Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 16, 2023

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Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 16, 2023

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.

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.

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.

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.