanka economic crisis: All 26 cabinet ministers resign

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting Sunday, the education minister said, as anti-government protests escalated despite curfews.
All 26 ministers aside from President GotabayaRajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister MahindaRajapaksa stepped down, education minister Dinesh Gunawardena told reporters.
"All the ministers submitted their letters of resignation so that the president can constitute a new cabinet," Gunawardena said, adding that the decision was taken after discussing the worsening economic crisis.
Three other members of the powerful Rajapaksa family were among those who quit amid mounting public anger against the acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines plaguing the South Asian nation of 22 million.
The youngest Rajapaksa brother, finance minister Basil, and their eldest, Chamal, who held the agricultural portfolio, and the family's scion Namal, the sports minister, all resigned.

::ECONOMY::

Gautam Adani joins the elite $100 billion club, surpasses Ambani

Gautam Adani, the chairman of Adani Group, is the latest to join the elite $100 billion club as he surpassed Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani to become India's richest man, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Currently, Elon Musk is on top of the billionaires' chart, followed by Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault in the second and third rank.
Adani added almost $24 billion this year, becoming the world's biggest gainer. His wealth increased by around ₹6,000 crore every week over the last year. The industrialist now stands at the 10th rank in the index that calculates the world's richest people according to their net worth.
Ambani, on the other hand, was ranked 11th after his net worth, which first topped that benchmark in October, dropped slightly below it to $99 billion, as per the report.
He may will also be exploring partnerships in Saudi Arabia, potentially to buy a stake in the world’s largest oil exporter, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.
Just two weeks ago, MukeshAmbani was named Asia's richest man with $103 billion wealth, a whopping 24 per cent jump in a year. Nykaa founder FalguniNayar became the newest billionaire in India after the company held a successful IPO, according to Global Rich List report compiled by research platform Hurun.
In the last ten years, Indian billionaires have added $700 billion to their cumulative wealth. This is equivalent to Switzerland's GDP and twice the GDP of the United Arab Emirates.

::Science and tech::

Russian space agency head threatens to end future ISS missions

The director of Russia’s space program said economic sanctions aimed at the country threaten partnerships at the International Space Station and he supports a move to end future cooperation with other agencies.
In a series of social media posts Saturday, Roscosmos general director Dmitry Rogozin shared what he claimed were replies from the respective heads of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency to his demand that their countries lift sanctions against enterprises involved in the Russia space industry.
“NASA will continue to work with relevant U.S. Federal departments and agencies to facilitate continued cooperation on and operation of the ISS,” read one of the posted statements that appears to be signed by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. A phone call to NASA on Saturday to confirm the authenticity of the letter wasn’t returned.
Questions regarding Russia’s relationship with the ISS have brewed since the country invaded Ukraine in February. Rogozin told a state-owned television network last month that Russia would end sales of rocket engines to the U.S., and Moscow canceled the launch of three dozen satellites for OneWeb, a London-based satellite internet company partly owned by the U.K. government.
Rogozin will shortly submit to Russian leaders specific proposals on ending cooperation on the ISS, he said in the social media posts.
At the moment though, ISS operations seem mostly unaffected by politics on Earth. NASA astronaut Mark VandeHei returned to earth in a Soyuz capsule on Wednesday, landing in Kazakhstan with two cosmonauts. VandeHei spent a record 355 days onboard the ISS. Three Americans, three Russians and a German are currently based at the ISS, while Axiom Space plans to send up three space tourists and their captain as soon as April 6.
NASA plans to operate the space station through 2030. SpaceX and Northrop Grumman Corp. were awarded NASA contracts on March 25 for a dozen more cargo missions to the ISS.

::Sports::

JeswinAldrin clears wind-aided 8.37m for long jump gold

Tamil Nadu’s JeswinAldrin won a thrilling long jump duel with Kerala’s MuraliSreeshankar on Day 2 of the Federation Cup athletics meet in Kozhikode, Kerala. Both went beyond Sreeshankar’s national record of 8.26m to register the farthest two jumps in the event by Indians. In fact, the competition saw nine 8-metre plus jumps, four by Aldrin.
The national mark will thus stay with Sreeshankar, who jumped 8.26m at Patiala in March last year. The Athletics federation website indicates the attempt awaits formal ratification. He also has a ratified 8.20m against his name.