Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 15 August 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 15 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launches Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal launches CORAS (Commando for Railway Security)
Trinamool Congress MLA and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee joins BJP
Odisha abolishes practice of according ‘Guard of Honour’ to CM, Ministers
Harshad Pandurang Thakur appointed as the Director of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare
West Bengal govt. celebrates Kanyashree Diwas on August 14, Kanyashree scheme launched on 14 August 2013
Punjab CM inaugurates in in Jalandhar the 3rd phase of ‘Jung-E-Azadi’ memorial of victims of Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Panchamirtham ‘prasadam’ at the Murugan temple in Palani (Tamil Nadu) granted Geographical Indication (GI) tag

132 personnel from armed forces and paramilitary forces win gallantry awards including 2 Kirti Chakras, 1 Vir Chakra and, 14 Shaurya Chakras, 8 Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 90 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 5 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), 7 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) and 5 Yudh Seva Medals.
CRPF Deputy Commandant Harshpal Singh and Sapper Prakash Jadhav (Rashtriya Rifles) posthumously awarded Kirit Chakra
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman awarded Vir Chakra

BSE Sensex: 37,287.93 (+329.77), NSE Nifty: 11,029.85 (+103.55)
Annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), dips to 1.08% for July 2019 (over July 2018)
RBI asks banks not to count failed transactions, balance enquiry as ‘free ATM transactions’
16 states sign MoUs with Textiles Ministry to implement Samarth – Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS)

India contributes USD one million to the UN Special Purpose Trust Fund for the Resident Coordinator System

Naval Tata Hockey Academy, Odisha inaugurated in Bhubaneswar
Footballer Jose Luis Brown, who scored a goal in Argentina’s 3-2 win in 1986 FIFA World Cup final against West Germany, dies at the age of 62