John Nolan Death Badminton Asia Championship India Silver

1. Union Minister Gadkari will conclude the Advanced Agriculture Festival

On April 13, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will conclude the 3-day Advanced Agriculture Festival in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.

App and platform also launched in Krishi Mahotsav

Soil Mobile App: Soil mobile app was launched in the Krishi Mahotsav, so that soil testing could be done.

E-Forms Platform: An e-forms platform was also launched in the Krishi Mahotsav, so that scheme and market information could reach the farmers through this platform.

More than 300 stalls were set up in the agricultural festival and more than 20 thousand farmers participated in it.

DEATH

2. Singer Asha Bhosle passes away

Singer Asha Bhosle passed away on 12 April.

• Asha Bhosle was 92 years old and was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai due to lung infection.
• Asha sang more than 12,000 songs in more than 14 languages.
• She was famous for singing in genres like pop, ghazal, classical music.
• Asha was born on 8 September 1933 in Sangli, Maharashtra.
• In 1943, at the age of 10, he sang his first song for the Marathi film ‘Majha Bal’.
• Asha sang her first Hindi song ‘Sawan Aaya’ from the film ‘Chunaria’ in 1948.
• Asha gave a new height to ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Disco’ songs in Hindi cinema in the 1960-70s.
• Asha became the first Indian singer to be nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997.
• Asha received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year 2000.
• Asha was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2008.
• In 2011, Asha’s name was recorded in the Guinness World Records.
• The list of famous songs sung by Asha is very long, which includes songs like Piya Tu Ab To Aaja, Dum Maaro Dum, Ude Jab-Jab Zulfen.
• Asha Mahshoor was the daughter of theater actor and singer Dinanath Mangeshkar and younger sister of the nightingale Lata Mangeshkar.
• Asha Bhosle worked with many composers between the 50s and 90s like OP Nayyar, RD Burman, Khayyam and Bappi Lahiri.

Asha Bhosle’s last song is ‘Saiya Bina’. He has also performed in this song.

DEATH

3. Actor John Nolan passes away

Famous British actor John Nolan passed away on April 11. He was 87 years old.

• John was known for his roles in films such as 2005’s Batman Begins and Person of Interest.
• Nolan was the uncle of acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan and appeared in several of his films.
• One of Nolan’s most famous films is 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises.
• Nolan was a graduate of the prestigious Drama Center in London and was the first student to take part.
• Nolan played Romeo at the Richmond Theater in his early career.
• Nolan also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre.
• Nolan’s stage performances include Bequest to the Nation, Terror and The World is Full of Married Men.
• Along with this, Nolan was also seen in the TV series General Hospital and Enemy at the Door Theatre.

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ was Nolan’s most popular film.

SPORTS

4. Ayush Shetty wins silver in Badminton Asia Championship 2026

On April 13, India’s Ayush Shetty won silver in men’s singles at the Badminton Asia Championships 2026.

• Ayush lost to world champion Chinese player Shi Yuqi in the final played in Ningbo, People’s Republic of China.
• Ayush is the first player from India to win silver in men’s singles and the second player to win a medal in 61 years.
• Before Ayush, Dinesh Khanna had won gold in the Badminton Asia Championship in 1965.
• Dinesh Khanna is the only Indian to win gold in Badminton Asia Championship.
• Ayush started taking badminton training at the age of 8.
• Ayush had won bronze in the BWF World Junior Championship in 2023.
• Ayush wins US Open Super 300 at BWF World Tour title in 2025.
• Ayush joined the world ranking top 30 in 2025.

20 year old Ayush is at number 25 in badminton world ranking.

MISCELLANEOUS

5. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on visit to Paris and Berlin

On April 12, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is on an official visit to Paris and Berlin. This journey will be of 2 days.

• Vikram Misri will co-chair the India-France Foreign Office Consultations with Martin Brienne, Secretary General of the French Foreign Ministry.
• The heads of both the countries will talk on foreign affairs, civil nuclear energy, space cyber and digital security, artificial innovation.
• The heads of both the countries will also talk about global and regional development in this meeting.
• In Berlin, Vikram will co-chair the India-Germany Foreign Office Consultations with Dr. Geza Andreas von Geyer, State Secretary of the German Foreign Office.
• The heads of both the countries will talk on business and investment, defense and security, technology, green energy and education.
• This visit of Foreign Secretary Vikram is to review the country’s bilateral relations with France and Germany.
• The visit between the two countries will help in taking forward the ongoing cooperation in key priority areas

6. NASA’s Artemis II mission returns to Earth

On April 11, NASA’s Artemis II mission returned to Earth carrying four astronauts. This mission was launched on 1 April.

• At 5:37 am (IST) the Orion capsule ‘splashdowns’ in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, USA.
• Artemis II astronauts broke the record for the furthest distance traveled from Earth on April 6 by any human space mission.
• This is the first time since 1972 that humans have reached so close to the Moon.
• The purpose of the Artemis II mission was to investigate the ‘life support system’ of the spacecraft.
• The spacecraft has not yet landed on the Moon’s surface, but will make it easier for humans to settle on the Moon in the future.
• For the first time in 50 years, humans left Earth’s orbit and traveled several kilometers beyond the far side of the Moon.
• The Artemis II mission covered a distance of 11,02,400 kilometers during its entire journey.
• The Artemis mission rocket is the Space Launch System rocket that carried the Orion shuttle vehicle.
• In 2022, NASA launched the first Artemis mission and it was an unmanned mission.
• This was the second manned mission after the Apollo mission in 1972.

The dark side of the Moon was also photographed during the Artemis II mission.

Today’s History (April 13)

• In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh, founded the Khalsa sect.
• The first elephant was brought to America from India in 1796.
• In 1919, General Dyer opened fire on people who had gathered to protest against the Rowlatt Act in Jallianwala Bagh, Punjab.

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