Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 25 October 2019

Here are the top News Headlines of  25 October 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

National Current Affairs

• ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS
• Haryana Assembly poll results (90/90):  BJP: 40, Haryana Lokhit Party: 1, Independent: 7, Congress: 31, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD): 1, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP): 10
• Maharashtra Assembly poll results (281/288): BJP: 102, Congress: 41, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP): 53, Shiv Sena: 56, Independents: 13, Others: 15
• ASSEMBLY BYELECTION RESULTS
• GUJARAT: Congress wins from Tharad, Radhanpur, Kheralu, Bayad; BJP from Amraiwadi and Lunawada
• ARUNACHAL PRADESH: Independent wins from Khonsa (West)
• ASSAM: BJP wins from Rangapara, Sonari and Ratabari; All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) from Jania
• BIHAR: Rashtriya Janata Dal wins from Simri Bakhtiarpu and Belhar, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen wins from Kishanganj, Independent wins from Daraundha, JD-U from Nathnagar
• CHHATTISGARH: Congress wins from Chitrakoot
• HIMACHAL PRADESH: BJP wins from Dharamshala and Pachhcad
• KERALA: Communist Party of India (Marxist) wins from Vattiyoorkavu and Konni, Congress wins from Ernakulam and Aroor, Indian Union Muslim League wins from Manjeshwar
• MADHYA PRADESH: Congress wins from Jhabua
• MEGHALAYA: United Democratic Party wins from Shella
• ODISHA: Biju Janata Dal wins from Bijepur
• PUDUCHERRY: Congress wins from Kamaraj Nagar
• PUNJAB: Congress wins from Phagwara, Mukerian, and Jalalabad; Shiromani Akali Dal wins from Dakha
• RAJASTHAN: Congress wins from Mandawa, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party wins from Khinwsar
•  SIKKIM: BJP wins from Martam-Rumtek(BL) and Gangtok (BL); Sikkim Krantikari Morcha wins from Poklok-Kamrang
• TAMIL NADU: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam wins from Nanguneri and Vikravandi
•  TELANGANA: Telangana Rashtra Samithi wins from Huzurnagar
• UTTAR PRADESH: BJP wins from Gangoh, Iglas, Lucknow Cantt, Balha (SC), Govindnagar and Manikpur; Samajwadi Party wins from Rampur, Jalalpur, Zaidpur; Apna Dal (Soneylal) wins from Pratapgarh
• LOK SABHA BYELECTION RESULTS
•  Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) retains Samastipur reserved seat in Lok Sabha byelection in Bihar.
•  Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) retained Satara seat in Lok Sabha byelection in Maharashtra
• NEW APPOINTMENTS
•  Senior IAS officer Arvind Singh is new Chairman of Airports Authority of India
•  Senior IAS officer Sukhbir Singh Sandhu is new Chairman of NHAI
•  Senior IAS officer Arvind Singh has been appointed as the chairman of Airports Authority of India
•  Senior IAS officer Ganji Kamala V Rao appointed new CMD of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ltd
•  Senior IAS officer Pramod Kumar Tiwari, appointed new Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
• INDIA
•  Armies of India and France to conduct joint exercise code-named ‘Ex Shakti -2019’ from Oct 31 to Nov 13 at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan

Economy & Business Current Affairs

• BSE Sensex: 39,020.39 (–38.44), NSE Nifty: 11,582.60 (–21.50)
• Fitch Ratings slashes India’s GDP growth forecast in 2019-20 to 5.5% from 6.6% made in June

International Current Affairs

• New Zealand tops World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Ranking, India 63rd (77th in 2018)
• India-Pakistan agreement on Kartarpur corridor to allow Indian pilgrims visa-free visit to the shrine of Guru Nanak Dev in Pakistan
•  European Parliament awards Sakharov Prize for human rights to Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti, jailed by China
• France and US agree to develop systems on space situational awareness and traffic management for the commercial space industry
• U.S. Supreme Court judge Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wins $1 million Berggruen Prize for philosophy and culture
• The ozone hole over Antarctica is the smallest observed since 1982: NASA
• United Nations Day celebrated on October 24 with its theme as ‘UN75: 2020 and Beyond – Shaping Our Future Together’
• World Development Information Day celebrated on October 24

Sports Current Affairs

• India’s D. Harika won the ‘best women’s player’ prize at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament in Douglas (Isle of Man). The tournament was won by Wang Hao of China.