Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 1 OCTOBER 2019
Here are the top News Headlines of 1 October 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.
National Current Affairs
- DRDO testfires land-attack version of 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha.
- UNESCO and Doordarshan to telecast TV bilingual programme ‘Mahatma Lives’/’Bapu Zinda Hain’ on Oct 1-2
- IIS (Information Service) Officer Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia appointed Principal Spokesperson of the government
- India records highest rainfall since 1994 this monsoon, says IMD as season officially ends
- PM Modi awards winners of Singapore-India Hackathon 2019 in Chennai
- Kerala tops NITI Aayog releases School Education Quality Index (SEQI) for 2016-17; Uttar Pradesh last
- National Health Authority (NHA) organising ‘Arogya Manthan’ on Sept 30-Oct 1 to mark 1st anniversary of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
- Veteran Bollywood actor Viju Khote dies at the age of 77
- EC cuts disqualification period of Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang from 6 years to 1 year, 1 month
Economy & Business Current Affairs
- BSE Sensex: 38,667.33 (–155.24), NSE Nifty: 11,474.45 (–37.95)
- Eight core industries grow at 0.5% in August, the lowest growth rate in over three-and-half years
- India’s external debt rises to US$ 557.4 billion end-June 2019
- PSU NBCC bags Rs 400-crore contract to develop National Sports University at Imphal
- Website of 11th edition of DefEXpo, to be held in Lucknow February 5 to 8, 2020, launched
- Maruti launches mini SUV S-PRESSO priced at Rs 3.69 lakh
International Current Affairs
- The International Translation Day celebrated on September 30
- Typhoon ‘Mitag’ bearing down on northern Taiwan
Sports Current Affairs
- India’s Sumit Nagal wins men’s singles title at Buenos Aires Challenger tennis tournament
- Japan wins FIBA Women’s Asia Cup Division-A basketball tournament in Bengaluru