Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 28, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 28, 2023
INDIA
- ISRO releases graph of temperature variation of topsoil in lunar South Pole.
- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurates week-long grand Onam celebrations in State.
- Over 5,000 minors rescued by Mumbai Police so far this year under ‘Operation Muskaan’, a Ministry of Home Affairs project.
- Union Minister Amit Shah to chair 26th meeting of Western Zonal Council at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- Madhya Pradesh raised the financial aid given to women in the Ladli Behna Scheme from ₹1,000 to ₹1,250 per month; 35 percent reservation for women in government jobs.
- India’s space economy to grow to $45 bn in next 10 years: IN-SPACe Chairman.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- The Union government halted the export of Basmati rice valued at less than $1,200 a tonne.
- 17% of Indians below age of 45 don’t get health cover because of uncontrolled diabetes.
- SEBI proposes brokers stay away from unregulated financial influencers.
WORLD
- Russian investigators confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash.
- Japan suspends launch of rocket carrying moon lander because of winds.
- Archaeologists unearth 3,000-year-old priestly tomb in northern Peru.
- American military brings in artificial intelligence robot for aerial combat.
SPORTS
- Indian men’s 4x400m relay team breaks Asian record, qualifies for World Championships final for first time.
- Red Bull’s Max Verstappen clinches Dutch Grand Prix for the third year in a row, achieves ninth successive Formula One victory.
- Simone Biles wins record 8th US gymnastics title, a decade after her first title.
- An Se Young and Kunlavut Vitidsarn become the first women’s and men’s singles winners from South Korea and Thailand at the badminton world championships in Copenhagen.
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