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

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

President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the women’s reservation Bill, which seeks to provide 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
Union Ministry of Education launches the Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav and two-day Technology & Bharatiya Bhasha Summit.
The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir has declared all its 6650 villages across 285 blocks in 20 Districts as ODF Plus Model.
K.N. Shanth Kumar of Deccan Herald, was elected Chairman of the Press Trust of India.
The 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize will be awarded to Ruixiang Zhang of the University of California, Berkeley.

The government announced the sale of the 28th tranche of electoral bonds from October 4 to 13 at all authorised branches of the State Bank of India.
The government hiked special additional excise duty (SAED) on crude petroleum to ₹12,100 per tonne.
India’s fiscal deficit for the first five months of the financial year was ₹6.43 lakh crore, 36% of the estimate for the whole year.
NABARD announces listing Social Bonds on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

China opened its first cross-sea bullet train, linking major cities in the southeastern Fujian province.
Inflation in the euro zone fell to its lowest level in two years in September.
ADB approved capital- management reforms that will unlock $100 billion in funds over the next 10 years to support Asia and the Pacific.
U.S. government was on the verge of a shutdown as the Congress struggled to reach a deal to keep agencies running and avoid the suspension of salaries.

Asian Games: Kiran Baliyan clinched India’s first medal in women’s shot put in 72 years.
Manika Batra becomes first Indian Table Tennis singles player to reach last eight.
Asian Games: Indian trio of Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna finished its campaign with a bronze medal in Squash.