Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 18 August 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 18 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Bhutan: PM meets King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Lotay Tshering in Thimphu
Bhutan: PM Modi inaugurates 720 MW Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant
Stamps launched to commemorate five decades of India-Bhutan Hydropower cooperation
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates the Presidential Guest House named Jal Kiran at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai
The International Conference on Journey of Teacher Education: Local to Global held in New Delhi
7th All India Meet of State Legal Services Authorities in Nagpur on August 17-18.
Parsi New Year ‘Navroz’ celebrated on August 17
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu embarks on a three-nation visit to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Noted social worker and Padma Shri awardee Damodar Ganesh Bapat dies in Chhattisgarh at the age of 84
One of the founding anchors of DD News and Nari Shakti awardee Neelum Sharma dies in New Delhi at the age of 50
CCMB, Hyderabad scientist K. Thangaraj bags J C Bose Fellowship

Defence Minister approves the setting up of a Committee to review the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016 and Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2009
RuPay Card launched in in Bhutan

28th Ministerial meeting of BASIC countries on Climate Change held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 14-16
‘Easy Rider’ star and writer Peter Fonda dies at the age of 79 in Los Angeles

Khel Ratna: Bajrang Punia (wrestling), Deepa Malik (para-athletics)
Arjuna Award (19): Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (athletics), Mohammed Anas Yahiya (athletics), S Bhaskaran (body building), Sonia Lather (boxing), Ravindra Jadeja (cricket), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (hockey), Ajay Thakur (kabaddi), Gaurav Singh Gill (motor sports), Pramod Bhagat (para sports-badminton), Anjum Moudgil (shooting), Harmeet Rajul Desai (table tennis), Pooja Dhanda (wrestling), Fouaad Mirza (equestrian), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (football), Poonam Yadav (cricket), Swapna Burman (athletics), Sundar Singh Gurjar (para sports-athletics), Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (badminton), Simran Singh Shergill .
Dronacharya Award (regular category): Vimal Kumar (badminton), Sandeep Gupta (table tennis), Mohinder Singh Dhillon (athletics)
Dronacharya Award (lifetime category): Mezban Patel (hockey), Rambir Singh Khokar (kabaddi), Sanjay Bhardwaj (cricket).
Dhyan Chand Award: Manuel Fredricks (hockey), Arup Basak (table tennis), Manoj Kumar (wrestling), Nitten Kirrtane (tennis), C Lalremsanga (archery).