Current Affairs Today Headlines: 8 July 2022

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Find here Today’s Current Affairs News Headlines by Jagran Josh for 8 July 2022.

Current Affairs Today Headlines: 8 July 2022

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India sees single day rise of 18,815 new COVID-19 infections, 38 fatalities that push India’s total COVID-19 tally to 4,35,85,554 and death toll to 5,25,343 deaths.
Indian Railways terminates services of NHSRCL Managing Director Satish Agnihotri who was in charge of the government’s bullet train project.
PM Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stones for projects worth Rs 1,774 crore in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.
Uddhav Thackeray-led faction moves Supreme Court challenging the Maharashtra Governor’s decision on June 30th decision to invite Eknath Shinde to form government in Maharashtra.
BJP wins 102 out of 130 Gram Panchayat seats unopposed in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress wins 14.
PM Modi to attend first ‘Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture’ today.
Smriti Irani takes additional charge of Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot from behind in the city of Nara, condition unknown currently.
G20 meet begins in Bali, Indonesia with Antony Blinken (US Secretary of State), Sergey Lavrov (Russian Foreign Minister) in attendance.
US President to hold talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as a part of a larger delegation during the US president’s visit to the oil-rich nation next week.
The European Parliament votes 324 in favour, 155 against and 38 abstentions to urge the EU to make abortion a basic right.
‘The Godfather’ star James Caan passes away at 82.
Uruguay suspends COVID vaccination for children under 13 years.

Twitter says that it has removed 1 million spam accounts in a day.
Mother Dairy cuts MRP of soyabean, rice bran oils by up to Rs 14 per litre.
Akasa Air gets Air Operator Certificate from aviation regulator DGCA; to start services in late July.
Vivo India remitted about 50 percent or Rs 62,476-cr worth of its turnover to China to avoid payment of taxes in India, said ED.

Rafael Nadal withdraws from semi-final, Nick Kyrgios advances to final of Wimbledon 2022.
India lose to New Zealand but stay in contention for quarter finals in Women’s Hockey World Cup 2022.
India beat England by 50 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.

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