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.