Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 28 August 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 28 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

India will aim to convert degraded land of nearly 50 lakh hectares to fertile land by 2030: Prakash Javadekar
India’s first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhary, the inspiration behind ‘Udaan’ TV serial, dies at 72 in Mumbai
Goa liberation naval war hero and Kirti Chakra awardee, Commander Noel Kelman, dies at 92

BSE Sensex: 37,641.27 (+147.15), NSE Nifty 11,105.35 (+47.50)
NOC Online Application Processing System (NOAPS) launched to seek approval for construction around protected monuments in six states
Price of Suvidha sanitary napkins sold at Jan Aushadhi Kendras cut to Rs. 1
Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun sets up plant to turn plastic waste into diesel
ONGC CMD Shashi Shanker honoured with the Distinguished Fellowship of the Institute of Directors (IOD)
Girls from Amity International School in Noida girls develop Maitri mobile app that connects children at orphanages with senior citizens in old-age homes

Indian Ambassador to Madagascar unveils commemorative plaque of Mahatma Gandhi road in Antananarivo
Unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia’s first humanoid robot Fedor into orbit docked at the International Space Station
Brazil rejects G7’s $20 mn aid to fight Amazon forest fires