Top News Headlines by GKToday – 3 August 2019

Here are the top current affairs of 3 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

National Current Affairs

• Lok Sabha passes Bill that ends automatic nomination of Congress President as trustee of Jallianwala Bagh Memorial trust
• Parliament passes Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill that allows Centre and states to designate individuals as terrorists and seize their properties
• Parliament passes the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019 that repeals 58 obsolete laws
• Lok Sabha passes Dam Safety Bill, 2019 to set up institutional mechanism for inspection, operation & maintenance of specified dams
• SC orders day-to-day hearing of Ayodhya land dispute case from August 6
• 4th orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 successful
• Delhi: Speaker Ram Niwas Goel disqualifies rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra
• World Breastfeeding Week from August 1 to 7, theme: ‘Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding’

Economy & Business Current Affairs

• BSE Sensex: 37,118.22 (+99.90), NSE Nifty: 10,997.35 (+17.35)
• Country’s forex reserves decreased by USD 727 million to USD 429.649 billion for the week ended July 26
• Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20 (Series III) to be open for the period August 05 – 09, 2019; Issue Price to be Rs 3,499 per gram
• NHB to provide additional liquidity infusion facility of Rs 10,000 crore to HFCs

WAGE BILL

• Parliament passes wage code bill providing minimum wages for workers
• The Code on Wages Bill, 2019 was passed in the Rajya Sabha 85-8, was passed in the Lok Sabha on July 30
• The Bill subsumes 4 labour laws — Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act

MAGSAYSAY AWARD

• NDTV India’s journalist Ravish Kumar among the five winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award given in Philippines
• Other 4 winners: Ko Swe Win from Myanmar, Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand, Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab from Philippines and Kim Jong-Ki from South Korea

Mekong Ganga Cooperation

• 10th MGC (Mekong Ganga Cooperation) Ministerial meeting held in Bangkok
• MGC comprises India and 5 ASEAN countries, namely, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
• MGC was launched in 2000 at Laos capital Vientiane

International Current Affairs

• President Ram Nath Kovind meets Guinea’s President Alpha Conde in Conakry
• Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat appointed India’s next High Commissioner to Cyprus
• US withdraws from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia

Sports Current Affairs

• Team Mahindra Adventure’s driver Gaurav Gill wins 2000 km Dakshin Dare car rally

JAPAN OPEN BADMINTON WINNERS

• Japan’s Kento Momota: Men’s singles
• Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi: Women’s singles
• Indonesia’s Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo: Men’s doubles
• South Korea’s Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong: Women’s doubles
• China’s Wang Yilü & Huang Dongping: Mixed doubles