Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 27, 2023
INDIA
- Next Census to only count Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain as options.
- India Meteorological Department (IMD) has kept its forecast of normal rainfall from June-September this year.
- India, Nepal may sign pacts on energy and water during Prime Minister Prachanda’s visit to India.
- Study: Darjeeling to join the list of most polluted cities of West Bengal.
- New Chief Justices were appointed to Madras and Bombay High Courts.
- Prime Minister Modi to Chair 8th governing council meeting of Niti Aayog.
- Mansukh Mandaviya unveils National Medical Device Policy 2023 and launches another pharma related schemes.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- SEBI will soon introduce a new light-touch regulatory framework for passively managed mutual funds.
- RBI informs Delhi HC that withdrawal of Rs 2,000 denomination bank notes was a currency management exercise.
- Karnataka Bank appoints Srikrishnan Harihara Sarma as MD and CEO.
- RBI sanctions merger of Maratha Co-op Bank with Cosmos Co-op Bank.
- India moves WTO dispute panel over Information and communication technologies (ICT) import duties.
WORLD
- Saudi Arabia and Canada to restore full diplomatic ties and appoint new ambassadors, bringing an end to a dispute from 2018.
- Scientists find 5,000 new species in the Pacific Ocean in a region known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), warn of mining risk.
- Cairo masterplan threatens ancient City of the Dead, the Unesco World Heritage Site.
SPORTS
- Malaysia Masters Super 500: P V Sindhu and Prannoy move into the semifinals; Srikanth knocked out.
- India loses their opening match against Belgium in European leg of FIH Pro League.
- IPL 2023 Final: Gujarat Titans to face Chennai Super Kings.