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.