Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 9, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 9, 2023

INDIA

• In Karnataka, voting for assembly elections will take place on May 10.
• IIT Roorkee unveils new labs to drive India’s clean energy transition.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch projects worth ₹5,500 crore in Rajasthan.
• Biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju, known as ‘the Frogman of India’, has been chosen for Harvard University’s prestigious Radcliffe fellowship.
• Five more cheetahs to be released into wild at Kuno National Park.
• AWS launches skill development programme for quantum computing in India.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and APY complete 8 years.
• The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) gold reserves touched 794.64 metric tonnes in fiscal 2023.
• India’s fuel consumption was down about 0.3% year-on-year in April: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Oil Ministry.

WORLD

• After adopting new Constitution, Uzbekistan calls presidential election.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping will host a two-day summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations.
• Iran hangs two men in rare blasphemy case as executions surge across the Islamic Republic.

SPORTS

• Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023: Indian weightlifters finish with three silver medals in South Korea
• Tamil Nadu Champions Foundation (TNCF) was officially launched in Tamil Nadu.
• Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix from ninth on the starting grid, with the fastest lap.