Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: June 26, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for June 26, 2023
INDIA
- Madras High Court: Caste will have no role to play in appointment of temple priests.
- Flash floods and landslides hit parts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
- Assam floods: Heavy rainfall affects 5 lakh people in the state.
- World Drug Day is observed on June 26, this year’s theme is ‘People first: Stop stigma and discrimination’.
- EESL to deploy 10 million BLDC fans across India from September.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- EPFO launches calculator for higher EPS pension additional contribution.
- Infosys signs $454-million deal with Danske Bank.
- Asian Development Bank to provide 400 million US dollars in loans to Bangladesh.
WORLD
- Greece’s centre-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis to be sworn in as Prime Minister.
- Five-day Haj rituals commence today in Saudi Arabia.
- US aircraft carrier and two guided missile cruisers visit Vietnam.
- Pakistan: National Assembly passes bill seeking amendment to Elections Act 2017.
- Australia announces new $74m assistance package to Ukraine.
- American rapper Busta Rhymes was awarded the BET Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023.
SPORTS
- Hasaranga becomes first ODI spinner to take three consecutive 5-wicket hauls.
- Diksha Dagar won her second Ladies European Tour (LET) title, as she claims the Czech Ladies Open title.
- Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee claimed its maiden women’s doubles title in the WTT Contender Tunis.
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