Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 8, 2023

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Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 8, 2023

India and Saudi Arabia sign MoU in Electrical Interconnections, Green / Clean Hydrogen and Supply Chains.
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has committed to work with India to expand Travel for LiFE initiative across Asia Pacific region.
Ministry of Culture Organizes Curtain Raiser and logo launch event for IAADB- India Art Architecture Design Biennale.
Study: 19 Gangetic River dolphins had been rescued from the irrigation canals of the Ganga-Ghagra basin in Uttar Pradesh between 2013 and 2020.
UGC to train over 1,000 teachers to teach Indian knowledge systems from degree level.
ISRO plans Gaganyaan unmanned flight tests, gears for the Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1).
Rajasthan ordered a caste-based survey, similar to the survey done in Bihar.

GST Council affirms 28% tax on online betting from October 1; lowered the tax rates on certain millet-based products.
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed a total of twelve general managers as executive directors in various Public Sector Banks.

World Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day is celebrated annually on October 8^th.
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years, killing at least 200 people claiming it had taken dozens of hostages.
Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan.

Asian Games: Satwik-Chirag become first India’s first ever Asiad gold medallists in badminton.
Asian Games: Men’s kabaddi team wins a dramatic final to clinch gold; Indian Cricket Team wins gold.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale won gold medals in the women’s and men’s individual compound events.
The Indian men’s and women’s Chess teams claimed the silver at the Hagzhou Asian Games.