Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 6 August 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 6 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Lok Sabha Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from the present 30 to 33
Lok Sabha passes The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 to ban commercial surrogacy in the country
Rajasthan Assembly passes anti-lynching bill; life imprisonment and a fine up to ₹5 lakh to convicts in cases of mob lynching involving the victim’s death
Rajasthan Assembly passes Bill making ‘honour killing’ punishable by death penalty or life imprisonment
Congress MP from Assam, Bhubaneswar Kalita resigns from the membership of the Rajya Sabha
Kerala: IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman suspended from service for causing death of journalist in road accident in Thiruvananthapuram on August 3

repeals Article 370 which grants special status to J&K; resolutions in this regard passed by Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha passes the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019; makes J&K a Union Territory with legislature and Ladakh Union Territory without legislature
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill 2019 having provisions of 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections of upper caste in the state passed by the Rajya Sabha

Lok Sabha passes the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019
Seeks to prohibit discrimination against transgender persons, including in matters of employment
Provides for giving certificates of identity to them

Shah Rukh Khan to get ‘Excellence in Cinema’ honour at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on August 8

Australia (284, 487/7) defeat England (374, 146) by 251 runs in the first Test match of the Ashes Series at Edgbaston, Birmingham
ATP Washington Open tennis: Australia’s Nick Kyrgios beats Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4) in final to win men’s singles title
San Jose WTA tennis: China’s Zheng Saisai beats Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in final 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) to win women’s singles title
Actor Aamir Khan launches Maharashtra government’s Mission Shakti to train athletes from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli for international events like the Olympics
India (167/5 in 20 overs) beat West Indies (98/4 in 15.3-reduced target 121 in 15.3) by 22 runs in in 2nd T20I at Lauderhill, USA, Krunal Pandya (20 runs, 2/23) is Man of the Match