Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 31, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 31, 2023
INDIA
- ISRO successfully launched the PSLV-C56 carrying Singapore’s DS-SAR and six other satellites.
- Data on Swachhata Abhiyaan, a mobile app of the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, identifies 6,253 cases of manual scavenging in the country.
- Maharashtra seeks World Bank’s assistance for upgrading infrastructure and capacity building.
- Power Ministry notifies rules for streamlining accounting, billing and subsidy payments by States
- ADB and Union Government sign USD 200 million loan for expanding urban services in Rajasthan
- IAF choppers drop 600-kg food packets in flood-hit areas in Telangana.
- National Moth Week (July 22 and July 28) was observed in the Nilgiris.
- 13.13 lakh girls and women went missing between 2019 and 2021: Government data.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Over six crore taxpayers had filed their income tax returns (ITRs): IT Department.
- India to become middle-income country with GDP of USD 6 trillion by 2030: Report
- PFRDA bars intermediaries for annuities business.
- India’s per capita income to grow nearly 70% to USD 4,000 by FY30 from USD 2,450 in FY23.
- Foxconn subsidiary inks ₹1,600 crore deal with T.N. to set up electronic components manufacturing facility.
WORLD
- Two Indian military aircraft visit Australia’s strategic Cocos Islands.
- African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin without grain deal.
- Central African Republic began voting in a referendum on a new Constitution.
- Death toll rises to at least 10 in Thailand warehouse explosion.
SPORTS
- Tennis: Iga Swiatek beats Laura Siegemund to win Warsaw Open.
- 2023 F1 Belgium Grand Prix: Verstappen secures eighth consecutive win.
- Indian women beat Spain 3-0 to win Spanish Federation hockey tournament.