Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 13, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 13, 2023
INDIA
- India’s International Aviation Safety Assessment rating to continue to remain in Category One.
- Women 20 (W20) International Meeting to commence at Jaipur in Rajasthan.
- Tejas, Rafale, Su-30MKI and Jaguars of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will set to participate in second phase of the ongoing bilateral air exercise, Cope India 23, along with US Air Force.
- India ranked fifth in terms of investments received by startups offering artificial intelligence (AI)-based products and services last year.
- FAHD Minister Parshottam Rupala to launch “Animal Pandemic Preparedness Initiative (APPI)” under National One Health Mission.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Consumer inflation eases to 5.66% in March; This is higher than the 6.5% average price rise projected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- IIP Data: Industrial output of the country rises 5.6 percent in February 2023, on a year-on-year basis.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a draft circular on ‘Fair lending practice, penal charges on loan accounts’.
WORLD
- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in China for an official visit aimed at boosting tieS.
- UAE’s Rashid Rover, onboard the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander, is scheduled to land on the Moon on 25th April 2023.
- Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2022 shows that the poverty rate in Bangladesh declined from 24.3 percent in 2016 to 18.7 percent in 2022.
- Japan announces plans to develop advanced long-range missiles amid increasing tensions with China.
SPORTS
- India’s Antim Pangal clinches silver at Asian Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- Nisha Dahia wins Silver in Asian Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan.