Current Affairs 23rd April

Bhupendra Kainthola is new FTII director
i. Bhupendra Kainthola, an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of 1989 batch, has been appointed as the new Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).



India signs Paris climate pact along with over 170 states at UN

Uber partners with FICCI, Gujarat Tourism for soft skill training

-› Cab aggregator, Uber has entered into a partnership with Gujarat Tourism and FICCI in Ahmedabad city to facilitate training for Uber driver-partners.

PM To Launch Rs. 8,000 crore Scheme For Free LPG Connections To Poor

World Book and Copyright Day:23rd April

-› World Book Day is an annual event celebrated every year by the people all over the world on 23rd of April. It is the most important event organized annually by the UNESCO in order to promote the reading, publishing and copyright among the public worldwide.

Jitu Rai finishes sixth at Shooting World Cup
-› Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai finished sixth in the men's 50m pistol event on the fifth day of the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup being held at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro.

Hong Kong's Irfan Ahmed suspended for two years and six months

President Nominated Six Personalities For State Assembly
President Pranav Mukherjee nominated six famous personalities for State Assembly from Different Fields.
These persons are:
Subrahmanyam Swami
Navjot Singb Siddhu
Mary kom
Suresh Gopi
Swapn Das Gupta
Narendra Jadhav

Punjab National bank is top Depositor under Gold Monatization Scheme. 

Ipsos release Indian top 10 Impressive Brand list with google inTop. 
Ipsos releases List of Top 10 Indian Brand company. Indian company Flipkart is in 7th Place.  List includes:
1- Google
2- Facebook
3- Gmail
4- Microsoft
5- Samsung
6- Whatsapp
7- Flipkart
8- Amazon
9- SBI
10- Airtel