Top GKToday’s News Headlines-15 July 2020

INDIA

• Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot sacked as Deputy Chief Minister, State Congress President
• HRD Ministry issues guidelines to States, U.T.s regarding education of migrant workers’ children
• Number of undernourished people in India declined from 249.4 million in 2004-06 to 189.2 million in 2017-19
• HRD Ministry announces PRAGYATA guidelines for online classes by schools; recommends restriction on the screen time
• Disabled entitled to same benefits as SC/ST in public employment and education: SC

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Nitin Gadkari inaugurates and lay foundation stone of 11 national highway projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore in Haryana
• BSE signs MoU with IIT Alumni Council to encourage listing culture for startups
• Tata group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran and Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet win USIBC (US-India Business Council) Global Leadership Award
• Alcohol-based hand sanitisers to attract 18% GST, not exempted: Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR)
• Wholesale price-based inflation declines to –1.81% in June 2020

WORLD

• Andrzej Duda re-elected as Poland’s President
• Britain bans China’s Huawei from 5G network; all kit to be removed by 2027

SPORTS

• Jack Charlton, a member of the England 1966 World-Cup winning side, dies at 85

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020