NEWS 23-04-2023. News For 24th-Apr (Monday) INDIA 1.YES Bank has become the first Indian company to have over 50 lakh shareholders. 2.Employment rate of India has increased to 36.9% in March 2023 from 36.6% in December 2022. 3.Telangana has unveiled India's tallest statue of Ambedkar, a 125-ft tall. bronze statue in Hyderabad. 4.Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) with US-based clean energy technology company LanzaJet Inc will set up India's first green aviation fuel firm at IOCL's Panipat refinery in Haryana. 5.Nandini Gupta (19) of Rajasthan has been crowned the 59th beauty pageant, Femina Miss India World 2023. INTERNATIONAL 1.Indian govt has signed a MoU with the World Food Programme (WFP) for sending 10,000 metric tonnes of wheat to the people of Afghanistan. 2. Commonwealth countries have agreed for India to be the chair of the Finance Ministers Working Group for a Commonwealth Call for Reform of the Global Financial Architecture. 3.New York Senate has appointed Rowan Wilson as state's first Black chief judge. SPORTS 1.Aman Sehrawat won India’s first gold medal in men’s 57 kg freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023, held in Astana, Kazakhstan. 2.Long jumper, Shaili Singh logged a 6.76m to win a gold medal in the women’s long jump at the Indian Grand Prix 4 2023 athletics meet in Bangalore, Karnataka. 3. India's Para-Badminton player, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan has won two gold medals at the Brazil Para-Badminton International 2023. 4.Indian Swimmer, Vedaant Madhavan has claimed 5 gold medals for India at the Malaysian Invitational age group Championships 2023 held in Kuala Lumpur. 5.FIFA has selected Argentina to host the under-20 soccer World Cup after revoking the hosting rights from Indonesia. DEFENCE 1.Indian Air Force contingent is participating in the multinational international Exercise Orion, organized in France from 17 April to 5 May 2023. 2.Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan assumed charge as Controller of Personnel Services on April 17, 2023. 3.IAF has informed that it will take part in Exercise INIOCHOS-23, which will be held in Greece from April 24 to May 4. < < Back