Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 19, 2021

– Nagaland’s Opposition-less government named United Democratic Alliance (UDA)

– Rajasthan assembly passes bill allowing registration of child marriages

– Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates 2nd phase of Ujjwala Yojana in Jabalpur (MP)

– India sets new record with 2.5 crore COVID vaccinations in a single day on Sept 17

– Former Union minister and ex-BJP leader Babul Supriyo joins Trinamool Congress

– Thanu Padmanabhan, Padma Shri awardee theoretical physicist and cosmologist, dies in Pune at 64

– Council raises GST on low-cost footwear, garments to 12%

– PAN-Aadhaar linkage deadline extended by six months till March 2022

– International Equal Pay Day celebrated on September 18

– U.S. President Joe Biden announces Global Methane Pledge, a U.S.–EU-led effort to cut methane emissions by a third by the end of this decade

– France recalls Ambassadors to U.S., Australia over submarine deal; Australia recently scrapped a big French conventional submarine purchase in favour of nuclear submarines built with U.S. technology

– Algeria’s former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies at 84

– UNSC holds emergency session on Somalia’s political crisis following “the rising tensions between the Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed”

– United Nations Security Council (UNSC) extends mandate for its assistance mission in Afghanistan by six months

– International Coastal Cleanup Day celebrated on September 18

– “Doing Business” rankings: IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva denies allegations that she pressured World Bank staff to alter data to favour China

– Harmilan Kaur Bains breaks 19-year old national record in women’s 1500 m at National Open athletics championships in Warangal

– Prime Volleyball League (PVL) featuring six teams formally launched in Hyderabad

– India’s Pankaj Advani retains Asian snooker title in Doha

– GM D. Gukesh of India wins Norway Chess Open 2021

– Men’s hammer throw world record holder Yuriy Sedykh dies in Russia at 66