Top News Headlines by GKToday – 12 July 2019
July 12, 2019 July 12, 2019
NATIONAL
- ITBP DIG Aparna Kumar becomes 1st IPS Officer to complete ‘Seven Summit Challenge’
- Seven Summit Challenge: Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Vinson, Mont Blanc and Carstensz Pyramid
- Railway Protection Force (RPF) launches ‘Operation Thirst’ to stop selling of unauthorised Packaged Drinking Water (PDW)
- Tamil Nadu: Muhammath John and N. Chandrasekaran of AIADMK, Anbumani Ramadoss of PMK, M. Shanmugham and P Wilson of DMK and Vaiko of MDMK elected to the Rajya Sabha
- West Bengal: Greenfield University renamed as Darjeeling Hills University
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
- BSE Sensex: 38,823.11 (+266.07), NSE Nifty: 11,582.90 (+266.07)
- Max speed limit for cars at 120 kmph on expressways; 100 kmph for buses
INTERNATIONAL
- World Population Day observed on July 11
- US House passes Bill to remove 7% country-cap on Green Card applicants
- Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe makes second touchdown on asteroid Ryugu
- Germany’s Volkswagen ends production of iconic “Beetle” car
- France to levy 3% tax on sales generated in the country by non-tax paying online giants like Google and Facebook
- NYSE’s Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) crosses 27000 point-mark for the first time
SPORTS
- ICC Cricket World Cup: England (226/2 in 32.1) beat Australia (223/10 in 49) 8 wickets in semifinal at Edgbaston, Birmingham
