Top GKToday’s News Headlines-29 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 29, 2020

Tableau of Assam (theme: ‘Land of Unique Craftsmanship and Culture’) was the best among States/UTs in Republic Day Parade at Rajpath on January 26
Tableaux of Ministry of Jal Shakti (theme: ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’) and NDRF (theme: ‘Aapda Sewa Sadaiv’) were the joint among those from different ministries/departments.

SC allows Centre to introduce the African cheetah from Namibia to a suitable habitat in India
Ramsar declares 10 more wetland sites from India as sites of international importance
Bhuvan Panchayat V 3.0 web portal launched by govt. for use by the public and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
Oxford University Press names Samvidhaan (Constitution) as its Hindi Word of 2019
2019 Nobel Economics laureate Abhijit Banerjee conferred honorary D Litt by Calcutta University
Former Bihar Minister and RJD MLA Abdul Gafoor dies at 60
Centre inaugurates Composite Regional Center (CRC) in Port Blair for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
EAM S Jaishankar lays foundation stone of skill development centre to train tribals of Kevadiya village in Gujarat’s Narmada district
Indian Railways commissions country’s first governmental waste to energy plant in Bhubaneswar

Indian Banks Association appoints Sunil Mehta as its new chief executive
UK launches 4-mn pound Innovation Challenge Fund in India to support collaborative research into emerging technologies
Togo appoints NTPC as its project management consultant (PMC) for 300 MW of solar power projects
India’s crude steel output increased 1.8% to 111.2 million tonnes (MT) in 2019: World Steel Association
3rd Global Potato Conclave-2020 being organised at Gandhinagar from January 28 to 31
Tata Motors launches electric variant of its compact sports utility vehicle Nexon for Rs 13.99 lakh

Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed as India’s new Ambassador to the US
Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ to help cyclone-hit Madagascar
China is the second-largest arms producer in the world, behind the US: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Google releases hashtag #AndroidHelp to assist those facing smartphone issues