Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 24 August 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 24 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

First World Youth Conference on Kindness organised in New Delhi by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development
IAF’s Mi-17 helicopter that crashed in Budgam in J&K on Feb 27 was hit by an Indian missile
Navy court martial punishes 3 officers in INS Betwa accident case of December 5, 2016 in Mumbai dockyard
France: PM Modi inaugurates memorial for victims of two Air India crashes (1950 and 1966) at the foothills of Mont Blanc mountain
France: Director General, UNESCO, Irina Bokova calls on PM Modi at UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris
ANUBHAV Awards, given by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, presented in New Delhi by Union Minister Jitendra Singh
Smart Policing Awards, instituted by FICCI, presented by Union Minister Jitendra Singh at Homeland Security 2019 Conference, in New Delhi
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani gives away Poshan Abhiyaan Awards for 2018-19 in Delhi
Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates the renovated National Food Laboratory (NFL) at Ghaziabad (UP)
Delhi: Lieutenant Governor launches ‘QR Code Scheme’ on Himmat Plus app for women’s safety
NITI Aayog releases Report on the Composite Water Management Index 2.0; Gujarat ranked No: 1 for 2017-18

BSE Sensex: 36,701 (+228), NSE Nifty: 10,829 (+88)
Foreign exchange reserves fell USD 70.8 million to USD 430.501 billion in the week to August 16
to provide an additional Rs 20,000-crore liquidity support to housing finance companies (HFCs) at enhancing their lending capacity
will infuse Rs 70,000 crore in public sector banks: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Higher income tax surcharge on those earning more than Rs 2 crore a year withdrawn for foreign and domestic equity market investors
IRCTC to bring back service charge on online ticket booking from September 1
Moody’s lowers India’s GDP growth forecast for 2019 calendar year to 6.2% from 6.8%
Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Irani launches Project SU.RE (sustainable resolution), a sustainable fashion project, in Mumbai

India’s Vishnu P R, CEO of ‘Change Can Change Climate Change (C5) Foundation’, among 100 selected to participate in first Youth Climate Summit at UN on September 21
Pakistan blacklisted by Asia-Pacific Group of FATF for its failure to comply with terror funding standards
China to impose additional 10 per cent tariffs on USD 75 billion worth of US exports
US toymaker Hasbro to acquire cartoon series ‘Peppa Pig’ owner studio Entertainment One for USD 4 billion