Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 14 August 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 14 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar releases patriotic song “Watan” produced by DD for Independence Day
Sung by Javed Ali, penned by lyricist Alok Shrivastav and musically composed by Dushyant

41% reduction in stubble burning incidents in 2018 over 2016: Director General ICAR Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra
Over 4500 villages of Haryana & Punjab declared as Zero Stubble Burning Villages

BSE Sensex: 36,958.16 (–623.75), NSE Nifty 10,925.85 (–183.80)
Consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation eased marginally to 3.15 per cent in July
On-lending by registered NBFCs (other than MFIs) towards agriculture, MSEs and housing sector up to prescribed limits will be treated as priority sector loans: RBI
Housing finance companies (HFCs) will be treated as one of the categories of NBFCs for regulatory purposes and it will come under RBI’s direct oversight
High-speed locomotive, achieving a top speed of 180 km per hour, manufactured in Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, West Bengal
Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal led a high-power delegation of CMs of Haryana, Gujarat, UP and Goa to Vladivostok, Russia from August 11 to 13
Bajaj Auto launches its new bike Pulsar 125 Neon with price starting at Rs 64,000
Assam’s Dikom Tea Estate brand fetches ‘record’ Rs 75,000 per kg

Centre has issued guidelines on operationalising Rs 1-lakh crore partial guarantee scheme
PSBs can purchase high-rated pooled assets of financially sound non-banking finance companies NBFCs
NBFCs came under stress following series of defaults by the group companies of IL&FS in September 2018

55th All India Basketball tournament for men: Indian Bank lifts the PSG Trophy defeating Indian Army 79-61 in the final at Coimbatore
Women’s T20 cricket to be part of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Legendary Indian sprinter P T Usha made a member of the Athletes Commission of the Asian Athletics Association