Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 23 November 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 23 November 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ holds talks with Australian counterpart Dan Tehan in Delhi
India and China to jointly hold 70 celebratory activities in 2020 to mark 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties
J&K achieves highest road length in country under PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana) in 2019, 11,400 km construction completed so far
Nilkanth Khadilkar, the editor of Marathi newspaper Navakal, dies at 85 in Mumbai

SNRR ACCOUNTS

The RBI has expanded the scope of Special Non-Resident Rupee (SNRR) Accounts
Non-residents permitted to open such accounts for rupee denominated overseas borrowings, trade credit and trade invoicing for popularising cross-border transactions in the domestic currency.

DHFL crisis

The Reserve Bank has constituted a three-member panel to advise the administrator of DHFL
IDFC First Bank’s Non-Executive Chairman Rajiv Lall, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance’s MD & CEO N. S. Kannan, and AMFI’s Chief Executive N S Venkatesh would be part of the panel
Indian Overseas Bank’s ex-MD R. Subramaniakumar was appointed as the administrator
Earlier, RBI superseded DHFL’s board and placed the company under an administrator in the wake of governance issues and defaults.

India’s foreign exchange reserves at a fresh lifetime high of USD 448.249 billion in the week to November 15
CBDT Chairman P.C. Mody inaugurates Web Portal for exchange of information on Income Tax
Muthoot Finance Ltd to acquire IDBI Mutual Fund
Tourism Ministry organising ‘International Tourism Mart’ at Imphal from November 23 to 25
Karnataka: Kalaburagi Airport starts operations with flight to Bengaluru
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) directed to issue free FASTags at toll booths until Dec 1
Wipro Chairman Azim Premji receives MMA Amalgamations Business Leadership Award 2019 in Chennai
Amazon launches Echo Flex smart speaker at Rs. 2999

ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS

Manoj Bajpayee won the award for Best Actor for his role in ‘Bhonsle’ directed by Devashish Makhija
Ridham Janve won the Young Cinema Award for his directorial debut film ‘The Gold-Laden Sheep and the Sacred Mountain’.

Four Indian-origin lawmakers among 36 ministers inducted into Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s new Cabinet; includes Harjit Sajjan as Defence Minister

SCO S&T MEETING

The 5th Meeting of SCO Member States’ Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology held in Moscow
Secretary, DSIR (Department for Scientific & Industrial Research) & DG, CSIR, Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, led the Indian delegation.
India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Forum of Young Scientists and Innovators in 2020.

Wriddhiman Saha becomes fifth Indian wicket-keeper to affect 100 dismissals in test cricket after M. S. Dhoni, Syed Kirmani, Kiran More and Nayan Mongia