Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 3, 2022

– Former diplomat Satinder Lambah, who led backchannel talks between India and Pakistan, dies at 81

– Tanuja Nesari, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) given Ayurveda Ratna Award by UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences

– Govt. to directly transfer its contribution to the bank accounts of apprentices through the National Skill Development Corporation

– Centre makes Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) rules stricter, aims at prohibiting acceptance of foreign contribution for any activities detrimental to the national interest

– India moves to leadership position in large-value digital payment system: RBI says in report on ‘Benchmarking India’s Payment Systems’

– India’s largest floating solar power project of 100 MW capacity commissioned at Ramagundam, Telangana

– CRISIL cuts FY23 GDP growth estimate to 7.3% from 7.8% on high inflation

– T. Raja Kumar of Singapore appointed as President of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the anti-money laundering watchdog

– International Day of Cooperatives celebrated on July 2; theme: ‘Cooperatives Build a Better World’

– Ukraine: 21 killed in missile strikes on residential area in Odessa

– Russia seizes control of Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in Russia’s far east; could evict JV partners: Shell of US and Mitsui and Mitsubishi of Japan

– Birmingham test: Jasprit Bumrah hits England’s Stuart Broad for 29 runs in one over; creates new record for most runs made in a test over

– Sweden’s Armand Duplantis creates new world record of 6.16 m in men’s outdoor pole vault