Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: December 8, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for December 8, 2023

INDIA

• Centre released ₹493.60 crore to Andhra Pradesh and ₹450 crore to Tamil Nadu after damage inflicted by severe cyclonic storm Michaung.
• Anumula Revanth Reddy was sworn in as the first Congress Chief Minister of Telangana.
• Lok Sabha to take up Ethics panel report recommending Mahua Moitra’s expulsion.
• Supreme Court produces video in 10 Indian languages, on Kesavananda Bharati judgment.
• The Centre said that there were no plans so far to shut down the National Museum in the capital to expand the Central Vista.
• Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) issued a drug safety alert for the commonly used painkiller mefenamic acid.

 ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution directed sugar mills and distilleries not to use sugarcane juice or syrup to produce ethanol in the ethanol year 2023-2024.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of ‘Urban Co-operative Bank, Uttar Pradesh.
• IDFC First Bank has introduced a UPI-based digital RuPay Credit Card for its customers.

WORLD

• Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the centre of the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city.
• U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended an updated plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
• Cash-strapped Pakistan has secured a $658-million financing package, including an $300-million loan at market rates, from the Asian Development Bank.
• Chinese naval vessels have become the first to dock at a new pier at a Cambodian naval base.

SPORTS

• Spain defeats India 4-1 in a pool match of the FIH junior men’s hockey World Cup.
• Aston Villa beat champion Manchester City; Arsenal have 36 points from 15 games with Liverpool on 34, Villa on 32 and City in the fourth spot on 30 points.