Top GKToday’s News Headlines-31 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 31, 2020

India-Bangladesh joint military training exercise ‘SAMPRITI-IX’ to be held in Meghalaya from February 3 to 16
J&K journalist Yusuf Jameel wins 2019-2020 PEN Gauri Lankesh Award for democratic idealism
Martyr’s Day, the 72nd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, observed on January 30
Department of Personnel and Training’s (DoPT) online certificate course on “Relevance of Gandhi in the Contemporary World” launched by Union Minister Jitendra Singh
Access to casinos for the locals in Goa will be banned from February 1: CM Pramod Sawant
MP govt. to develop infrastructure along ‘Ram Van Gaman Path’, the route believed to be taken by Lord Ram headed for his exile in forest.
Noted Urdu poet Ajmal Sultanpuri dies in Sultanpur (UP) at 97
MP: BJP MLA from Agar Malwa assembly constituency, Manohar Untwal, dies in Gurugram at 54

GDP growth estimates at 5% in 2019-20, set to recover to 5.5% in 2020-21: FICCI Economic Outlook Survey
India’s gold demand fell 9% to 690.4 tonnes in 2019: World Gold Council
DoT takes over process to issue and manage IMEI from private body MSAI
MSAI: Mobile Standard Alliance of India, IMEI-International Mobile Equipment Identity
Khadi wrist watches manufactured jointly by Titan and KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission) launched

Vinay Mohan Kwatra appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Nepal
UNEP (UN Environment Programme) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev wins 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index: Observer Research Foundation (ORF) is best ranked Indian institution at 27th
European Parliament approves terms of the U.K.’s departure from the European Union

Canada’s Christine Sinclair becomes all-time leading scorer in international football with 185 goals
National Table Tennis Championships in Hyderabad: Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) win men’s title; Railways win women’s title
Ngangom Bala Devi becomes first Indian woman to earn a professional football contract abroad after signing for Scottish club Rangers FC
Former India basketball captain Matthew Satya Babu dies in Chennai at 79