Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 1, 2023

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Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 1, 2023

The count-down for launch of India’s mission Aditya to the Sun begins.
Assam-based oncologist Ravi Kannan wins 2023 Ramon Magsaysay award.
The Union government appointed Jaya Verma Sinha Chairperson of the Railway Board, becomes the first woman to head the Board.
The Union government has issued a notification for the implementation of the amendments to the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867.
The drive against child marriages in Assam will be relaunched in September, as per Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Rainfall in August has been the lowest in over a century: IMD.
6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah begins on September 1. Government is celebrating it throughout the month of September this year.
Home Minister Amit Shah to start Amrit Kalash Yatra from New Delhi.
The Archaeological Survey of India – ASI launched the ‘Adopt a Heritage 2.0’ programme.

India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) registered a growth of 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal (2023-2024).
India’s goods and services tax collections in August grew 11 per cent on an annual basis.
10 billion UPI transactions were performed for the first time in a month in India.

Singaporeans are voting today in the country’s first contested Presidential election in more than a decade.
Army officers of African nation Gabon named Gen Brice Oligui Nguema as the new leader.
Jais, the World’s Most Advanced Arabic Large Language Model, has been released.

India beat Malaysia 7-5 and Japan 35-1 to enter semifinals of Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifiers at Salalah in Oman.
Neeraj Chopra finishes second in men’s javelin event in Zurich Diamond League; gets qualified for the Diamond League finals.
Gukesh replaced Viswanathan Anand as the country’s top-ranked player in Chess.