Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 31, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 31, 2022
INDIA
– Supreme Court closes contempt proceedings, arising out of the demolition of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in 1992, against the state of Uttar Pradesh and others
– Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan holds talks with his Brazilian counterpart Victor Godoy in New Delhi
– MoS Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh visits ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia
– Economist and former Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen passes away at 72
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister releases Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100
– Public sector contributes 20% to national income, 40% of total wages: India Ratings and Research
– Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Chairs progress review of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
– MoU signed between PCIM&H (Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy) and IPC (Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission) for Inter-Ministerial cooperation for promotion and facilitation of “One Herb, One Standard”
– NHPC inks MoU with PTC India Limited for sale of power to be generated from upcoming West Seti & Seti River-6 Projects in Nepal
WORLD
– Angola: Ruling MPLA (Movement for the Liberation of Angola) wins election; President Joao Lourenco gets 2nd term
– Solomon Islands bans US Navy’s ships from entering its ports; had signed security pact with China in May
– International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances observed on August 30
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