Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 5, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 5, 2023

INDIA

  • The annual training exercise, Trishul, of the Western Air Command (WAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has commenced.
  • After Chandrayaan-3’s rover Pragyan, its lander- Vikram, has been put into sleep mode.
  • Union Shipping minister Sonawal inaugurates Vizag International Cruise Terminal.
  • Teachers’ Day is being celebrated throughout the country.
  • Culture Ministry unveils ‘Adopt a Heritage 2.0’ scheme to attract corporate funds for maintaining monuments.
  • President of India, Droupadi Murmu unveiled the 12 feet high statue of Mahatma Gandhi and inaugurated ‘Gandhi Vatika’ at Gandhi Darshan, New Delhi.
  • ‘Gujarat Declaration’ underlining outcome of the first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit 2023 was released.
  • ASI’s “Adopt a Heritage 2.0 programme” Indian Heritage app and e-Permission portal has been launched.
  • Union Ministry for Education launches 3-year partnership with Meta, ‘Education to Entrepreneurship: Empowering a generation of students, educators and entrepreneurs’.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • Paytm unveiled a soundbox device that lets merchants accept both mobile and card payments across networks.
  • Federal Bank has introduced a ‘WhatsApp Lending Platform’ through which customers can apply for pre-approved personal loan.
  • IBBI allows insolvency professional entities to make submissions electronically.

WORLD

  • Chinese Premier and second-ranked leader Li Qiang has been deputed to attend the G-20 meet in New Delhi.
  • Israel and Bahrain Foreign Ministers agree to boost trade relationship.
  • UAE creates federal authority to monitor ‘commercial gaming’.

SPORTS

  • Defending champion Iga Swiatek crashed out of the US Open after defeat by Jelena Ostapenko and will lose her No. 1 ranking.
  • US Open: Tennis player Novak Djokovic marched into the quarterfinals.

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