Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 6, 2023

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Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 6, 2023

The first batch of 661 Agniveers completes training in Jharkhand and in Leh.
Sahitya Akademi to publish poems from each of the G-20 nations to commemorate India’s presidency of the grouping.
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team resumed its scientific survey at the Gyanvapi mosque.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launches Gruha Jyothi scheme- free power supply scheme.
Telangana Assembly passed four Bills, which were earlier returned by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
The 130-year-old Kuttikkanam Palace, the summer residence of the kings of erstwhile Travancore, is set to be declared a historical monument.
ISRO completes Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) to successfully put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the moon’s orbit.

Union Cabinet approved an outlay of ₹1.39-lakh crore for BharatNet, a project to provide last-mile connectivity across 6.4 lakh villages.
BIS signs MoU with 35 institutions for collaboration in standardisation.
Finance Ministry imposes anti-dumping duty on optical fibre imports from China, Korea, Indonesia.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested after he was found guilty in the state gifts case.
Texas judge temporarily lifts ban on abortion for medical crises.
Cambodia electoral body confirms Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party as the winner.
Russia has dispatched an Su-30 fighter jet to prevent a U.S. drone from violating its border over the Black Sea.

Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin strikes gold in World Athletics Continental Tour-Bronze event, Switzerland.
Grandmaster D. Gukesh overtook Viswanathan Anand as the highest-rated Indian chess player in FIDE rankings.
H.S. Prannoy stormed into the final of the Australian Open Super 500 badminton.