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

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