Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 1, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 1, 2023
INDIA
- 75.51 lakh houses completed under Prime Ministers’ Awas Yojana (PMAY-U) programme.
- West Bengal Legislative Assembly passed a motion condemning the violence in Manipur.
- Commission for OBC submits sub-categorization report to President Droupadi Murmu.
- ISRO injects Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into translunar orbit.
- G-20 EMPOWER Summit to begin in Gandhinagar.
- PM Narendra Modi confers Lokmanya Tilak National Award for contributions towards progress of country.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- India’s core sector growth touches a five-month high in June in 8.2%.
- More than 6.5 crore Income Tax Returns filed this financial year so far.
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate nearly halved to 6.3% in July from 12% last month.
WORLD
- Russian ballistic missiles slammed into an apartment and a university building in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown.
- Pakistan: Toll rises to 54 in suicide blast at political convention.
- As part of second phase of CPEC, Pakistan and China ink six agreements.
- Myanmar junta extends state of emergency for six months.
- First nuclear reactor in seven years enters service in U.S.’s Georgia.
SPORTS
- Cristiano Ronaldo becomes highest goal scorer with headers in football history.
- WTA Rankings: Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek begins Week 70 as World No. 1
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