Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 11, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 11, 2023

INDIA

• President of India inaugurates Visitor’s Conference 2023 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Rajasthan approves a proposal for starting the Teacher Interface for Excellence (TIE) programme.
• Tamil Nadu issues guidelines for implementation of ‘Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam’ (women’s basic income scheme).
• TI Clean Mobility to set up e-tractor factory in Chennai.

ECOMY & CORPORATE

• India and Bangladesh start bilateral trade in rupees.
• Foxconn withdraws from India’s semiconductor joint venture with Vedanta.
• Twitter rival Threads surpasses 100 million users in less than five days.
• Net direct tax collections rise 16% to Rs 4.75 crore.

WORLD

• NATO country leaders and delegations start gathering in Vilnius, Lithuania for the alliance’s summit
• UN says India registers remarkable reduction in poverty with 41.5 crore people coming out of it in 15 years.
• Myanmar and South China Sea tensions are the top agenda at ASEAN meet In Indonesia.
• Longest-serving Dutch PM Rutte quits politics after 13 years in power.
• Solomon Islands and China sign deals on police, economy and technology.

SPORTS

• Stefanos Tsitsipas gets out of Wimbledon, losing to unseeded American Christopher Eubanks.
• India suffered a 3-1 loss to Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Yogyakart.
• Athletics Federation of India has been adjudged as the best member federation in Asia by Asian Athletics Association