Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 6, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 6, 2023

INDIA

  • The death toll from the flash floods in Sikkim rose to 14 with 102 people, including 22 Army personnel were missing.
  • Karnataka to pay up to ₹7.5 lakh ex gratia in cases of unnatural death inside jails.
  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah calls for uniform anti-terrorism structure under NIA in all States.
  • Information and Broadcasting Ministry notifies changes in cable TV regulations.
  • Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has proposed a 190 km long tunnel to ease traffic in Bengaluru.
  • Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified the new Drone (Amendment) Rules 2023 for drone pilots.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • Tata Motors to reskill 50% staff by 2027 to manufacture Electric Vehicles.
  • The tenure of Dinesh Khara, the chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), has been extended till August 2024.
  • World Trade Organisation (WTO) cuts global merchandise trade growth forecast to 0.8%.
  • India and the UAE discussed a bilateral investment treaty

WORLD

  • Norway’s Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize 2023 for literature.
  • Bangladesh received the first uranium delivery for its Russian-backed nuclear plant.
  • Russian missile strike kills 51 in Ukraine: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • Russia to set up a naval base on the Black Sea coast of a separatist region in Georgia.
  • World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday in October every year.

SPORTS

  • Asian Games: Dipika Pallikal and Harinderpal Sandhu claimed the mixed doubles in squash.
  • Asian Games: H.S. Prannoy and Satwiksairaj-Chirag enter semifinals in singles and doubles.
  • Asian Games: India women’s compound archery team clinches gold.

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