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.
Originally written on
May 9, 2023
and last modified on
December 7, 2024.
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