Portal:Current events/April 2023

April 2023 was the fourth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Sunday after 30 days.

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from April 2023.

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  • In India, a new income tax law comes into effect. It is a significant change on the old 1961 statute, and contains a controversial "angel tax" provision seeking to capture some of the income entering the country from foreign investors funding India's start-ups. (Bloomberg Tax)

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  • NPR announces that it will no longer use Twitter after the social media site labeled it and the BBC as "government-funded media". Shortly thereafter, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announces that the labelling of the BBC will be changed to "publicly-funded media". (BBC News) (CNBC)

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  • Recycling in Australia
    • Further sites of illicit soft plastic storage are found in Sydney after the collapse of commercial plastic recycler REDcycle. After taking $20 million from Coles and Woolworths to recycle soft plastics at 2,000 locations, the company instead stored 12,000 tonnes of plastics at more than 44 locations across Australia. (9 News) (The Guardian)
  • The provincial health ministry of Santa Fe, Argentina, asks the public to "not underestimate" the current situation of dengue fever after the province surpasses 10,000 cases and reports its third death from the disease amid a national outbreak. (La Capital) (Infobae)

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  • Netflix ends its DVD rental service after 25 years, citing the reduced demand for physical rentals. (BBC News)

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  • Crime in Costa Rica
    • President Rodrigo Chaves orders a series of measures to fight increasing crime in Costa Rica, including the deployment of more police, tougher juvenile laws, extradition of foreign criminals, and restrictions on the sale of ammunition. (Reuters)

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  • Twitter drops the "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels used for the accounts of media organizations. (Al Jazeera)

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  • Eight people are killed and 128 others are injured after a rare and large tornado strikes two villages near Naypitaw, Myanmar. (AP)

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  • Two people are killed and twelve others are injured in a fire in a restaurant in Madrid, Spain. (Reuters)

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