Top News Headlines by GKToday – 24 July 2019

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Karnataka: CM H. D. Kumaraswamy loses trust vote in Assembly 99–105; 14-month old Congress-JD(S) govt falls
Assam: SC extends the deadline for the final publication of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) from July 31 to August 31
Lok Sabha passes the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill that seeks to address issues relating to road safety and strengthen public transport, automation, and computerisation
Vande Bharat Express, India’s fastest train at 160 km/hr, completes trial run from New Delhi to Katra
Coffee table book on Fire and Fury Corps, which guards LoC in Ladakh region of J&K, released
National broadcasting Day celebrated on July 23, 1st radio broadcast in India from the Bombay Station by the Indian Broadcasting Company (a private company), on July 23, 1927

BSE Sensex: 37,983 (–48), NSE Nifty: 11,331 (–15)
IMF cuts India’s GDP growth forecast by 0.3% for both 2019-20 (7%) and 2020-21 (7.2%) in its World Economic Update.
Income tax department to celebrate Aaykar Diwas on July 24, income tax introduced in India on July 24, 1860
extends due date for filing income tax returns by individuals for 2018-19 by a month till August 31
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das launches Utkarsh 2022, the central banks’ medium-term strategy framework
Govt sets target for installation of Rooftop Solar projects of 40,000 MW by 2022
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) is the highest-ranking (106th) Indian company on the Fortune Global 500 list; list topped by Walmart
SC cancels Amrapali group RERA (Real Estate Regulation and Development Act) registration for cheating homebuyers in ‘connivance with banks’
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India elects Balwinder Singh as its President

Bengal Open squash tournament in Kolkata: Abhay Singh and Tanvi Khanna clinch men’s and women’s titles respectively
Hosts India win all seven gold medals at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Cuttack