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.

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