Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 27, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 27, 2022
INDIA
– UGC declares 21 universities as “fake” and not empowered to confer any degree, majority of which are in Delhi (8) followed by UP (7)
– SC refers freebies issue to 3-judge bench; calls for expert committee to discuss the subject
– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds talks with Tanzanian counterpart Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax in New Delhi
– Indian Navy receives first-ever fully indigenous ammunition for AK-630 guns fitted on warships
– Tamil film director Mani Nagaraj dies at 45; known for film ‘Pencil’
– National parties collected Rs 15,077.97 crore from unknown sources in 2004-21: Association for Democratic Reforms
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Essar Group announces USD 2.4 billion deal to sell its ports business to Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel Ltd
– FM Nirmala Sitharaman meets US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo in New Delhi
– AAI, Sweden’s LFV Air Navigation Services join hands for developing next generation sustainable aviation technology
– 8th India International MSME and StartUp Summit and Expo held in New Delhi
WORLD
– External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar meets Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández in Buenos Aires
SPORTS
– Chess: India’s Arjun Erigaisi clinches Abu Dhabi Masters
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022