Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 30 November 2019
Here are the top News Headlines of 30 November 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.
National Current Affairs
- PM Modi announces financial assistance of USD 450 million to Sri Lanka after talks with newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in New Delhi
- Malayalam poet Akkitham wins 55th Jnanpith Award; had won Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award earlier
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds talks with his Mozambique counterpart Atanasio Salvador M’Tumukeis in New Delhi
Economy & Business Current Affairs
- India’s Q2 GDP growth dips to over 6-year low of 4.5%
- India’s fiscal deficit hit 102.4% of 2019-20 Budget Estimate at Rs 7.2 lakh crore at the end of October
- Foreign exchange reserves touch a new high of USD 448.6 billion in the week to November 22
- RBI sends troubled mortgage lender Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL) for bankruptcy proceedings, making it the first financial services player to go NCLT for a possible debt resolution
- Former RBI deputy governor H R Khan appointed first chairman of the panel on the Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) in micro-credit
- Govt extends mandatory FASTag roll-out date for toll payments on National highways to Dec 15; free FASTags till Dec 15
- Zurich Airport International AG wins contract to develop the Jewar airport on the outskirts of Delhi
- UK India Business Council (UKIBC) sets up Aerospace and Defence Industry Group
- Centre to make hallmarking compulsory for gold jewellery from January 15, 2020: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan
International Current Affairs
- Indo-Nepal joint military Exercise SURYA KIRAN – XIV to be held in Nepal from December 3 to 16
- India to set up 12 hi-tech parks in Bangladesh at a cost of $193 million: High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das
- Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982-87) dies at 101
- International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People observed on November 29
Sports Current Affairs
- India take 2-0 lead against Pakistan in Davis Cup tie at Nur-Sultan; Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal win singles matches