Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 16 SEPTEMBER 2019
Here are the top News Headlines of 16 september 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.
National Current Affairs
- Special Training Programme for Maldivian Civil Servants to be conducted in Mussoorie and New Delhi from September 16 to 28
- Justice P Lakshmana Reddy appointed as first Lokayukta of AP after its bifurcation in 2014
- Memorial pillar unveiled for Polish refugees who lived in Valivade village of Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district during World War II
- Renovated Jayakar Bungalow inaugurated inside the premises of National Film Archives of India in Pune
- 11 died when a tourist boat capsized in Godavari River near Devipatnam in Andhra Pradesh
Economy & Business Current Affairs
- 52nd Engineers Day celebrated in India on September 15 with ‘Engineering for change’ as its theme
- Engineers Day is celebrated on birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1861-1962)
- Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav wins Eminent Engineers Award of The Institution of Engineers
International Current Affairs
- International Day of Democracy observed on September 15 with ‘Participation’ as its theme
Sports Current Affairs
- Spain defeat Argentina 95-75 in final in Beijing to win men’s World Basketball Championship
- India’s Sourabh Verma wins men’s singles title at Vietnam Open badminton tournament in Ho Chi Minh City
- India’s Lakshya Sen wins men’s singles title at the Belgian International Challenge badminton in Leuven
- India’s Pankaj Advani wins title in 150-up format at the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Mandalay, Myanmar
- Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor creates new world record in men’s Half Marathon at Copenhagen in 58min 01sec
- Indonesia’s Rory Hie wins the Classic Golf & Country Club International Championship title in Gurugram