Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 13 SEPTEMBER 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 13 september 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Ladakh: Indian, Chinese soldiers engage in face-off briefly near Pangong Tso Lake
Jharkhand: PM inaugurates multi-modal cargo terminal on River Ganga at Sahibganj online from Ranchi
PM inaugurates New Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha building in Ranchi
HRD Ministry introduces study of Artificial Intelligence at school level
India joins the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D) hub
Military Medicine Conference of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) countries in New Delhi on September 12-13
Uttarakhand: ‘Mukhya Mantri Dal Poshit Yojana’ to provide ration card holders 2 kgs of pulses at subsidised rates every month
National Green Tribunal (NGT) forms committee to stop illegal groundwater extraction
Indo-Thailand Joint Military Exercise Maitree – 2019 in Meghalaya from September 16 to 29
Sudha Murthy’s new book titled ‘The daughter from a wishing tree’

PM launches Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (KMDY) for farmers in Ranchi
KMDY will provide pension of Rs 3,000 per month farmers on attaining the age of 60
Farmers between the age of 18 to 40 years can join

PM launched the National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self-Employed Persons in Ranchi
Open for traders with annual turnover not exceeding Rs 1.5 crore.
Pension of Rs 3,000 per month will be provided on attaining the age of 60.
Traders between the age of 18 to 40 years can join.

BSE Sensex: 37,104.28 (–166.54), NSE Nifty: 10,981.05 (–54.65)
RBI reduces the risk weight requirement for consumer loans to 100% from 125%
India’s factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grows 4.3% in July 2019
Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (retail inflation) was 3.21% in August
Gujarat retains top spot on LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Different States) Index for 2019
Athlete Hima Das named brand ambassador of Gatorade by PepsiCo

Outgoing India’s ambassador to UAE Navdeep Singh Suri conferred with the Order of Zayed II honour
No Indian university in top 100 of Times Higher Education World University Ranking
17 Indian peacekeepers in UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) awarded medals in recognition of their service to the people
Indian woman police officer Chhaya Sharma among 6 winners of the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers award announced in New York
International Day for South-South Cooperation observed on September 12 with its theme as ‘From Commitment to Action — Follow up to Buenos Aires Plan of Action+40’.
Tonga’s Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva dies in Auckland (NZ) at the age of 78