Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 26, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 26, 2023

INDIA

• Mizoram Chief Minister joins solidarity march in Aizawl for Kuki-Zo people.
• ISRO successfully completed the fifth and final orbit-raising manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
• “Anu Awareness Yatra – 2023” with the theme of ‘Atoms in the service of the nation’ was launched at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam.
• Lok Sabha passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021; to amend the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
• National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) got 5,772 complaints on overcharging during 2018-19 to 2022-23.
• Rajya Sabha passes Bill to expand Scheduled Tribes list from Chhattisgarh.
• Lok Sabha passes Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
• 5 crore names out of MGNREGS list in 2022-23, says Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh.
• President of India opens tribal arts gallery at Rashtrapati Bhavan as she finishes one year in office.
• Age limit for Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana in Madhya Pradesh lowered.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• CBIC detects 9,300 fake GST accounts, ₹11,000 crore Evasion; registrations suspended for 5,775 firms.
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised its growth forecast for India to 6.1 %.

WORLD

• China removes Qin Gang as Finance Minister and brings back Wang Yi.
• Over 700 refugees yet to be repatriated to Myanmar; after they entered Manipur to escape the ongoing violence in their country.
• Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work and labour leaders threatened a general strike.
• U.S. first lady Jill Biden attended a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO in Paris, marking Washington’s official re-entry into the U.N. agency.
• Pedro Sanchez was formally named Spain’s caretaker Prime Minister of an interim government.

SPORTS

• International Cricket Council (ICC) handed a two-match suspension to India women’s team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
• Organisers unveil torch design for 2024 Paris Olympics; 2,000 torches are being produced from recycled steel.
• Sports Ministry accords recognition to Handball Association of India (HAI) as the official body to run the game in the country.