Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 4, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 4, 2023

INDIA

  • The Delhi Police arrested the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of news portal NewsClick under UAPA.
  • Toilet use has been declining in rural India since 2018-19: World Bank Paper.
  • India and Bangladesh commenced the 11th edition of annual joint military exercise, SAMPRITI in Umroi, Meghalaya.
  • Two-day Regional Conference on Good Governance begins at Jaipur. 2022 Award Winners under PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration will be presented.
  • Prime Minister dedicates First 800 MW Unit of Telangana Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC to the Nation
  • Indian Railways releases its new All India Railway Time Table known as “Trains At A Glance (TAG)”.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • The World Bank retained India’s growth forecast at 6.3% for the year 2023-24.
  • India’s manufacturing activity eased to a five-month low in September.
  • India witnesses surge in overall coal production in September with over 67 million tonne production.

WORLD

  • France’s Pierre Agostini, Hungarian-Austrian Ferenc Krausz and French-Swedish Anne L’Huillier won the Nobel Prize in physics for research using ultra-quick light flashes.
  • Armenia’s Parliament votes to join the International Criminal Court, straining ties with ally Russia.
  • Thailand’s Prime Minister launched a committee to amend the military-drafted constitution.

SPORTS

  • Asian Games: Parul Chaudhary won the women’s 5000m race and Annu Rani struck gold with her season-best throw of 62.92m in Javelin.
  • Asian Games: Tejashwin Shankar and Mohammed Afsal clinched silver medals in the men’s decathlon and 800m sprint respectively.
  • Lovlina Borgohain reached the final at the Asian Games and gets qualified for Paris 2024.
  • Sachin Tendulkar was announced as the Global Ambassador for the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 by the International Cricket Council.

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