Top News Headlines by GKToday – 10 July 2019

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SC directs States, UTs and high courts to apprise it on the status of vacancies of judicial officers as on June 30
Forest & Environment Ministry panel recommends ‘in-principle’ permission for exploration of Uranium in Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana
A fortnightly bulletin of the National Museum of Indian Cinema, brought out by the Films Division, launched in Mumbai
India has adequate number of healthcare professionals: Indian Institute of Public Health
Plan Bee earns Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) the best innovation award in Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. Plan Bee is an amplifying system imitating the buzz of a swarm of honey bees to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks

BSE Sensex: 38,731 (+10), NSE Nifty: 11,556 (+3)
BCC (Bharat Chamber of Commerce) signs MoU with BRICS of Commerce and Industry to promote trade
India – ASEAN Troika Trade Ministers’ meeting held in New Delhi for informal consultation on RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership)
Arun Kumar appointed Director General in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
Pravin Kumar Purwar appointed as CMD of BSNL
Ducati launches Multistrada 1260 Enduro priced at Rs 20 lakh

India hands over 250 pre-fabricated houses to Myanmar for displaced Rohingya returnees in Rakhine State
French govt. to impose a tax of up to €18 on plane tickets for all flights from airports in France from 2020 to fund less-polluting transportation projects
Former Argentine President Fernando de La Rua dies in Buenos Aires at the age of 81
Ross Perot, founder and former CEO of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems, dies in US at 89

All India Football Federation (AIFF) 2018-19 awards: Men’s footballer of the year: Sunil Chhetri, Women’s footballer of the year: Ashalata Devi
A. U. Celestine: Former India football goalkeeper dies at the age of 73
India win 13 medals on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Apia, Samoa
India’s Abhijeet Gupta (men’s) and Tania Sachdev (women’s) win Commonwealth chess championship in New Delhi July 7, 2019
India’s Muhammed Anas (men’s 200m, 21.18s) and M.P. Jabir (men’s 400m hurdles, 50.21s) win gold medals at Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland