Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 16, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 16, 2022

– IIT, Madras is the best educational institute in Education Ministry’s India Rankings 2022 of Higher Educational Institutions

– Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu and Assam’s CM Himanta Biswa Sarma sign pact to resolve decades-old border dispute

– RJD MLA Anant Singh, convicted in arms case, disqualified by Bihar assembly

– Varanasi to be the first city in SCO to be granted the rotating title of ‘Cultural and Tourism capital of SCO’ in September when India assumes SCO Presidency

– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches indigenously built Y- 3023 Dunagiri, Project 17A frigate in Kolkata

– Supreme Court slams Nagaland government for delaying 33% women’s quota in local bodies

– Indian Navy participating in RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific exercise) in US from July 12 to August 4

– Kerala has become the first and only state in the country to have its own internet service: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

– India’s horticultural crops output increase marginally to 341 million tonne in 2021-22

– e-NAM (electronic-National Agriculture Market) platform linked to private agri-services providers; will enable more farmers use the online platform to sell their produce to buyers of their choice

– Trade deficit in April-June quarter jumps to a record $70.8 billion

– Govt launches “Jagriti” mascot for empowering consumers and generating awareness towards their rights

– Heavy Industries Minister Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey virtually attends the meeting of Ministers of Industry of the member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan

– LIC estimates its embedded value at Rs 5.41 lakh crore as of March 2022

– G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held in Bali, Indonesia

– PNB, 3 other PSU banks activate account aggregator system which is a financial data exchange where banks, fintechs or NBFCs can exchange customer data after taking consent from such users

– Privatise all public sector banks except SBI for now: Economists Poonam Gupta & Arvind Panagariya suggest

– Country’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 8.062 billion to USD 580.252 billion in the week ended July 8

– Rajkiran Rai G recommended for post of MD of NaBFID (National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development) by Financial Services Institutions Bureau

– Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurates 166 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations across 14 states

– Google buys 1.2% stake in Bharti Airtel for $700 million

– Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights report in India

– US House of Representatives approves amendment on CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) waiver to India

– Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president

– Ukraine: Russian missiles kill 23 in Vinnytsia city

– India’s Adani Ports, Israel’s Gadot win tender to buy Haifa port from Israel govt

– International North-South Transport Corridor: Russia’s 1st rail transit cargo to India reaches Iran

– Only risks, no gains, for 15-39 age group from alcohol consumption: Lancet

– North Korea recognises Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republics (LPR) in Ukraine as independent countries; 3rd after Russia and Syria

– US carries out test of hypersonic missile ARRW (Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon)

– World Youth Skills Day celebrated on July 15; theme: ‘Transforming youth skills for the future’

– World Plastic Surgery Day observed on July 15

– England (246/10 in 49) defeat India (146/10 in 38.5) by 100 runs in 2nd ODI of 3-match series at Lords in London; series at 1-1

– Surya Sekhar Ganguly wins Chess960 Rapid Open at 55th Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland