Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 14 December 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 14 December 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Winter Session of Parliament concludes: 14 Bills passed in Lok Sabha; 15 in the Rajya Sabha
Military Literature Festival being organised in Chandigarh from December 13 to 15
Japanese movie ‘They Say Nothing Stays the Same’ wins ‘Suvarna Chakoram’ (The Golden Crow Pheasant) award at International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in Thiruvananthapuram
Speaker of People’s Majlis of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid visit India
India-Japan annual summit at Guwahati in December, involving PM Modi and Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe, postponed
6th Indian Ocean Dialogue organised in New Delhi on Dec 13 by MEA and the Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA); theme: ‘Indo-Pacific: Re-imagining the Indian Ocean through an Expanded Geography’
Delhi Dialogue XI being organised in New Delhi on Dec 13-14 by MEA and the Research and Information System (RIS) for Developing Countries; theme: ‘Advancing Partnership in Indo-Pacific’

Bureau of Energy Efficiency celebrating National Energy Conservation Week from Dec 9 to 14; National Energy Conservation Day on Dec 14.
India’s foreign exchange reserves rise to fresh record high of US$ 453.42 billion in the week ended December 6
Moody’s Investors Service lowers India’s 2019 GDP growth forecast to 5.6%; expects growth to pick up in 2020 and 2021 to 6.6% and 6.7% respectively
World Design Organization (WDO) to launch its World Design Protopolis in Bengaluru
Porsche launches Cayenne Coupe at Rs 1.32 crore

7th ECONOMIC CENSUS

Seventh Economic Census launched in the National Capital Territory of Delhi
MoSPI (Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation) has tied up with CSC (Common Service Centre to conduct the Census.
Delhi is the 26th state where the census has been launched, while the process is already on in 20 states and 5 UTs.

Conservative Party of PM Boris Johnson wins majority in the 650-member House of Commons in UK general elections
Former PM Abdelmadjid Tebboune wins Presidential election in Algeria

CRYSTAL AWARDS

Winners of Crystal Award announced by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Winners: Indian actress Deepika Padukone, China’s media personality Jin Xing, Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates and Australian artist Lynette Wallworth

FORBES LIST

The Forbes’ ranking of 100 most powerful women in the world has been topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the ninth consecutive year.
Indians in the list are: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (34th), HCL Corporation CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra (54th) and Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (65th)