Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 5, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 5, 2023
INDIA
- The Centre decided to help build infrastructure in border areas to combat child trafficking and help in rehabilitation and protection of victims.
- UGC makes PhD optional for recruitment to post of Assistant Professor in institutions of higher education.
- India experiences its warmest June since 1901, says India Meteorological Department (IMD).
- Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) adopted New Delhi Declaration.
- President of India attends the Closing Ceremony of 125th Birth Anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Delhi-based think tank Centre for Policy Research loses tax exemption status.
- States’ average debt cost continues to rise, with the latest weighted average cost rising to 7.46%
- India’s services sector growth eases to three-month low in June: PMI.
WORLD
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at summit calls for multipolar world order.
- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to remain at NATO helm for another year.
- Egypt and Turkey had appointed Ambassadors to each others’ countries for the first time in a decade.
- U.N. Security Council to hold first-ever meeting on threats of Artificial Intelligence
- UK calls for expansion of UNSC’s permanent seats to include India, Brazil, Germany, Japan as well as African representation.
SPORTS
- Lallianzuala Chhangte and Manisha Kalyan were named the AIFF Men’s and Women’s Footballer of the Year for 2022-23.
- Ajit Agarkar named chairman of BCCI’s senior men’s selection committee.
- Scotland knocks out Zimbabwe out of Cricket World Cup.
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