Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 20 SEPTEMBER 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 20 september 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria appointed next Chief of the Indian Air Force
SITMEX-19 (Singapore India Thailand Maritime Exercise) held in the Andaman Sea
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) hands over 2nd Scorpene class submarine ‘Khanderi’ to Navy
Rajnath Singh becomes 1st Defence Minister to fly the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’ in Bengaluru
Govt to set-up state-of-the-art National Police University at Greater Noida
Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) crosses milestone of 1 crore beneficiaries, was launched on January 1, 2017
Parents with more than 2 children before July 25, 2019 can contest panchayat polls: Uttarakhand HC
‘Himalayan Odyssey’, book written by Mathrubhumi Group CMD & Rajya Sabha MP Veerendrakumar, released
Open defecation down by 47% in India between 2000-2017: WHO-UNICEF report
Bamboo Forum of India celebrates World Bamboo Day on September 18
Filmmaker Shyam Ramsay, known for horror films in Bollywood, dies at 67 in Mumbai

BSE Sensex: 36,093.47 (–470.41), NSE Nifty: 10,704.80 (–135.85)
Banks asked by govt. not to declare any stressed loan account of MSMEs as NPA till March 2020
Centre approves 8.65% interest rate on deposits in Employees Provident Fund for 2018-19
Factory investment at 3-year low of Rs 3.31 lakh crore in 2017-18: Annual Survey of Industries
NASSCOM’s Data Security Council of India (DSCI), MeitY and Google India join hands for nationwide ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’
32 companies join hands to launch a packaging waste management venture to tackle plastic waste

Former Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, toppled in 2011, dies in exile in Saudi Arabia at 83
First World Patient Safety Day observed by WHO on September 17

Hopewel Elias HSS (Meghalaya) beat Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishthan (BKSP) 1-0 in final to win Subroto Cup boys’ (under-17) football tournament in New Delhi