Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 8 August 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 8 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Parliament passes bill increasing the number of judges in Supreme Court from 31 to 34 including the Chief Justice of India
Former External Affairs Minister and Delhi’s ex-Chief Minister Sushma Swaraj dies in New Delhi at the age of 67
Producer Director J. Om Prakash dies in Mumbai at 93
ISRO announces launch pf Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research

BSE Sensex: 36,691 (–286), NSE Nifty: 10,856 (–93)
India signs United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA)

RBI cuts repo rate to 5.4% from the current 5.75%
Reverse repo rate under liquidity adjustment facility stands revised to 5.15%
Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the bank rate reduced to 6%
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decides to maintain the ‘accommodative’ stance
All members of MPC voted to reduce the policy repo rate
MPC members: Ravindra Dholakia, Michael Debabrata Patra, Bibhu Prasad, Shaktikanta Das, Chetan Ghate and Pami Dua
GDP growth forecast for 2019-20 lowered to 6.9% from 7% earlier
GDP growth forecast in 1st half of 2019-20 in the range of 5.8 to 6.6%
GDP growth forecast in 2nd half of 2019-20 in the range of 7.3% to 7.5%
Consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation forecast at 3.1% during July-September 2019 and at 3.5-3.7% in October-March 2019-20

Pakistan expels Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria, downgrades diplomatic ties with India
India contributes USD 5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian Refugees
Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea has the highest number of ‘living’ indigenous languages in the world (840)

Indian Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly wins Belt and Road China Hunan International chess tournament in China
Badminton player P. V. Sindhu is the only Indian in the list of 15 Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2019 released by Forbes
India (150/3 in 19.1) beat West Indies (146/6) by seven wickets in the third T20 International at Providence, Guyana, to complete a 3-0 sweep; Deepak Chahar (3/4) is Man of the Match and Krunal Pandya is Man of the Series
South African bowler Dale Steyn retires from test cricket at 36 after picking 439 wickets in 93 Tests at an average of 22.9
Germany’s Fiona Kolbinger wins the mixed annual 4,000km cycling Transcontinental Race (Bulgaria: July 27–France: August 5), becoming the first woman to do so