Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 23, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 23, 2022.
INDIA
– PM Modi, UK’s PM Boris Johnson hold talks in New Delhi
– Court has power to review govt’s decision on remission: SC
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) Prime and sixth Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC 6) during DefConnect 2.0 in New Delhi
– Suman K. Bery replaces Rajiv Kumar as NITI Aayog Vice Chairman
– Govt seeks to grow tax base, makes filing must for TDS/TCS above Rs 25,000
– RBI directs UCBs (Urban Cooperative Banks) to eliminate honorary positions within one year
– SIDBI provides Rs 600 crore to Maharashtra government under the SIDBI Cluster Development Fund for upgrading ITIs/polytechnics
– APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) signs MoU with NRDC (National Research Development Corporation) to boost export value chain
– International Dairy Federation (IDF)to organise World Dairy Summit 2022 in India in September
WORLD
– World’s largest exporter Indonesia bans palm oil exports from April 28
– Earth Day celebrated on April 22; theme: ‘Invest in our planet’
– SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida
SPORTS
– Asian Wrestling Championships at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia: Indian women wrestlers Anshu Malik (57 kg) and Radhika (65 kg) win silver, Manisha (62 kg) wins bronze
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022