Top News Headlines by GKToday – 22 July 2019

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Lok Janshakti Party MP from Samastipur, Bihar Ramchandra Paswan dies at 57
Bardhaman railway station in West Bengal to be named after revolutionary freedom fighter Batukeshwar Dutt
Carnatic vocalist S. Sowmya wins ‘Sangita Kalanidhi’ award given by The Music Academy in Chennai
Darthawma, the lone surviving Mizo member of Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA), dies at 99
CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami launches the Tamil Nadu Water Resources Conservation and Augmentation Mission
Pratap Bhanu Mehta steps down as the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University; Prof. Malabika Sarkar appointed new VC

Health Ministry bans sale, distribution of antibiotic Colistin for food producing animals

PM Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan’s upper house of parliament (House of Councillors) in elections
YouTube fined by US government over kids’ data privacy breach
Harley-Davidson to launch its first electric motorcycle, the Livewire
FaceApp, which shows people how they’ll look when they’re older, launched worldwide

Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Cuttack: G. Sathiyan and Archana Kamath defeat Singapore’s Peng Yu En KoenGoi Rui Xuan 11-1, 11-7, 11-4 in the final to win Mixed Doubles title
Indonesia Open BWF Tour Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta: P. V. Sindhu loses to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in women’s singles final 15-21, 16-21; Taiwan’s Tien Chen Chou defeats Denmark’s Anders Antonsen 21-18, 24-26, 21-15 to win men’s singles title
Indian sprinter Hima Das wins gold in women’s 400 m in 52.09 seconds at Nove Mesto in the Czech Republic
India’s Ravinder Kumar Malik wins Mr. South Asia title at South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in Kathmandu
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat approves MS Dhoni’s request to train with the Parachute regiment for two months
2018 Jakarta Asian Games: India’s silver in 4×400 mixed relay event (Mohammad Anas, Hima Das, Arokia Rajiv & M R Poovamma) to be upgraded to gold after disqualification of Bahrain for doping