Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 3, 2022

September 3, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 3, 2022

INDIA

– PM commissions first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi
– PM unveils new Naval Ensign ‘Nishaan’ at Cochin Shipyard in Kochi
– Karnataka: PM launches, lays foundation for projects worth Rs 38,000 cr in Mangaluru
– Foreign Minister S Jaishankar co-chairs 14th India-UAE Joint Commission in Abu Dhabi
– Over 99% of India’s population breathes air that exceeds WHO’s PM2.5 guidelines: Greenpeace India
– PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry organises Education Summit in New Delhi

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– India’s external debt rises 8.2% to USD 620.7 billion till March 2022: finance ministry
– India’s foreign exchange reserves decline to $561.046 billion in the week ending Aug 26
– RBI issues new digital lending guidelines for banks, lenders to protect borrowers
– RBI takes up project to digitise farm loan delivery under Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme
– Adani Enterprises to enter Nifty 50 index from September 30 in place of Shree Cement.
– Yamuna Kumar Chaubey gets charge of NHPC chairman and managing director

WORLD

– Team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reaches Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine
– World Coconut Day observed September 2
– NASA captures 1st direct image of exoplanet outside our solar system using James Webb Space Telescope
– Former Reckitt head Laxman Narasimhan is new CEO of Starbucks