India has 3rd-highest number of unicorns, gazelles: Hurun’s Global Unicorn Index 2023

·      Hurun's Global Unicorn Index 2023-
→ 1st place - America (666 unicorns)
→ 2nd place - China (316 unicorns)
→ 3rd place - India (68 unicorns)
→ 29th and last place - Denmark (2 unicorns)

·      Recently Finland has joined the NATO military alliance. Finland has become the 31st member of NATO after the consent of all NATO member countries.

·      Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar launched the Tulsi Ghat Restoration Project' of Varanasi during his visit to Uganda.

·      PRET Initiative - Launched by World Health Organization

→ PRET stands for- Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats

→ Objective- To make a better strategy to deal with epidemics like COVID-19 in future.

·      Ghana (African country) has become the first country to approve the use of the Oxford malaria vaccine developed in the UK.

·      Recently the first meeting of India-Central Asia Joint Working Group on Chabahar Port was held in Mumbai. India and Iran are developing Chabahar port to enhance trade ties,

·      Dr. Jaishankar also virtually inaugurated the Buzi Bridge, built by india. The bridge is a practical example of India Mozambique solidarity and friendship.

·      Defence talks between India and Thailand were held in Bangkok on 20 April. The Indian side was attended by Nivedita Shukla Verma, Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of Defence.

·      Recently Dubai's (UAE) airline Emirates has launched the world's first robotic check-in assistant named 'Sara'. Under this, now the check-in process at Dubai airport will be done through robots.

·      During the India-UK Science and Innovation Council meet-ing, India and UK agreed to jointly set up a 'Net Zero' Innovation Virtual Centre. Under this, progress will be made in the direction of application of renewable energy and decar-bonization.

·      The Study in India Pavilion' was inaugurated at the Global Education Training Exhibition held in Dubai.→The exhibition was organized by the Services Export Promotion Council in association with the Department of Commerce and Industry and the Government of India.

·      According to the recently released 'Freedom in the Worto Index 2023', Tibet is the least free country in the world

·      World's Wealthiest Cities Report 2023-

→Report released by London firm Henley & Partners→Richest city in the world - New York City
→2nd place – Tokyo
→The Indian city of Mumbai was ranked 21st.

·      According to a recently released report, Syria has become the world's largest narco-state, that is, Syria exports maximum narcotics to run its economy.

·      Venezuela ranks first in the list of criminal countries of the world released by World of Statistics. India is at 77th position in this list.

·      Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared two countries, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan, malaria-free.

·      Recently, the American country of Pennsylvania has declared the Indian festival Diwali as an official state holiday.

·      America's Atlanta airport topped the list of world's busiest airports for 2022 released by Airports Council International. At the same time, India's Indira Gandhi International Airport got the 9th position.

·      French President Emmanuel Macron invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 'Bastille Day Parade' to be held in France.

·      Recently, Bahrain issued a 'Golden License' to attract investment and job creation in the country. This license will provide services and benefits to various businesses.

·      Janakpurdham Cultural Festival was organized in Dhanusha district of Madhesh region of Nepal to promote the shared Mithila culture between India and Nepal.

·      Hosted by India, the 'SCO Young Writers' Conference' was Organized by the Ministry of Education in New Delhi on 12-13 April. It will provide modern education opportunities to the youth.