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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