Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 16, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 16, 2023
INDIA
- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi to set up offshore campus in Abu Dhabi.
- ISRO performs first orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3.
- Supreme Court (SC) Collegium has recommended permanent judgeships in five High Courts.
- Freedom fighter Sankaraiah to get honorary doctorate by Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu.
- Karnataka to begin Gruha Lakshmi scheme on July 19.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the state-of-the-art Kalaignar Centenary Library in Madurai.
- A three-year surveillance study in Kolkata finds a new diarrhoea-causing parasite.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- India and UAE set to use rupee, dirham for trade; MoU signed between the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of the UAE.
- Textile and apparel exports contracted 11.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) in June.
WORLD
- Recent Study reveals that using ChatGPT boosts productivity.
- China’s top diplomat Wang Yi calls for clarity on ties between EU and China.
- Switzerland, the U.K. and Norway will experience the largest relative surge in cooling needs if the increase in global mean temperature rises to 2 degree C above pre-industrial levels.
SPORTS
- Lakshya Sen enters into the last-four stage of the U.S. Open Super 300 badminton.
- R Ashwin became the second-highest wicket-taker for India behind Anil Kumble (953) in international cricket.
- Marketa Vondrousova defeates Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur to become the first unseeded player in the professional era to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title.