Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 31, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 31, 2023
INDIA
- 35 lakh Class 10 students fail or drop out, unable to make it to Class 11: Ministry of Education.
- Government drops plans to host SCO summit in Delhi; Summit will now be in virtual format.
- Fresh excavation reveals pre-Mauryan era signs in Delhi’s Purana Qila site.
- Tele-Law programme: 40 lakh beneficiaries empowered with pre-litigation advice.
- Maharashtra farmers to get Rs 12,000 annually under ‘Kisan Samman Nidhi’.
- Applications for PLI 2.0 for IT hardware to be open from June 1.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Reserve Bank of India: India’s growth momentum likely to sustain in FY24.
- Investments in P-notes hits 4-month high of ₹95,911 crores.
- ADB launches country partnership strategy for climate-resilient growth.
WORLD
- North Korea’s launch of 1st spy satellite fails; the rocket carrying the satellite crashed into waters off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast.
- A new Jupiter-size exoplanet with the highest density known and mass 13 times than that of Jupiter, has been discovered.
- Chinese mission to its Tiangong space station with first civilian reaches space.
- World No Tobacco Day 2023 is observed on May 31.
SPORTS
- Indian chess player Gukesh defeats Magnus Carlsen in 97 moves in the Norway Chess blitz tournament.
- CSK joins Mumbai Indians as the most successful franchise.
- National record-holder Jyothi Yarraji won the women’s 100m hurdles gold in 13.08s in the T-Meeting at Tilburg in the Netherlands.