Daily Current Affairs of 2nd April 2018
International Current Affairs
- Today (2nd April) is World Autism Awareness Day.
- This day was adopted by United Nations on 18 December 2007, it was proposed by Qatar, and supported by all UN member states.
- World Autism Awareness Day 2018 Theme : "Empowering women and girls with autism"
- Today (2nd April) is International Children's Book Day.
- This day is a yearly event sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People, an international non-profit organization.
- April the 2nd was chosen to mark this day for young literature lovers as it's the same date as Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, the author of many famous children's stories like The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling.
- According to a report released by global startup ecosystem map Startupblink, India ranked 37th in the Global startup ecosystem in 2017.
- United States topped the list followed by the United Kingdom.
- Israel has reached a deal with the United Nations to settle African migrants in western countries, scrapping its earlier plans to deport them to Africa.
- As many as 16,000 African asylum seekers living in Israel will be sent to western countries.
- The new deal will be implemented over a period of five years.
