Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 2 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 2, 2020.

General Bipin Rawat takes charge as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS); demitted the office of Army Chief on Dec 31
EC launches online Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS) to allow political parties track status of their applications for registration.
National Green Corps scheme revived in J&K, seeks to provide financial assistance to Eco Clubs of registered schools
2020 to be observed as Susashan Sankalp Varsh: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar
Major Anoop Mishra felicitated with the Army Design Bureau (ADB) excellence award for developing Sarvatra bulletproof jacket
Veteran Political cartoonist Vikas Sabnis passes away in Mumbai at 69
National Tribal Dance Festival organised in Raipur, Chhattisgarh from December 27 to 30
UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) launches dedicated helpline, ‘Damini’ for women’s safety
Odisha’s Dhanu Yatra, known as world’s largest open-air theatre festival, being held in Bargarh town from Dec 31 to Jan 10

Indian Railways announced fare hike across its network, excluding suburban trains, effective from January 1, 2020.
While suburban fares remain unchanged, ordinary non-AC, non-suburban fares hiked by 1 paise per km of journey.
The hike will be two paise/km in fares of mail/express non-AC classes
The hike will be four paise/km hike in AC classes

RBI launches ‘MANI’ (Mobile Aided Note Identifier) app to help visually challenged persons to identify denomination of notes
Finance Minister launches ‘eBkray’ platform to enable online auction of attached assets by banks
Govt. appoints lawyer Rohan Shah as India’s Representative and Governor on the board of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Vinod Kumar Yadav assumes charge as Chairman, Railway Board on reappointment for a period of one year
BHEL commissions India’s first lignite-based 500 MW