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Daily Current Affairs of 23rd April 2018

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International Current Affairs

World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day is being observed today.
- This day is organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright.
- The first World Book Day was celebrated on 23 April 1995.
- Important Points to Note :
- - Athens chosen as the World Book Capital 2018.
  - Sharjah named World Book Capitalfor the year2019.
Today (23rd April) is UN English Language Day.
- The event was established by the UNESCO in 2010.
- April 23 was chosen as the date for the English language because it is the birth anniversary ofgreatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatistWilliam Shakespeare.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and will hold informal talks during 27th and 28th April 2018 in China's Wuhan.
- Aim of this meeting : To improve relations and scale down tensions following the 73-day military standoff at Doklam.
The Toronto District School Board has unanimously adopted a motion recognising November as 'Hindu Heritage Month' in the city.
- The board, which is the third-largest in North America, covers 583 schools.

National Current Affairs

A group of 50 alumni from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country have quit their jobs to form a political party titled Bahujan Azad Party to fight for the rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
- The group first aims to contest 2020 Bihar Assembly elections and then 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The Madras High Court became 1st court in south India and overall eighth in the country to introduce e-court fee payment facility.
- It was jointly launched by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Chief Justice Indira Banerjee.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

Indian IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has joined the world's 100 most valued companies and now ranks 97th, according to Bloomberg data.
- TCS has became the second Indian company to reach the $100-billion market capitalisation milestone.
- Note : The 1st Indian company to cross the $100 billion milestone was Reliance Industries in 2007.
Beijing-based China Construction Bank has opened the country's 1st unmanned bank equipped with robots and machine holograms to talk to customers.
- The bank uses facial recognition technology for identification while a robot greets customers at entrance to answer questions.
The world's debt reached a record $164 trillion in 2016, which is worth 225% of the world's Gross Domestic Product, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- Note : China alone contributed more than 40% to the increase in global debt since 2007.

Awards & Honors

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has become the 1st Egyptian player to be named Professional Footballers' Association player of the year.

New Appointments

Tata Sons today appointed former Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar as the group's Global Corporate Affairs President.
Sitaram Yechury was unanimously elected as the General Secretary of CPI(M) for his second term.
- Yechury had taken over as General Secretary from Prakash Karat in the 21st Party Congress in 2015.

Sports Current Affairs

Spain's Rafael Nadal has won 11th Monte Carlo Masters title by defeating Japan's Kei Nishikori.
- With this, the world number one Nadal has became 1st male tennis player in the Open Era to win the same title 11 times in his career.

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