Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 08.07.2024
National News
•World-famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Sudarshan begins in Puri
•Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav, Madhya Pradesh CM, participated in a tree plantation programme in Indore
•IMD forecasts heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Maharashtra and South Karnataka for today
•FSSAI to make mandatory labelling of salt, sugar and fat on packaged food items in bold letters and bigger font size
International News
•Indian delegation from DARPG to visit Colombo, Sri Lanka for capacity-building programmes
•UAE advances towards UPI adoption, Revolutionizing digital payments for Indian tourists
•At least 16 were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school building in the Gaza Strip
•France to head into the second round of its snap election today
Sports News
•Dhruv Sitwala clinched the Asian Championship title
•Asian Doubles Squash Championships: Abhay Singh wins both men’s doubles and mixed doubles titles
•Football: Colombia reaches semifinal of Copa America after defeating Panama 5-0
•Women’s Cricket: India to lock horns with SA in 2nd T20 at M.A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai this evening
•India to take on Zimbabwe in second of five match T20 series in Harare, Zimbabwe this evening