Daily current affairs 13th April

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April 13, 2023

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# ADR

  • Andhra pradesh CM YS Jagan mohan reddy is the richest CM in the country with assets of ₹510 crore.
  • West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee is the only CM who is not crorepati.
  • This report has been published by Association of Democratic reforms, a watch group which works for political and electoral reforms.
  • Mamta Banerjee with ₹15 lakh in assets has the least wealth among all the CMs, followed by Kerala’s Pinarayi vijayan and Haryana’s ML Khattar, who have ₹1.2 crore and ₹1.3 crore in assets each, respectively.

# SII

  • Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawala said the company has resumed production of its covid-19 vaccine, covishield, in response to the increasing number of covid infections in India.
  • The company also has six million doses of Covovax vaccine readily available at private hospitals depending on demand.
  • The active case count in India has topped 41600 by Wednesday evening.

# Retail inflation

  • Retail inflation eased sharply in March on the back of moderating food prices and and a favourable base effect and dipped below the 6% mark.
  • Data released by the national statistical office on Wednesday showed inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose an average 5.7 in March.
  • Vegetables prices contracted by 8.5% while oils and fats declined 7.9%.

# Smartphone

  • Chinese phone makers were almost absent as Indian smartphone exports crossed $10 billion for the first time ever.
  • The Chinese companies which dominate 75% of the Indian market are nil in the exporting.

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