PSC Current Affairs - April 08, 2021

Miami Open Tennis 2021

  • Men - Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
  • Runner up: Jannik Sinner (Italy)
  • Women - Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
  • Runner up: Bianca Andreescu (Canada)

  • Cricket Team which recently made a record of winning maximum consecutive matches in ODI Cricket - Women's Cricket Team, Australia (22 victories)
  • Fastest Male Cricketer to score 13 centuries in ODI Cricket - Babar Asam
  • Portal launched by Calicut District administration to distribute Postal Ballots for a person with disabilities, people aged 80 and above, people with COVID in Kerala Assembly Election 2021 - Avakasham Porta
  • Application developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) to ensure free and fair elections in Kerala  ASD Monitor (Absentees, Shift, Death Monitor App)
  • Portal launched by CBSE recently for those students who are preparing for 10,12 board exams  - e-Pariksha Portal
  • A film based on the life of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayan   - Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (Direction - R. Madhavan
  • New flowering plant species discovered from Western Ghats of Maharashtra which is named after famous Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar is - Argyreia Sharad Chandraji
  • First Fully Electrified Railway Zone in India - Western Central Railway
  • Famous Malayali Actor and Film Director who passed away recently  - P. Balachandran
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