Top GKToday’s News Headlines-16 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 16, 2020.

Army Day celebrated on January 15
On January 15, 1949, Lt Gen K M Cariappa became the first Indian commander-in-chief of the Indian Army
General Francis Butcher was the last British commander-in-chief of the Indian Army

222 squadron to be operationalised with Sukhoi-30 fighter jets at Air Force Station in Thanjavur on January 20
Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI 2020) being held at Panaji (Goa): January 15-18
Centre accepts Justice Dhingra committee report on Delhi Police’s role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Annual bull taming event ‘Jallikattu’ begins in Madurai, Tamil Nadu on the occasion of Pongal

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT — ANJU SHARMA for ‘Corporate Monk’
HEALTH & FITNESS — DR JAISHREE SHARAD for ‘Skin Rules’
NON-FICTION — GAUR GOPAL DAS for ‘Life’s Amazing Secrets’
CHILDREN’S BOOKS — SUDHA MURTY for ‘The Upside-Down King’
FICTION — TWINKLE KHANNA for ‘Pyjamas Are Forgiving’
BIOGRAPHY — KRISHNA TRILOK for ‘Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman’

INDIAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION: N. PRABHAKARAN for ‘Dairy of a Malayali madman’ (translated by JAYASREE KALATHIL)
CHILDREN’S WRITING — RICHA JHA for ‘Machher Jhol’ (illustrated by SUMANTA DEY)
ENGLISH FICTION — MADHURI VIJAY for ‘The Far Field’
ENGLISH NON-FICTION — SHANTA GOKHALE for ‘One Foot on the Ground’

Three new species of tiny frogs have been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh by scientists of Zoological Survey of India.
These were discovered from Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) in Lower Subansiri district
These were named as ‘Liurana himalayana’, ‘Liurana indica’ and ‘Liurana minuta’

Merchandise trade data for April-December 2019-20 — Exports: USD 239.29 billion, Imports: USD 357.39 billion, Trade Deficit: USD 118.10 billion
RBI asks banks and other card-issuing companies to provide facility to customers to switch on and off their debit or credit cards
‘Saksham’, the month-long fuel conservation campaign of PCRA (Petroleum Conservation Research Association), to begin from January 16
National Health Authority signs MoU with ITC e-Choupal to help farmers avail benefits of Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces USD 1 billion investment in India to help bring small and medium businesses online

Annual Global Risks Report of Geneva-based WEF identifies 5 global risks: extreme weather events, human-made environmental disasters, major biodiversity loss, natural disasters, and failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Sri Lanka: India constructs new buildings for five schools in Tamil-majority Northern Province
China’s first and oldest female tractor driver Liang Jun, whose image features on Renminbi currency notes, dies at 91
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigns