Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 28, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 28, 2023

INDIA

• ISRO releases graph of temperature variation of topsoil in lunar South Pole.
• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurates week-long grand Onam celebrations in State.
• Over 5,000 minors rescued by Mumbai Police so far this year under ‘Operation Muskaan’, a Ministry of Home Affairs project.
• Union Minister Amit Shah to chair 26th meeting of Western Zonal Council at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• Madhya Pradesh raised the financial aid given to women in the Ladli Behna Scheme from ₹1,000 to ₹1,250 per month; 35 percent reservation for women in government jobs.
• India’s space economy to grow to $45 bn in next 10 years: IN-SPACe Chairman.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• The Union government halted the export of Basmati rice valued at less than $1,200 a tonne.
• 17% of Indians below age of 45 don’t get health cover because of uncontrolled diabetes.
• SEBI proposes brokers stay away from unregulated financial influencers.

WORLD

• Russian investigators confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash.
• Japan suspends launch of rocket carrying moon lander because of winds.
• Archaeologists unearth 3,000-year-old priestly tomb in northern Peru.
• American military brings in artificial intelligence robot for aerial combat.

SPORTS

• Indian men’s 4x400m relay team breaks Asian record, qualifies for World Championships final for first time.
• Red Bull’s Max Verstappen clinches Dutch Grand Prix for the third year in a row, achieves ninth successive Formula One victory.
• Simone Biles wins record 8th US gymnastics title, a decade after her first title.
• An Se Young and Kunlavut Vitidsarn become the first women’s and men’s singles winners from South Korea and Thailand at the badminton world championships in Copenhagen.