Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 08.10.2024
National updates
•President Murmu to confer 70th National Film Awards
•India, UAE to interlink UPI & AANI for seamless cross-border transactions
•100 food testing labs & 50 irradiation units to be set up
•India Extends $400 Million Support & ₹3,000 Crore Currency Swap to Maldives
•Rs 1,000 cr earmarked for Venture Fund to Space StartUps, says Union Minister Jitendra Singh
•3-day meeting of RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee to begin today
International updates
•Sri Lanka secures $200 million development financing package from World Bank
•US scientists awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for microRNA discovery
•NASA-SpaceX delay the Europa Clipper mission due to Hurricane Milton in the US
•Sri Lanka’s 15th Population & Housing Census commences today
•Sri Lanka: Meteorology department predicts hefty rainfall
Sports updates
•Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar announces retirement
•SLC announces Sanath Jayasuriya as men’s team head coach
•ISSF Junior World shooting championship, India finishes at the top in the overall medal tally with 13 gold
•Billiards: Cueist Pankaj Advani wins Singapore Open Title
•India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first T20I of three-match series
•US tennis star Coco Gauff wins China Open final in straight sets
•Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup: England to take on South Africa at Sharjah today