Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 12, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 12, 2023
INDIA
- Tamil Nadu notifies Prohibition of Online Gambling Act; Hosting online gambling services can result in up to 3 years of jail
- SNEHA, suicide prevention centre, has launched an online chat service for those in distress.
- India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts normal monsoon; India’s four-year run of heavy summer monsoon rainfall is likely to end this year.
- Rajasthan: 2nd Women 20 International Meeting to be held in Jaipur.
- Ministry of Education to organise a Young Authors’ Conference during the SCO Summit 2022-23.
- Unified Portal of Central Bureau of Narcotics launched; will be one step solution for all licensing processes of the Bureau.
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Peerah-Kunfer Tunnel at Ramban in Jammu and Kashmir.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announces framework for acceptance of Green Deposits.
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that India’s economy will grow by 5.9% for the current fiscal year 2023-24.
WORLD
- US President Joe Biden arrives in Belfast capital of Northern Ireland to commemorate 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement.
- Bangladesh’s public health pioneer Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury passes away.
- Three-day International Conference on Defence Finance and Economics to begin in New Delhi.
- Iran develops new domestically-build suicide drone which can destroy targets within a range of 450 kilometers.
SPORTS
- Nisha Dahia wins Silver in 68kg category in Asian Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan.
- Chennai to host Asian Hockey Men’s Championship after 15 years.