Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 3 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 3, 2020.

PM dedicates five Young Scientists Laboratories of DRDO at Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai to the nation
14 scientists awarded Swarna Jayanti Fellowships for 2018-19 by the Ministry of Science & Technology
Nagpur: Home Minister Amit Shah opens new campus of National Fire Service College (NFSC); lays foundation of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Academy
Home Minister Amit Shah announces launch of Subhash Chandra Bose Award in the field of Disaster Management
India’s second spaceport after Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh will be set up in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu: ISRO
AIIMS, New Delhi Professor Suresh Chandra Sharma appointed as the first Chairman of National Medical Commission
Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader D. P. Tripathi dies in New Delhi at 67
Indian Railways announces integrated helpline number 139 for passengers

28th edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair to be held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from January 4 to 12
The fair, organised by National Book Trust (NBT) in association with ITPO, will focus on how Mahatma Gandhi influenced generations of writers through his writings.
FDI IN H1 OF 2019-20
Data on foreign direct equity investments (FDI) released by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on December 31, 2019.
FDI rose 15% in the April-September period of 2019-20 to $26.09 billion, up from the $22.66 billion received in the corresponding period of 2018-19
Services sector — encompassing financial, banking, insurance, outsourcing, among other industries — was the highest recipient of FDI at $4.4 billion
Singapore was the largest source of FDI for India accounting for around $8 billion

The units of the Bharat Bond exchange traded fund (ETF) issued by Edelweiss Asset Management got listed on NSE
The issue of ETF, which was open from December 12 to 20, saw an oversubscription of 1.7 times, garnering Rs 12,000 crore
The ETF will invest only in AAA-rated bonds of public sector companies

The government awards ONGC all seven oil and gas blocks that were on offer in the fourth round of Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP)
PM Modi releases third instalment of Rs 2000 to 6 crore beneficiaries under PM KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) for the period December 2019 – March 2020.
PM hands over keys of Deep-Sea fishing Vessels and Fishing Vessel Transponders to select farmers of Tamil Nadu
PM distributes Agriculture Ministry’s Krishi Karman Awards for Progressive Farmers and Commendation Awards to the states in Tumkur, Karnataka

392,078 babies born around the world on January 1, 2020; most in India at 67,385: UNICEF
Australia: Emergency declared in New South Wales state because of forest fires
2019 concludes a ‘deadly decade’ for children in conflict, with more than 170,000 grave violations verified since 2010: UNICEF
Pacific island nation Palau becomes world’s first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and sea life