Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 30, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 30, 2022
INDIA
– All women, married or unmarried, entitled to safe and legal abortion till 24 weeks of pregnancy, rules SC
– Govt. approves 22nd tranche of electoral bonds; sale from Oct 1-10
– Gujarat: PM inaugurates and lays foundation stone of projects worth over ₹5200 crores in Bhavnagar
– PM lays foundation stone and dedicates various projects worth more than ₹3400 crores at Surat
– 6 Airbags in Passenger Cars to become compulsory from 1st October 2023: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari
– Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar visits Australia; meets counterpart Vice Admiral Mark Hammond
– CBI launches Operation GARUDA to dismantle drug networks with international linkages
– First chairperson of National Commission for Women Jayanti Patnaik dies at 90 in Bhubaneswar
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– India’s external debt rises 7.1% to $617 bn in June 2022: RBI data
– India’s current account deficit widens to 2.8% of GDP in Q1FY23: RBI
– Govt hikes interest rate on small savings schemes for Q3 of FY23; Senior Citizen Savings scheme rate raised by 0.2%
– CCI approves acquisition of Assets of Essar Group by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd
– CCI approves acquisition of the share capital of eighteen subsidiaries of Mytrah Energy (India) Private Limited by JSW Neo Energy Limited
– CCI approves acquisition by Adani Power of share capital of Diliigent Power and DB Power
– Adani Green commissions largest 600 MW wind-solar plant in Rajasthan
WORLD
– International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction observed on Sept 29
– World Heart Day observed on Sept 29; theme: ‘Use Heart for Every Heart’
– World Maritime Day celebrated on Sept 29; theme: ‘New technologies for greener shipping’
– Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza awarded Golden Pen of Freedom by World Association of News Publishers
– Finland to bar Russians entry with Schengen tourist visas from Sept 30
Month: Current affairs - September, 2022
Category: Today's News Headlines