Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 30, 2023
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 30, 2023
INDIA
- President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the women’s reservation Bill, which seeks to provide 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
- Union Ministry of Education launches the Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav and two-day Technology & Bharatiya Bhasha Summit.
- The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir has declared all its 6650 villages across 285 blocks in 20 Districts as ODF Plus Model.
- K.N. Shanth Kumar of Deccan Herald, was elected Chairman of the Press Trust of India.
- The 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize will be awarded to Ruixiang Zhang of the University of California, Berkeley.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- The government announced the sale of the 28th tranche of electoral bonds from October 4 to 13 at all authorised branches of the State Bank of India.
- The government hiked special additional excise duty (SAED) on crude petroleum to ₹12,100 per tonne.
- India’s fiscal deficit for the first five months of the financial year was ₹6.43 lakh crore, 36% of the estimate for the whole year.
- NABARD announces listing Social Bonds on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
WORLD
- China opened its first cross-sea bullet train, linking major cities in the southeastern Fujian province.
- Inflation in the euro zone fell to its lowest level in two years in September.
- ADB approved capital- management reforms that will unlock $100 billion in funds over the next 10 years to support Asia and the Pacific.
- U.S. government was on the verge of a shutdown as the Congress struggled to reach a deal to keep agencies running and avoid the suspension of salaries.
SPORTS
- Asian Games: Kiran Baliyan clinched India’s first medal in women’s shot put in 72 years.
- Manika Batra becomes first Indian Table Tennis singles player to reach last eight.
- Asian Games: Indian trio of Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna finished its campaign with a bronze medal in Squash.