Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 23, 2022

INDIA
– Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah chairs 23rd meeting of Central Zonal Council in Bhopal (MP)
– India and Iran sign MoU mutually recognising certificates of competency of seafarers
– Paraguay: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar unveils bust of Mahatma Gandhi in capital Asuncion
– Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan holds bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart Jason Clare at Western Sydney University
– Veteran film-maker Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala dies in Mumbai at 91

ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide $96.3-mn loan to improve water supply in Himachal Pradesh
– Union MoS for Textiles Darshana Jardosh inaugurates Silk Mark Expo in New Delhi
– Godrej Agrovet signs MoUs with Assam, Manipur and Tripura to promote oil palm cultivation under NMEO-OP (National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm) scheme

WORLD
– South Korea, US start joint military drills ‘Ulchi Freedom Shield’ in South Korea
– Sri Lanka: Chinese satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ leaves Hambantota Port after 6-day stay
– The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief observed on August 22

SPORTS
– Chess: Norway’s Magnus Carlsen Wins FTX Crypto Cup; India’s R. Praggnanandhaa 2nd

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022