Top News Headlines by GKToday – 23 July 2019

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Chandrayaan-2 successfully launched by GSLV-MkIII-M1 from Sriharikota (AP); is aimed at landing a rover on unchartered Lunar South Pole
Parliament passes Protection of Human Rights Amendment Bill to expedite the process of appointment of chairperson and members of NHRC and states’ rights bodies
Naval Chief Admiral Karambir Singh commissions Navy’s fifth Dornier squadron, Sea Eagles, in Chennai
Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane appointed next vice chief of Indian Army
IIT-Madras students develop ‘Agricopter’ to eliminate manual spraying of pesticides in agricultural farms
Arun Kumar Roy, 3-time member of the Bihar Assembly and 3-time MP for Dhanbad, dies at 84
RTI BILL
Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed by Lok Sabha with 218 members voting in its favour and 79 against it
Bill allows Central govt. to notify the term of office for Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners (ICs)

BSE Sensex 38,031 (–306), NSE Nifty: 11,337 (–82)
Lucknow to host 11th biennial edition of DefExpo-2020 from February 5 to 8, 2020, main theme: ‘India: the emerging defence manufacturing hub’

Ukraine: Servant of the People party of President Vladimir Zelensky wins absolute majority in parliamentary elections
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano dies at the age of 72
NAM Ministerial Meeting held in Caracas, Venezuela
‘Avengers: Endgame’ ($2.790.2 billion) topples James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ ($2,789.7 billion) to become the highest-grossing film of all time.

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Keshav Dutt (hockey) and former India Football Captain Prasun Banerjee selected for ‘Mohun Bagan Ratna’ award
Winners of 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Cuttack: Men Singles: Harmeet Desai, Women Singles: Ayhika Mukherjee, Men Doubles: A. Amalraj & Manav Thakkar, Women Doubles: Pooja Sahasrabudhe & Krittwika Sinha Roy
American John Isner beats Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in final 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 to win Men’s Singles title at ATP grass court tennis at Newport, Rhode Island
Former Wimbledon doubles champion Peter McNamara of Australia dies at the age of 64