Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 30, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 30, 2023

INDIA

  • Tamil Nadu and Japanese firms sign six MoUs worth ₹818 crores, in the presence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off northeast region’s first Vande Bharat Express, to connect Guwahati in Assam with New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.
  • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully placed the NVS-01 navigation satellite into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
  • President Droupadi Murmu will visit Suriname and Serbia from June 4 to 9.
  • UN peacekeeping mission: India to train women personnel from South East Asia later this year.
  • Girish Chandra Murmu, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), has been re-elected as the External Auditor of WHO.
  • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S. Somanath has said that Chandrayaan-3 will be launched in July.
  • Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd (NLCIL) inked a MoU with Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) for pumped storage, reservoir storage, and run-of-river hydropower projects.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • Inflation risks to moderate, growth momentum to sustain: RBI annual report.
  • Razorpay launches ‘Turbo UPI’ payment service; allows customers of online merchants to make UPI payments directly.
  • ADB approves USD 350 million in budgetary support to Sri Lanka.

WORLD

  • New anti-LGBTQ law in Uganda imposes capital punishment; including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”.
  • China prepares to send its first civilian into space as part of a crewed mission to the Tiangong space station.
  • North Korea notified Japan that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days.

SPORTS

  • Chennai Super Kings win IPL 2023 beating defending champions Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets.
  • French Open: Alcaraz, Djokovic advance with straight-set wins.
  • Triple jumper T. Selva Prabhu broke Arpinder Singh’s 12-year-old National junior record
  • MS Dhoni becomes first Indian with 300 dismissals in T20s.

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