Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 7 August 2019

Here are the top News Headlines of 7 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

National Current Affairs

• Former Eexternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passes away.
• Lok Sabha passes the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill, 2019 that bifurcates the state into 2 UTs of J&K and Ladakh
• Parliament adopts resolution revoking the special status given to J&K under Article 370 of the Constitution
• Parliament passes bill for speedy eviction of unauthorised occupants from got. residential accommodations
• Rajya Sabha passes bill to declare four National Institutes of Design in AP, MP, Assam, and Haryana as institutions of national importance
• US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad meets External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi; apprises him about progress in the Afghan peace process
• Eminent educationist Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy, founder of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB) Group of Schools, dies in Chennai at 93
• Researchers at IIT Guwahati develop hand-held diagnostic device to detect bacteria instantaneously without the need for lab tests
• Fifth earth bound orbit-raising manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 successfully performed
• 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 to be held at Shillong on August 8-9, 2019, theme: “Digital India: Success to Excellence”
• Lok Sabha adjourned sine die

Economy & Business Current Affairs

• BSE Sensex: 36,976.85 (+277.01), NSE Nifty: 10,948.25 (+85.65)
• National Handloom Day to be celebrated on August 7
• MasterCard launches new online card payment feature Identity Check Express

CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL

• Parliament passes Consumer Protection Bill 2019
• Replaces Consumer Protection Act, 1986
• Provides a mechanism for redressal of consumer complaints
• Strict penalties including jail term for adulteration and misleading ads
• Celebrities endorsing misleading ads are liable for fine.

International Current Affairs

• US labels China a currency manipulator after the country’s central bank allowed the yuan to fall against the dollar
• Iran unveils 3 new air-to-air missiles named ‘Yasin’, ‘Balaban’ and ‘Ghaem’
• Typhoon Francisco makes landfall in western Japan
• Toni Morrison, first black woman to win Nobel literature prize, dies at 88 in US

Sports Current Affairs

• International Army Scout Masters Competition in Jaisalmer from August 5 to 16