Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 7, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 7, 2023

INDIA

  • Sikkim flood toll rises to 25 and Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are is search of over 143 people.
  • Supreme Court refused to stay the Bihar government from publishing data collected from its caste-based survey.
  • Sagar Parikrama, Phase- IX starts from Thiruvandanai, Tamil Nadu. Fish farmer producer cooperative society limited was inaugurated.
  • 49th All India Police Science Congress is being held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
  • Ministry of Textiles marked World Cotton Day 2023 by hosting a conference.
  • Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Arjun Munda inaugurates National Tribal Festival – ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ – in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • Saint-Gobain plans to invest ₹3,400 crores more in Tamil Nadu.
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed to allow banks to tokenise debit or credit cards.
  • National Stock Exchange (NSE) to unveil options on WTI crude oil and natural gas futures.
  • Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) leaves benchmark interest rates unchanged for a fourth straight meeting.

WORLD

  • Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women’s rights and democracy.
  • Philippines strongly condemned the Chinese ship’s manoeuvres near Second Thomas Shoal.
  • A drone attack on a military graduation ceremony in Homs, Syria, killed 89 people and injured hundreds.

SPORTS

  • Indian men’s hockey team beats defending champion Japan to reclaim the Asian Games title and Paris Olympic berth.
  • Indian archers clinch silver in men’s recurve team event and Indian women recurve team wins bronze medal, after 13 years.
  • Asian Games 2023 badminton: HS Prannoy wins bronze medal.

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