Top GKToday’s News Headlines-13 July 2020

INDIA

• Veteran Gujarati writer and journalist Nagindas Sanghvi dies at 100; awarded Padma Shri in 2019

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Indian Railways transport dry chillies from Guntur in AP to Benapole in Bangladesh for first time
• NTPC wins CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019 under Outstanding Accomplishment in Corporate Excellence Category
• US remains India’s top trading partner in 2019-20 with bilateral trade at $88.75 billion; India had trade surplus of $17.42 billion
• FICCI’s Economic Outlook Survey projects annual median GDP growth for 2020-21 at (–) 4.5%

WORLD

• Commercial farming of endangered species in Myanmar may boost demand for rare animals, warns WWF
• Malala day celebrated by UN on July 12; Pakistan-born Malala Yousafzai won 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020