Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 2, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 2, 2023
INDIA
- Indian Government bans 14 apps in Jammu and Kashmir, cites use by terror groups.
- Supreme Court says it can end wait for consensual divorce
- Odisha state government begins survey of OBCs, after Bihar.
- ‘Operation Kaveri’: Total number of Indians brought back home now stands at 2,140.
- Justice T.S. Sivagnanam is new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.
- The Supreme Court held that it can dissolve marriages on the ground of “irretrievable breakdown of marriage” invoking special powers under Article 142.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 57.2 from 56.4 in March.
- Year-end compliances rise April GST revenue to record ₹1.87 lakh crore.
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised Asia’s economic forecast in its regional outlook report.
- World Economic Forum (WEF) releases ‘Chief Economists Outlook Report 2023’.
WORLD
- Santiago Peña of Paraguay’s ruling conservative Colorado Party wins presidential election.
- International Apparel and Textile Fair kicks off in Dubai featuring 90 Indian participants.
- Inaugural ASEAN-India maritime exercise begins in South China Sea
- Japan to train 1,000 Indian engineers for bullet train project.
SPORTS
- Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon win Gold for India in ISSF Shotgun World Cup