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.
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