Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 6, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 6, 2023

INDIA

  • The first batch of 661 Agniveers completes training in Jharkhand and in Leh.
  • Sahitya Akademi to publish poems from each of the G-20 nations to commemorate India’s presidency of the grouping.
  • Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team resumed its scientific survey at the Gyanvapi mosque.
  • Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launches Gruha Jyothi scheme- free power supply scheme.
  • Telangana Assembly passed four Bills, which were earlier returned by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
  • The 130-year-old Kuttikkanam Palace, the summer residence of the kings of erstwhile Travancore, is set to be declared a historical monument.
  • ISRO completes Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) to successfully put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the moon’s orbit.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • Union Cabinet approved an outlay of ₹1.39-lakh crore for BharatNet, a project to provide last-mile connectivity across 6.4 lakh villages.
  • BIS signs MoU with 35 institutions for collaboration in standardisation.
  • Finance Ministry imposes anti-dumping duty on optical fibre imports from China, Korea, Indonesia.

WORLD

  • Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested after he was found guilty in the state gifts case.
  • Texas judge temporarily lifts ban on abortion for medical crises.
  • Cambodia electoral body confirms Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party as the winner.
  • Russia has dispatched an Su-30 fighter jet to prevent a U.S. drone from violating its border over the Black Sea.

SPORTS

  • Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin strikes gold in World Athletics Continental Tour-Bronze event, Switzerland.
  • Grandmaster D. Gukesh overtook Viswanathan Anand as the highest-rated Indian chess player in FIDE rankings.
  • H.S. Prannoy stormed into the final of the Australian Open Super 500 badminton.

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