Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 7 OCTOBER 2019

October 7, 2019 October 7, 2019

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

39th World Congress of Poets 2019 organised in Bhubaneswar on Oct 2-6 with its theme as ‘Compassion through Poetry’
India-Mongolia joint military training Exercise Nomadic Elephant–XIV in Himachal Pradesh from Oct 5 to 18
India, Bangladesh sign MoU for setting up Coastal Surveillance Radar System in Bangladesh
Indian Navy organises Goa Maritime Conclave on October 4-5; attended by 10 Indian Ocean littoral states

India (502/7 d, 323/4 d) beat South Africa (431, 191) by 203 runs in the first test at Visakhapatnam
Rohit Sharma hits 13 sixes in Visakhapatnam test against South Africa, breaks record of most sixes in a test match (12) held by Pakistan’s Wasim Akram
Indian-South Africa match at Visakhapatnam saw most sixes (36) hit in a Test match
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic wins men’s singles title at Japan Open tennis
Japan’s Naomi Osaka (women’s), Austria’s Dominic Thiem (men’s) win singles titles at China Open tennis

In men’s marathon, Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won gold in a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 40 seconds
In men’s 4X100 metres relay, the US team of Justin Gatlin, Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles and Michael Rodgers won gold in 37.10 seconds
In men’s 3000m steeplechase, Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) won gold in 8 min, 1.35 sec
In men’s shot put, Joe Kovacs (USA) won gold with a throw of 22.91 metres
In women’s 1500m, Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) won gold in 3 min, 51.95 sec
In women’s 5000m, Hellen Obiri of Kenya won gold in 14 min, 26.72 sec
In women’s discus throw, Yaime Perez of Cuba won gold with a throw of 69.17 metres