Current Affairs – Today’s Headlines: July 16, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 16, 2021

– Centre proposes simpler drone rules; number of forms to be filled to seek authorisation for operating drones to be reduced from 25 to six

– PM inaugurates and dedicates PRASHAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) projects in Varanasi (UP)

– Sedition law: ‘Do we still need it 75 years after Independence’, Supreme Court asks Centre

– Rajnath Singh launches Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered grievance management application developed by Ministry of Defence with the cooperation of IIT-Kanpur

– Zika virus cluster identified in Thiruvananthapuram, steps being taken to exterminate mosquitoes

– AP govt increases income limit for issuance of OBC certificate from Rs. 6 lakh to Rs. 8 lakh

– AP govt announces 10% reservations in admissions into educational institutions and appointments in the posts and services for EWS (Economically Weaker Sections)

– EAM S. Jaishankar calls on Afghan President on the sidelines of Tashkent Connectivity Conference in Uzbekistan

– Centre releases Rs 75,000 crore to states as GST compensation

– India seeks equitable global agreement to end harmful fish subsidies, tells WTO that limiting S&DT (Special & Differential Treatment) is unfair

– CII organises ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat — Self-Reliance for Renewable Energy Manufacturing’ conference

– MSME Minister Narayan Rane launches new Khadi products – Khadi Babywear & Unique Handmade Paper “Use & Throw” Slippers

– India’s merchandise trade deficit in April-June at USD 30.75 billion

– US Senate passes legislation to ban import of products from China’s Xinjiang region

– United Arab Emirates becomes first Gulf nation to open an embassy in Israel, at Tel Aviv

– World Youth Skills Day celebrated on July 15; theme: ‘Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic’

– World Plastic Surgery Day observed on July 15, adopted from National Plastic Surgery Day in India observed on the same day

– Pakistan: Former President (2013-18) Mamnoon Hussain dies in Karachi at 80, born in Agra in 1940