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Daily Current Affairs 23rd April,2018



  • Lalit Kala Akademi, organised the award ceremony of the '1st Print Biennale India 2018 (PBI)' in New Delhi.

  • Digambarpur Gram Panchayat (GP), West Bengal get the Centre’s award for the best Gram Panchayat in the country.


  • Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar released three books based on Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran movement of 1917. Nitish Kumar released the books titled- 'Mister M K Gandhi Ki Champaran Diary' written by Arvind Mohan, 'Champaran Andolan 1917' edited by Ashutosh Partheshwar and 'Pir Muhammad Munis: Kalam Ka Satyagrahi' collected and edited by Srikant.


  • The Union Home Ministry completely revoked the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Meghalaya while diluting it in other regions of Arunachal Pradesh.


  • World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally this year on 23 April to provide the people with many ideas and plans to make them aware of the situation and condition in the World. The World Book Capital for 2018 is Athens, Greece.


  • Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) entered into an agreement for information utility services with the National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).

  • Tata Consultancy Services has created the history as the market capitalisation of the company has hit the 100 billion dollar mark, making it the first Indian company to achieve the mark.


  • The 8th South Asian Judo Championship has begun in Lalitpur, Nepal.


  • Rafael Nadal of Spain has won the 11th Monte Carlo Masters title by defeating Japan's Kei Nishikori in final to retain the world number one ranking.


  • Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has become the first Egyptian player to be named Professional Footballers' Association player of the year. 

  • The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman named Nabi Tajima had passed away. 

  • According to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Russia, with 7,000 nuclear warheads, and the US, with 6,800 warheads, together hold an estimated 93% of the world's nuclear arsenal.


  • The Communist Party of China has launched a campaign to train school and college students how to spot and catch foreign spies through easy-to-read books and lists of anti-espionage techniques.


  • A 9-storey Sumi Baptist Church, one of Asia's largest, was dedicated in Nagaland's Zunheboto town today. 

  • Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman today announced that she would adopt Kalena Agrahara Lake near Bannerghatta Road in Bengaluru. 


  • Anastasia Boil from Russia was crowned the winner of the Miss USSR UK contest.

  • India has become world’s second largest LPG importer, a position that was previously occupied by Japan. China remains at top position.


  • Rohan Bopanna and his Uruguayan partner Pablo Cuevas won the Men's doubles final at the Monte Carlo Masters to register their first ATP World Tour title as a team. 


 The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
                         – Winston Churchill


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