Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 20, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 20, 2023
INDIA
- Centre asks States to enforce new rules to check stray dog numbers.
- Tamil Nadu Assembly adopted a resolution urging the Centre to extend quota for Dalit Christians.
- Union Cabinet cleared Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023 for harsher punishments for film piracy and introduction of new age categories for classifying films.
- NMDC is exploring Australian lithium reserves for mining.
- Cabinet approves National Quantum Mission to scale up scientific and Industrial Research & Development in Quantum Technology.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- The government has brought back the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil
- RBI calls meeting of all bank boards to discuss governance and supervisory.
- Hurun report: India retains third spot as a unicorn hub.
- India and UK hold first in-person financial dialogue meeting since 2017.
- Finance Ministry tasks World Bank with examining financing in infrastructure sectors.
WORLD
- India’s population projected to reach 142.86 crore against China’s 142.57 crore by mid-2023: U.N
- More than 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in the stampede at the capital city of war-torn Yemen.
- Ukraine has received the U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air guided missile systems.
- North Korea’s first spy satellite is ready for launch: Leader Kim Jong-un.
SPORTS
- World No. 9 H.S. Prannoy and two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu will lead the Indian challenge at the 2023 Sudirman Cup, scheduled in China.
Originally written on
April 20, 2023
and last modified on
December 7, 2024.
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