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1 The Government of India by an ordinance abolished the Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), which heard appeals by filmmakers seeking certification for their films.

2 Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana will be the next Chief Justice of India. He will take over from CJI SA Bobde who demits office on April 23. He will hold office till August 26, 2022.

3 Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched NanoSniffer, the world’s first Microsensor based Explosive Trace Detector (ETD). It can detect explosives in less than 10 seconds and also identifies and categorizes explosives into different classes.

4 Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (GNN) or Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, a civic body in Uttar Pradesh, has successfully listed India’s first-ever Green Municipal bond issue on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

5 NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched 20 years ago on April 7, has made it the oldest spacecraft still working at the Red Planet.

6 The Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP), the world's biggest online disease surveillance platform, was launched. It will track 33 diseases now as compared to the earlier 18 diseases.

7 Astronomers have found that Uranus is emitting X-rays (like other ringed planets Jupiter and Saturn) for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.

8 Russia has registered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine for animals. The vaccine is named Carnivac-Cov.

9 The DRDO has successfully developed an advanced Chaff technology. It aims at guarding the naval ships against missile attacks.

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