CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 28th APRIL, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 28^th APRIL, 2023

1. World Day for Safety and Health at Work is annually observed across the globe on 28 April with an aim to raise awareness regarding the significance of safeguarding workers against occupational hazards, illnesses, and accidents. The theme for World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023 is “A safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at work”.
2. Belgium-based company Vito is soon expected to launch a project to generate biodiesel from waste in Ayodhya. The temple town has been selected for the two-year pilot project.
3. The Union Health Ministry and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs have made a noteworthy and inventive decision to urge States and Union Territories to establish 100 food streets in 100 districts throughout the country.  
4. IIT Guwahati Researchers have developed ‘Time bomb’ liquid marbles using nanoclay for controlled drug delivery.
5. Shakira, the renowned Colombian singer, will be recognized with the prestigious ‘Latin Women of the Year’ award at the inaugural Latin Women in Music gala hosted by Billboard.
6. 120 Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured at the Marathwada Rail Coach Factory in Latur, Maharashtra, as part of India’s ambitious rail development plan.
7. Shaheen Afridi achieved a special milestone in T20 cricket as he became the youngest player to complete 200 wickets in the format during the fifth T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand.
8. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has declared the last week of April as ‘Swagat Saptah’ in commemoration of the completion of 20 years of the ‘State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of Technology (SWAGAT)’ initiative, which was launched by Narendra Modi during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2003.
9. During his two-day visit in Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 April 2023, laid the foundation of the country’s first Digital Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram.
10. Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu visited India to take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers’ meeting held on 27-28 April, 2023.
11. The ‘Study in India Pavilion’ at the Global Education & Training Exhibition (GETEX) in Dubai was inaugurated by the Consul General of India in Dubai, Dr. Aman Puri on 26 April, 2023.
12. A panel in Japan’s Health Ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step for reproductive rights decades after other countries made abortion medication widely available.
13. Hari Hara Mishra has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Association of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs).
14. IIT Madras is set to establish the first Indian Institute of Technology in Africa in Tanzania, with classes scheduled to begin in October. The new campus will be located in Zanzibar, and marks IIT Madras’ first international campus.
15. To combat the falling value of the Zimbabwean currency, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced plans to introduce a gold-backed digital currency.
16. Moorkoth Vengakandi Shankaran (M.V. Shankaran), also known as Gemini Shankaran, the founder of Gemini Circus and a pioneer of modern Indian circus passed away on 24 April, 2023 at the age of 99.