Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 21 December 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 21 December 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

DRDO successfully flight tests two Pinaka missiles from ITR, Chandipur, Odisha
EChO Network launched in Delhi to boost research and awareness of Indian ecology and environment
‘Turbulence & Triumph: The Modi Years’, a book written by Rahul Agarwal & Bharathi S Pradhan, released
Soldiers posted in remote locations can now use satellite phones to connect with families
Four sentenced to death for complicity in Jaipur serial blasts of May 13, 2008 that killed more than 80 people
CEC Sunil Arora releases booklet ‘Crossing the Barriers…I Got Inked’
Portuguese PM Antonio Costa announces the setting up of a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize

India’s foreign exchange reserves rise to US$ 454.49 billion in the week ended December 13
Fitch Ratings cuts its growth forecast for India to 4.6% for the 2019-20 fiscal from the previous estimation of 5.6%
PM participates in inaugural session of the Hundred Years of ASSOCHAM in New Delhi
ADB to provide $490 million loan for public-private partnership (PPP) project to upgrade roads in MP
CARE Ratings Managing Director Rajesh Mokashi resigns
Hero MotoCorp’s XPulse 200 named 2020 Indian Motorcycle of the Year
CII organises 15th Annual Tourism Summit in New Delhi; theme: ‘Tourism: Creating Opportunities with Economic Growth’
92nd Annual Convention of FICCI in New Delhi on December 20-21; theme: ‘India: Roadmap to a $5 trillion economy’
Wipro, NASSCOM launch ‘Future Skills’ platform for 10,000 students from engineering colleges in India

Strasbourg (France)-based European Parliament (EP) calls for sanctions against Chinese officials over treatment of Uighurs
Ethiopia’s first satellite ETRSS (Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite) launched from China
US re-designates Pakistan and China among 7 other countries of particular concern for violation of religious freedom
US-India to set up annual Parliamentary Exchange to discuss issues of strategic importance
UN observes International Human Solidarity Day on December 20

Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu wins gold in women’s 49kg at Qatar International Cup in Doha
Andhra Pradesh tops in organising the Fit India Week (Dec 2-7) with 13,839 schools taking part followed by Karnataka (1967) and UP (1,504)
Abhinav Lohan wins Bengaluru Open Golf Championship