Top News Headlines by GKToday – 4 August 2019

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Here are the News Headlines of 4 August 2019 from major newspapers of India.

J&K: After Amarnath Yatra, the 43-day-long ‘Machail Mata Yatra’ in Kishtwar district suspended due to security reasons
ISRO to set up Space Situational Awareness Control Centre in Bengaluru to protect Indian satellites from space debris
Centre approves Rs 4,900 crore project for interlinking of Kosi and Mechi rivers of Bihar
Outlook Poshan Awards presented in New Delhi
Giving voice sample to police is not a violation of a person’s fundamental right to privacy: Supreme Court

UGC recommends 20 institutions for grant of Institutions of Eminence (IoE) status
Public Institutions (10): IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IISC Bangalore, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, Delhi University, University of Hyderabad, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Anna University, Chennai and BHU, Varanasi
Private Institutions (10): BITS Pilani (Rajasthan), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Jio Institute (Reliance Foundation, Maharashtra), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Bangalore), VIT Vellore (Tami Nadu), Jamia Hamdard (New Delhi), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Bhubaneswar), O.P JINDAL University (Haryana), Shiv Nadar University (UP), Bharti (Satya Bharti Foundation), Delhi
Selected institutions will enjoy complete academic and administrative autonomy
Government will provide funding to public institutions with IoE tag
Private institutions will not get financial support from govt. but will be entitled to more autonomy as a special category Deemed University

Parliament passes the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that increases the threshold of annual passenger traffic for major airports to over 35 lakh
RBI bars NBFCs from charging pre-payment penalties or foreclosure charges from individual borrowers
RBI tightens the fit-and-proper criteria for directors on the boards of PSBs, Centre’s nominee director shall not be part of the nomination and remuneration committee (NRC)
RBI slaps penalties on nine banks over delay in reporting of frauds
India participates in 8th RCEP Inter-Sessional Ministerial Meeting in Beijing on August 2-3

Indonesia: 4 killed due to a strong earthquake that hit off Java Island
Sri Lanka: Gandhi Nagar model village built with Indian assistance inaugurated
President Ram Nath Kovind receives the National Order of Merit, the Highest Award of Guinea, in Conakry
Pakistan: 19th-century old Gurdwara Chowa Sahib in Jhelum City of Punjab province opened for pilgrims, 72 years after Partition
Russia and the US terminate the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty that limited the use of medium-range (500-5500 km) missiles
Women in Saudi Arabia can now travel abroad without a male guardian’s permission
Team of 5 Indian students wins World Schools Debating Championships 2019 held in Thailand

Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Russia; India end with 6 medals including 2 gold: Lovlina Borgohain (women’s 69 kg), Neeraj (men’s 57 kg)