Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 24 December 2019
Here are the top News Headlines of 24 December 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.
National Current Affairs
- BJP’s Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das hands over his resignation to Governor Draupadi Murmu in Ranchi after party’s defeat in Assembly polls
- Jharkhand Assembly election results (78/81): AJSU Party: 2, BJP: 24, CPI-ML: 1, Independent: 1, Congress: 16, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha: 29, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik): 3, NCP: 1, RJD: 1
- Indian Ambassador to US Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed next Foreign Secretary
- QRSAM (Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile) system developed by DRDO successfully flight-tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the Odisha coast
- Bachan Singh, Delhi’s oldest voter who voted in 2019 Lok Sabha election, dies at 111
- Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai inaugurates a State-of-the-Art DNA Analysis Centre at Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Chandigarh
- Home Minister Amit Shah delivers the 32nd Intelligence Bureau (IB) Centenary Endowment Lecture in New Delhi
- NASVI and FSSAI to jointly organise national street food festival in Delhi on December 25-29
- NASVI: National Association of Street Vendors of India; FSSAI: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Economy & Business Current Affairs
- RBI caps lender’s exposure on a peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platform to all borrowers at Rs 50 lakh
- SEBI signs pact with Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) for mutual co-operation
- Hiranandani Group MD Niranjan Hiranandani takes over as new President of Assocham
- Ampere Vehicles launches electric scooter Reo Elite priced at Rs 45,099
International Current Affairs
- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran
- Russian President Vladimir Putin opens 19-km long railway bridge connecting Russia to Crimea
Sports Current Affairs
- Lazio beats Juventus 3-1 in Riyadh to win Italian Super Cup football tournament