Current Affairs Today 17 October 2023 for Competitive Exams

Current Affairs Today 17 October 2023: Check the daily headlines and Current affairs for 17 October 2023 today. All event updates ongoing in the international, national, and sports world including the previous day and today, 17 October have been shared for Competitive exam aspirants. These current affairs news analyses are an important part of Competitive exam preparations as there is a whole section in the written exam. As US President Joe Biden will be visiting Israel and the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2023, we have shared an overall analysis to understand the news of all major current affairs for the day 17 October 2023.

Current Affairs Today 17 October 2023

Here are the latest current affairs today 17 October 2023 - 

Hearing On Same-Sex Marriage Ongoing in Supreme Court: CJI Heading the Five-Judge Bench

The historic judgment on Same-Sex Marriage for all queer couples and other similar category people is currently being heard in the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India D.Y.Chandrachud is heading the bench with four other judges. The hearing was earlier reserved on May 11 earlier this year. However, all judges have different perspectives and are inclined to pass separate judgments than others. Here are the advancements in the proceeding so far:

• Initially, the Supreme Court also ought to leave the topic to be decided by the parliament and not by the judiciary
• Judges have raised concerns that the acceptance of Same-Sex Marriage will result in confusion between the marriage laws and other family regulations
• Queer couples and unmarried couples can now jointly adopt a child

Israel-Hamas War: Joe Biden to Visit Israel on 18 October in Support

The war between Israel and Gaza has intensified and the number of affected and casualties is heaping up every day. More than 1500 Israelis and around 2800 Gaza nationals have been killed in this war so far. Israel has urged the Gaza residents to evacuate the region as soon as possible before they start military combat operations penetrating into the Gaza land

• UD Defence Secretary Antony Blinken has announced that President Joe Biden will be reaching Israel on Wednesday in support of the war and overlook the current situation
• Around 1 million Palestinians residing in Gaza have been dispersed from their home and have been forced to move toward the South of Gaza. The western gulf countries near Israel have shown strong opposition to the Israeli operation against Palestine including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iran
• After the mediation of the USA, The foreign nationals in Gaza and Israel were allowed to be evacuated from the Southern border of Israel through Egypt

Indian Raunak Sadhwani Wins World Junior Rapid Chess Championship 2023

Giving another pride to the country, Indian chess rising star Raunak Sadhwani has won the FIDE World Junior Rapid Chess Championship 2023 in the open category in Pula, Italy

• Adding to his achievements, he also secured second place (Silver Medal) in the FIDE World Junior Blitz Championship 2023 in the open category on October 16, 2023
• This was the inaugural edition of the World Junior Under 20 Rapid and Blitz Championship 2023 organized by the Federation Internationale des Eches/Internationa (FIDE)
• In the female category, Woman grandmaster Govhar Beydullayeva from Azerbaijan won the FIDE World Junior Girls U20 Rapid Chess Championship 2023

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