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.

 

 

 


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