” Bengaluru (karnataka)-based fintech company phonepe, has partnered with esewa, a digital wallet service of nepal and the hotel association of nepal (han)–pokhara (a regional association of han, nepal) to promote digital payments through unified payments interface (upi) on the nepal payment processor fonepay network.• this partnership is a part of the 19th fewa new year festival which will be held in nepal from 11th to 14th april 2024.”

” On 9th april 2024, the indian-american actress avantika vandanapu was honored the ‘south asian person of the year’ by the south asian association (saa) at harvard university, cambridge, massachusetts, usa (united states of america).i. she was recognised for her achievements and significant impact in both the international and indian entertainment industries.ii. she also made her debut in indian ott(over-the-top) series ‘big girls don’t cry’ (2024).”

” According to the “Global Trade Outlook and Statistics: April 2024” report released by the World Trade Organization(WTO), the global merchandise trade volume is projected to grow by 2.6% in 2024 and 3.3% in 2025 as demand for traded goods rebounds following a contraction in 2023.i. Regional conflicts, geopolitical tensions and economic policy uncertainty pose downside risks to the forecast.ii. As per the report, India’s merchandise export for 2023 was USD 432 billion which is 5% lower than 2022. India’s imports fell 7% to USD 673 billion.iii. India clocked USD 451 billion goods export in FY23 and USD 394.99 billion in April-February FY24. Click here to read more.”

The icici lombard general insurance company limited has teamed with the insurance platform policybazaar to provide a comprehensive product portfolio of icici lombard to the wide user base of policybazaar icici lombard offers a range of products that span motor health

In april 2024 the ippb introduced the aadhaar atm service facility for its users based on the principle of the aadhaar enabled payment system aeps introduced by the national payments corporation of India

The government of mauritius and the government of the republic of india have amended the double tax avoidance agreement dtaa to focus on preventing tax evasion instead of promoting bilateral investment flowsi in february 2024 the mauritius cabinet of ministers approved an amendment to the dt

” On 10th april 2024, justice anirudhha bose retired from the supreme court (sc) of india. he has been serving as the sc judge since 2019.i. he was appointed as director of the national judicial academy (nja) which offers training programmes to aid the judges in their judging role and in performance of court administration work.• the director of nja is appointed by dhananjaya yeshwant chandrachud, chief justice of india (cji) and chairman of nja.”

” On 9th april 2024, bill nelson, national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) administrator, and japan’s minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology (mext) masahito moriyama signed an agreement to advance sustainable human exploration of the moon at the nasa headquarters in washington, united states of america(usa).i. under the agreement, the usa will send two japanese astronauts to the moon surface on its lunar mission.• out of two japanese astronauts, one will become the first non-american ever to land on the moon.”

” National safe motherhood day (nsmd) 2024 observed across india on 11th april 2024 to raise awareness of the significance of maternal health and wellness, promote maternal health, and reduce maternal mortality rates in indiai. april 11 commemorates the birth anniversary of kasturba gandhi (1869-1944), an indian political activist and the wife of mohandas karamchand gandhi. she was born on 11 april 1869 in porbandar, british india (now in gujarat).• 11th april 2024 marks the 155th birth anniversary of kasturba gandhi.”

The sebi has approved a change of control by hinduja group owned asia enterprises under the sebi regulations on investment advisers and portfolio managers i sebi also approved an application for a proposed change of control by reliance securities under the regulations governing research analysts and investment advisors