Top News Headlines by GKToday – 26 July 2019

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Parliament passes the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Gives govt. powers to decide salary and service terms of the head and members of Central Information Commissioner (CIC)

TRIPLE TALAQ BILL

Lok Sabha passes Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 commonly known as Triple Talaq bill by voice vote
Provision of a three-year jail sentence for men who practice triple talaq
INDIA
Karnataka Assembly speaker K. R. Ramesh Kumar disqualifies 2 Congress rebel MLAs and an Independent legislator till the end of the term of current House in 2023 under the anti-defection law
Govt’s National Health Authority (NHA) tis up with the Healthcare Federation of India (NATHEALTH) to streamline delivery of services under Ayushman Bharat

BSE Sensex: 37,830.98 (–16.67), NSE Nifty: 11,252.15 (–19.15)
Union Minister Amit Shah receives a dividend cheque for FY 2018-19 from Repco Bank which is under the administrative control of Home Ministry
Badri Narain Sharma re-appointed NAA (National Anti-profiteering Authority) Chairperson for two years
BMW launches its sports activity vehicle X7 priced at Rs 98.9 lakh
E-learning platform Byjus to replace mobile handset brand Oppo as official Team India sponsor from Sept 5
R.L. Narasimhan, former business editor of The Hindu, dies in Chennai at the age of 71
DCC (Digital Communications Commission) approves TRAI’s penalty totalling ₹3,050 crore on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea for not providing points of interconnection to Reliance Jio when it entered the market
India and China to surpass the U.S. as the World’s Centers of Tech Innovation by 2035: Bloomberg New Economy Global Survey

Tunisia: President Beji Caid Essebsi dies at the age of 92
IAEA appoints Romanian diplomat Cornel Feruta as its acting director-general to replace Yukiya Amano, who died recently
Britain: New Prime Minister Boris Johnson appoints Indian-origin Priti Patel as Home Secretary
Milky Way’s current shape is because of a collision with another smaller galaxy 10 bn years ago
Jordan: Underwater military museum opens on the bed of Red Sea off the coast of Aqaba

Kerala Tourism to launch Champions Boat League (CBL) at 13 backwater venues from Aug 10 to Nov 1
World Swimming Championship at Gwangju South Korea: Hungary’s Kristof Milak wins 200m men’s butterfly gold in 1:50.73, shatters Michael Phelps’s 10-year old world record