Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 3, 2023

 

INDIA

• Bihar government released the report of a caste survey conducted in the State; OBCs, EBCs comprise more than 63% of State’s population.
• Madras High Court rules that educational institutions run by religious and linguistic minorities need not follow the rule of reservation with respect to the SC, St and OBC Students.
• Tamil Nadu announces ₹25 lakh each as reward for nine ISRO scientists from the state.
• State of India’s Birds (SOIB) 2023 report: Nearly 110 species of birds recorded in Tamil Nadu are in a state of decline across the country.
• Kerala government will initiate a vaccination programme to prevent cervical cancer.
• Karnataka government is planning to set up a ‘Grama Nyayalaya’ (village court) in each panchayat for resolving disputes within its jurisdiction.
• Indian Air Force (IAF) placed two contracts with Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL) for the indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air Missile.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• The Gross GST revenue collected in the month of September is 1.62 lakh crore rupees.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the setting up of a National Turmeric Board.
• Pakistan’s inflation rises to 31.4% year-on-year amid high energy prices.

WORLD

• The 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó and American physician-scientist Drew Weissman, who paved the way for mRNA COVID vaccines.
• World Health Organization (WHO) approves use of R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, using Novavax’s adjuvant technology.
• European Union pledges long-term support for Ukraine at Foreign Ministers’ meeting.
• U.S. and Philippines begin annual drills in disputed South China Sea.

SPORTS

• Asian Games: Parul Chaudhary wins silver behind world champion Winfred Mutile Yavi of Bahrain in 3000m steeple chase.
• Asian Games: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee win bronze in Table Tennis.