Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: November 24, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for November 24, 2023

INDIA

• The Supreme Court lays down that the Governor holds no veto power over Bills.
• Tamil Nadu is set to launch a novel scheme Ungalai Thedi, Ungal Ooril (In your town, looking for you), to redress the grievances of the general public.
• CWRC directs Karnataka to ensure flow in the Cauvery to the tune of 3,216 cusecs for 38 days from November 24.
• Rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi of Uttarakhand were delayed for hours as the drilling machine ran into an iron lattice girder.
• Fathima Beevi, first woman judge in the Supreme Court, passed away.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• India’s AI regulator could function like financial regulator SEBI: PMEAC member Sanjiv Sanyal.
• L&T Finance signs financing pact with ADB for USD 125 million to support rural borrowers.

WORLD

• WHO asks China for more info on rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters.
• The party of anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge general election victory in the Netherlands.
• A U.S. warship patrolling the Red Sea intercepted multiple attack drones launched from Huthi-controlled areas in Yemen.
• A four-day ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday morning.

SPORTS

• Cricket: India beat Australia by two wickets in the first T20I in the five-match T20I series opener.
• H.S. Prannoy, and pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the quarterfinals in their respective events at the China Masters badminton tournament.
• Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has announced the conduct of the inaugural Khelo India Para Games in the Capital from December 10 to 17.