Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 17, 2023

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Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 17, 2023

Union Cabinet approved a scheme to add 10,000 e-buses to city bus services across the country.
Supreme Court of India releases the ‘Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes’.
Odisha government withdraws the controversial order which stated that ‘deemed forests’ as a category would cease to exist.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the PM Vishwakarma scheme with an outlay of ₹13,000 crore.
Union Cabinet approved a five-year extension and expansion of the Digital India programme, with ₹14,903-crore outlay.
Union Cabinet approved seven railway projects estimated at around ₹32,500 crore.
Centre and WHO to launch Global Initiative on Digital Health as part of the ongoing G-20 summit in Gandhinagar.

Exports of textiles and apparel declined 1.9% and 17.4%, respectively, in July compared with the same period the year earlier.
Banks’ lending to non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) rose by 35.1% year-on-year to ₹14.2 lakh crore in June.

German government approved a draft law legalising the purchase and possession of cannabis for recreational use.
United States is raising its military presence in the Gulf, as Iranian seizures threaten oil tankers plying the Gulf.
Over 60 people are believed to have died after a migrant boat from Senegal was found off West Africa’s Cape Verde islands: IOM.

Chennai Formula Street Circuit has been launched with plans to hold India’s first-ever night street race later this year.
The Indian men and women enter compound team finals in the Archery World Cup Stage-4 in Paris.