Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 30 October 2019
Here are the top News Headlines of 30 October 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.
National Current Affairs
- Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde appointed next Chief Justice of India (CJI), will take oath on Nov 18
- Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day observed on October 29
- Delhi Police doubles ‘PRAKHAR’ anti-street crime vans
PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA COINS
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released a special commemorative coin to mark 125th birth anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda
- Yogananda was the founder of two organisations — Yogoda Satsanga Society of India and Self-Realisation Fellowship
Economy & Business Current Affairs
- BSE Sensex: 39,832 (+582), NSE Nifty: 11,786.85 (+160)
- Finance Minister chairs Governing Council (GC) meeting of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
- RBI imposes penalty of Rs 1 crore on Bandhan Bank for not bringing down the promoter shareholding to 40%
- India exported organic products worth Rs 5,151 crore in 2018-19: APEDA
- APEDA: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
- India, US sign SOI (Statement of Intent) to strengthen dialogue on defence technology cooperation
- CBI arrests Pailan group chief Apurba Saha in Kolkata Rs 574-crore ponzi scam case
- National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (NCSRA), instituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, presented by the President in New Delhi
- HCP Design, Planning and Management wins consultancy bid to redevelop Parliament and the Central Vista
International Current Affairs
- 2 killed in as an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck the southern Philippines
- Argentina’s Rafael Grossi elected new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- PM Modi calls on Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh.
- PM Modi meets King Abdullah II of Jordan in Riyadh
- Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui wins Golden Dragon Award at the Cardiff International Film Festival in Scotland
- Japan’s Sadako Ogata, the first woman to head the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR, dies at 92
Sports Current Affairs
- ICC bans Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh for two years over breach of Anti-Corruption Code for not reporting being approached by a bookie during IPL in April 2018.