Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 16, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 16, 2023

INDIA

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi to set up offshore campus in Abu Dhabi.
• ISRO performs first orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3.
• Supreme Court (SC) Collegium has recommended permanent judgeships in five High Courts.
• Freedom fighter Sankaraiah to get honorary doctorate by Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu.
• Karnataka to begin Gruha Lakshmi scheme on July 19.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the state-of-the-art Kalaignar Centenary Library in Madurai.
• A three-year surveillance study in Kolkata finds a new diarrhoea-causing parasite.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• India and UAE set to use rupee, dirham for trade; MoU signed between the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of the UAE.
• Textile and apparel exports contracted 11.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) in June.

WORLD

• Recent Study reveals that using ChatGPT boosts productivity.
• China’s top diplomat Wang Yi calls for clarity on ties between EU and China.
• Switzerland, the U.K. and Norway will experience the largest relative surge in cooling needs if the increase in global mean temperature rises to 2 degree C above pre-industrial levels.

SPORTS

• Lakshya Sen enters into the last-four stage of the U.S. Open Super 300 badminton.
• R Ashwin became the second-highest wicket-taker for India behind Anil Kumble (953) in international cricket.
• Marketa Vondrousova defeates Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur to become the first unseeded player in the professional era to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title.