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World Book Day: 23 April
Every year on April 23, World Book Day
is celebrated all over the world. This day is also called World Book and
Copyright Day. World Book Day is celebrated to recognize and promote the
benefits of reading books, publishing, and copyright. One of the reasons for
celebrating this day is to increase the interest of people in books. It is also
accompanied by the promotion of reading and publication with the benefit of
copyright. Throughout the world, many times during the Corona era, the books
gave a lot of support to humans. During this time books became an important
means of information along with entertainment to overcome loneliness. On this
special day, UNESCO and its other affiliates select the 'World Book Capital' for
the coming year. The aim is to organize books related events for the next year. Readers may be made aware of the upcoming new books. Especially in the
new generation, the habit of reading books can be instilled.
The reason for celebrating 23 April as World Book Day is that many prominent writers were born or died on this day. William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes and Josep Playa died on 23 April. At the same time, Manuel Mejia Vallejo and Maurice Drune were born on 23 April. UNESCO began celebrating the day on 23 April 1995.
Canada halts passenger flights from India and Pakistan
Canada has banned flights coming from India and Pakistan amid growing cases of coronavirus. The Canadian administration has banned travelers coming from India and Pakistan for 30 days. Let me tell you that in December last year, Canada banned flights coming from Britain.
Covid confirmed among passengers coming from India and Pakistan
Transport Minister Omar Alkhabra informed that Kovid-19 has been confirmed among passengers traveling by air from India and Pakistan, so I decided to cancel all commercial and private passenger flights coming from India and Pakistan for the next 30 days. Has decided. He further said that it is being implemented temporarily and a decision will be taken keeping in mind the condition of corona infection in the future. He further said that this will not be applicable to cargo aircraft, so that the supply of vaccine, PPE kit, and other essential goods can be met to meet the requirements.
Canada
Capital - Ottawa
Largest city - Toronto
Prime Minister - Justin Trudeau
English Language Day: 23 April
23 April is celebrated every year as English Language Day. April 23 was chosen as English Language Day to commemorate both William Shakespeare's date of birth and date of death. The English Language Day was the result of a 2010 initiative of the Public Information Department, which sought to establish Language Day for each of the organization's 6 languages. English is one of the 6 languages that the United Nations has declared as Day.
Election Commission bans road show-car rallies in West Bengal
In view of the increasing cases of Coronavirus, the Election Commission has banned roadshows and vehicle rallies in West Bengal with immediate effect. Along with the ban, the Election Commission also said that many political party candidates are not following the safety norms in public programs. The Election Commission said that no more than 500 people can attend any assembly. The Commission has banned roadshows and car rallies of political parties with immediate effect. This order came into force on 22 April 2021 from seven in the evening.
Voting in West Bengal
Voting is going on in 8 phases in West Bengal. Six phases of voting have been completed in this. The remaining two phases are to be held on April 26 and 29. Results will come on 2 May. The results of the remaining four states - Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam, and Kerala assembly elections will also come on the same day.
Care ratings raised India's GDP to 10.2 percent for FY 2021-22
Care Ratings has lowered India's GDP (GDP) growth forecast for the year 2021-22 to 10.2 percent. Earlier, the growth rate was expected to be 10.7 to 10.9 percent. With the rapid increase in the coronavirus case, the restrictions being imposed in various states have affected economic growth with economic activity being reduced.
Estimates revised for the third time in a month
Explain that this is the third time in
the past month that the rating agency has revised the estimate. "We have
revised the GDP growth forecast for 2021-22," Care Ratings said in a
report. The estimate has been revised due to the changes that have taken place
in the last about 30 days. We have reduced it to 10.2 percent now. Care ratings
had predicted GDP growth to be 11 to 11.2 percent on March 24, 2021. After the
Kovid infection spread rapidly in Maharashtra, the state government had
announced a 'lockdown' with less rigor from the first week of April.
On April 5, the agency lowered the GDP estimate for 2020-21 from 10.7 to 10.9 percent due to economic activities being affected due to restrictions in the state. But the 'lockdown' was later tightened from April 20, which is expected to have more adverse effects on business activities in the coming years. Apart from this, in view of the increasing cases of corona infection, many other states have also imposed restrictions. This includes weekend 'lockdown', full 'lockdown', and night curfew.
Bangladesh government signed a $ 250 million financing agreement with the World Bank
The Bangladesh government signed an agreement with the World Bank to finance $ 250 million, which will help create more jobs. It will also help in the rapid recovery from the COVID-19 epidemic.
Main point
It was the third and final in a series of credits totaling US $ 750 million under the Programmatic Jobs Development Policy, based on the creation of inclusive and quality jobs, supporting the government in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The Jobs Development Policy Credit Series has helped the Bangladesh government to secure 5 million jobs, and help firms to continue to pay their workers' salaries. It also supported migrant workers who had to return to Bangladesh due to the epidemic.
World Bank
The World Bank is headquartered in Washington DC. It was established on July 1945. The World Bank is a lending institution whose objective is to integrate the economies of various countries into a wider world economy and to make efforts to eradicate poverty in developing countries. It has a total of 189 member countries. Its motto is "Working for a Poverty Free World".
Virat Kohli became the first batsman to score 6000 runs in IPL
Virat Kohli has become the first batsman
to score 6 thousand runs in IPL. Suresh Raina (5448) of Chennai Super Kings is number two. Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan (5428) is third, Sunrisers
Hyderabad captain David Warner (5384) is fourth and Mumbai Indians captain
Rohit Sharma (5368) is 5th on the list with the most runs.
In the match played between Rajasthan and Bengaluru in the IPL, Virat Kohli gave a historic win to the team with tremendous batting. This is Virat Kohli's 196th match in the league. He has scored at an average of 38. Has scored 5 centuries and 40 half-centuries. Talking about T20, so far no Indian player has touched the figure of 10 thousand runs. Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer with 9802 runs. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma is second with 9203 runs. RCB defeated Rajasthan by 10 wickets and registered their fourth consecutive win in the season. On behalf of RCB, Devdutt Padikkal hit a magnificent century.
Famous music composer Shravan Kumar Rathore dies
The corona epidemic snatched away
another celebrity associated with the film world. Shravan Kumar Rathore of
Nadeem-Shravan, the famous music composer duo of the Hindi film industry, died
from Corona. At this time, he was 66 years old.
The Nadeem-Shravan duo dominated the music world in the 1990s. The Nadeem-Shravan duo earned a name for the music of the 1990 film Aashiqui. In the film Aashiqui, the tunes of his romantic songs became extremely popular. Together they worked in films like Saajan, Saathi, Deewana, Phool Aur Kaante, Raja, Dhadak, Dilwale, Raj, Raja Hindustani, Dil Hai Manta Nahi, Sari, whose songs became very popular. The duo first gave their music in the Bhojpuri film 'Dangal' in 1979.
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