Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 15 SEPTEMBER 2019
Here are the top News Headlines of 15 september 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.
National Current Affairs
- 2772 gifts to PM on auction from Sept 14 to Oct 3 to fund Namami Gange Project
- Govt to offer 1,000 PhD Fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs
- Hindi Diwas celebrated on September 14. On this day in 1950, Hindi adopted by the Constituent Assembly as one of the official languages of the Republic of India
- Union Minister Prakash Javadekar flags off ‘Jaldoot’ water conservation initiative in Pune
- Final NRC (National Register of Citizens) list of Assam published online
- Tamil Nadu govt announces winners of Anna Medals for personnel from police, fire and forensic departments
CHAIRPERSONS OF NEW HOUSE COMMITTEES
- Finance: BJP MP Jayant Sinha
- External Affairs, BJP Lok Sabha MP PP Chaudhary
- Commerce: YSR Congress Party MP V Vijayasai Reddy
- Defence: BJP MP Jual Oram
- Home Affairs: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma
- Information Technology: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
INCENTIVES FOR EXPORTERS
- The government relaxed priority sector lending norms to provide additional export credit of up to Rs 68,000 crore
- Rs 50,000 crore scheme unveiled to reimburse taxes and duties paid by exporters
- Insurance cover under the Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS) enhanced to improve lending by banks to SMEs
Economy & Business Current Affairs
- Aadhaar verification to be mandatory for new dealers from Jan 2020: GSTN
- Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan to head govt’s committee to study issues related to non-personal data
International Current Affairs
- President Ram Nath Kovind unveils the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at Villeneuve in Switzerland
- Drone attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group hit two oil facilities run by the Saudi Arabian govt. owned company Aramco
- Russia: World-first floating nuclear plant arrives at Pevek port in country’s far east after completing 5000 km journey that began on August 23 from Murmansk
- Arcadia School Education project of Bangladesh wins Aga Khan Architecture Award
- Hungarian writer and dissident Gyorgy Konrad dies at 86 in Budapest
- Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ photographer Charlie Cole dies in Indonesia at the age of 64
Sports Current Affairs
- India beat Bangladesh by five runs to lift U-19 Asia Cup cricket title in Colombo
- Ex-cricketer Kapil Dev appointed Chancellor of Haryana Sports University at Rai in Sonipat district