Top GKToday’s News Headlines-19 March 2020
Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 19 March, 2020
INDIA
- NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh among 37 candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
- Defence Acquisition Council approves procurement of 83 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
- 16 rebel Congress MLAs in MP be allowed free, unrestrained exercise of their choice: SC
- Rajya Sabha passes 2 bills on quality medical education system in homoeopathy and promotion of Indian systems of medicines
- Coronavirus: HRD Ministry to launch e-classes on Swayam Prabha DTH channels for school students
- Uttarakhand Govt. removes reservation in promotions for SC/ST employees
- J&K Health Scheme launched to provide free of cost Universal Health Coverage to all residents of UT in convergence with Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- BSE Sensex sinks 1,710 points (–5.6%) to end at 28,869.51
- NSE Nifty crashes 498 points (–4.8%) to close at 8,469
- RBI to conduct open market operations (OMOs) on March 20 in the form of purchase of an aggregate amount of Rs 10,000 crore of government securities
- RBI extends validity of Authorization issued to Vakrangee to setup, own and operate the White Label ATMs till 31 March 2021
- S&P Global Ratings lowers India’s economic growth forecast to 5.2% for 2020
- Volkswagen launches SUV T-Roc priced at Rs 19.99 lakh
WORLD
- WhatsApp launches ‘Coronavirus Information Hub’ in partnership with WHO, UNICEF and UNDP
- WhatsApp donates USD 1 million to the Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) for coronavirus data
- ADB announces USD 6.5 billion package for its developing member countries to fight the coronavirus pandemic
SPORTS
- Roger Mayweather, former boxing world champion turned trainer of unbeaten boxing great Floyd Mayweather, dies at 58
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020