23rd April Daily Current Affairs

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAY: 23 APRIL

• • English Language Day is observed, annually, on April 23.
  • The date happens to be the birth and death anniversary of well-known writer William Shakespeare.
  • English Language Day is the result of a 2010 initiative by the Department of Global Communications.
  • It is celebrated internationally as the UN Observance Day to propagate harmonious communication.

WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY: 23 APRIL

• World Book and Copyright Day is an annual event organized by the United NationsEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on 23 April.
• The event is observed in order to promote reading, publishing and copyright.
• The day marks the death anniversary of prominent authors like William Shakespeare,Miguel de Cervantes, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

DR SUMAN K BERY APPOINTED AS NEW VICE CHAIRMAN OF NITI AAYOG

• Suman K Bery has been appointed new Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog.
• He will take charge as Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog from 1 May 2022.
• Suman K Bery had earlier served as Director-General of the National Council of AppliedEconomic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi.
• NCAER is one of the country’s leading independent non-profit policy research institutions.

ESTONIA HOSTS THE WORLD’S LARGEST CYBER EXERCISE

• The Tallinn-based NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence(CCDCOE) organised the Locked Shields 2022, in April 2022.
• It was the largest and most complex annual international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the world.
• At the exercise, cyber experts practised the protection of national civilian and military IT systems and critical infrastructure in a large-scale cyber-attack.

DEFENCE EXPERT VIVEK LALL TO RECEIVE ENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP AWARD

• Indian-American chief executive of General Atomics Global Corporation Vivek Lall has beenselected for the Entrepreneur Leadership Awards by the Indo-American Chamber ofCommerce (IACC).
• IACC is the apex bi-lateral Chamber synergizing India-US economic engagement.
• He has been selected for the “Global Leader in Defence and Aviation Sector” awardcategory.

BABITA SINGH NAMED AS THE NEW GLOBAL PEACE AMBASSADOR 2022

• Serial entrepreneur Babita Singh has been conferred as a Global Peace Ambassador forpromoting Peace through Education, Sports, Art, Culture, and Diplomacy.
• She was honored at the India International Conclave 2022 held in collaboration with AsiaAfrica Consortium (AAC), in April 2022.
• The AAC-Global Peace Ambassador 2022 honor is the highest honour bestowed on aglobal citizen.

NEW VESSEL ‘URJA PRAVAHA’ INDUCTED INTO THE INDIAN COAST GUARD

• The Indian Coast Guard Ship (Auxiliary Barge) named Urja Pravaha has been inducted into the Indian Coast Guard at Gujarat’s Bharuch.
• It will be under the operational command of Coast Guard District Headquarters-4 (Keralaand Mahe).
• Urja Prabha is 36.96 meter long with draft of 1.85 meters.
• It is designed to cargo ship fuel, aviation fuel, and freshwater.

ANSHU MALIK AND RADHIKA WIN SILVER AT ASIAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• At Asian Wrestling Championships at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Indian women wrestlers Anshu Malik and Radhika won silver in the 57kg and 65 kg freestyle categories on 22 April2022.
• Manisha clinched bronze in the 62 kg women’s freestyle category defeating Korea’s Hanbit Lee 4-2.
• Anshu had also won a bronze in the 2020 edition and the 57kg class gold in Almaty in 2021.

CENTRE APPOINTS NARESH KUMAR AS NEW CHIEF SECRETARY OF DELHI

• The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed 1987 batch IAS officer Naresh Kumar as the next Chief Secretary of Delhi.
• Naresh Kumar is presently posted as the Chief Secretary of the Arunachal Pradesh.
• Rajiv Verma, IAS of 1992 batch has also been appointed as the Chief Secretary of the Union Territory of Puducherry.
• Verma is posted in Arunachal Pradesh as of now

NITI AAYOG’S VICE CHAIRMAN RAJIV KUMAR STEPS DOWN

• NITI Aayog’s Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has stepped down after being at the helm of the institution for nearly five years.
• Kumar took charge on September 1, 2017, after his predecessor Arvind Panagariyare signed from the post.
• The post of the Vice-Chairman of the Aayog is co-terminus with the five-year term of the institution.
• Suman Bery will succeed him as the third Vice Chairman.

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