Top GKToday’s News Headlines-20 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 20, 2020.

India successfully test-fires the 3,500 km strike range nuclear-capable K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile off the coast of Andhra Pradesh
Nationwide programme to administer polio drops to children organized on National Immunization Day (January 19)
Classical singer Sunanda Patnaik dies at 85 in Kolkata; singer of Gwalior gharana, she won 2012 Sangeet Natak Academy Award
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel launches employment mobile app ‘Rozgar Sangi’ to connect employment providing institutions and skilled trained youth
Supreme Court to appoint its retired judge Justice A. M. Sapre as the chairman of its committee on road safety

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to give up their royal titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex
Over half the world’s total GDP is dependent on nature and exposed to risks from nature loss says WEF’s ‘Nature Risk Rising Report’

Indonesia Masters 2020 badminton tournament: Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon (women’s singles) and Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (men’s singles) win titles
India (289 for 3 in 47.3 overs) beat Australia (286 for 7 in 50 overs) by 7 wickets in 3rd and final ODI at M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru; win series 2-1
India’s medal winners at Rome Ranking Series wrestling tournament on January 18: Bajrang Punia: gold in men’s 65kg freestyle, Ravi Kumar Dahiya: gold in men’s 61kg freestyle, Gurpreet Singh: gold in men’s 82kg Greco-roman, Sunil Kumar: silver in men’s 97kg Greco-roman and Sajan Bhanwal: bronze in men’s 77kg Greco-roman.

Ethiopia’s Derara Hurisa wins men’s race in 2:08:09, women’s race won by Ethiopia’s Amane Beriso in 2:24:51
Srinu Bugatha (2:18:44) and Sudha Singh (2:45:30) finished first among Indian runners in men’s and women’s races respectively.