National

Potato Research Center

• India is set to get a centre of Peru-based International Potato Center (CIP), the premier research for development organisation with focus on potato and sweetpotato.
• The CIP-South Asia Regional Centre (CIP-SARC) is expected to come up in Agra.
• The centre will serve farmers not only in potato-belt states of India such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal but also in other South Asian countries.

 Sports

Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay

• Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh have secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota for India in the marathon race walk mixed relay event.

Candidates Chess Tournament

• India's Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever player to win the FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto.
• After Vishwanathan Anand, he becomes the second Indian to qualify for the World Chess Championship.
• In the women’s Candidates event, Chinese player Tan Zhongyi was crowned the winner.

 Champions Tour

• Indian golfer Arjun Atwal was tied 29th at the Champions Tour for Seniors in Irving, USA.

Paris Olympics quota in Rowing

• Balraj Panwar secured India’s first Paris Olympics quota in rowing by securing third position in the men’s single scull event of the 2024 World Asian and Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta at Chungju in South Korea.

Chinese Grand Prix

• Triple World champion Max Verstappen won Formula One’s first Chinese Grand Prix in five years.

Stuttgart Open

• Elena Rybakina defeated Marta Kostyuk to win Stuttgart Open title.

 Person in News

General Anil Chauhan

• Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has embarked on an official visit to France.

Antony Blinken

• US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will visit China from April 24th to 26th.

 Miscellaneous

World Earth Day

• World Earth Day is observed annually on April 22 across the globe to support environmental conservation efforts.