Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 10 November 2019

Here are the top News Headlines of 10 November 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

National Current Affairs

  • Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan being organised in New Delhi from November 9 to 11
  • Indo-Russian joint tri-service exercise codenamed INDRA 2019 to be held from December 10-19
  • Assam Civil Service officer Hitesh Dev Sharma replaces Prateek Hajela as NRC (National Register of Citizens) Coordinator
  • Dhrupad maestro and Padma Shri awardee Ramakant Gundecha dies at 56 in Bhopal

AYODHYA VERDICT

  • Supreme Court settles the long pending Ayodhya land dispute case
  • In a unanimous decision, a five-judge Constitution bench ruled that the 2.77 acres of the disputed land will remain with the Central government and be handed over to a Trust for the construction of a temple
  • The bench also ruled that a suitable five-acre plot must be found for a mosque at a prominent place in the town

KARTAPUR CORRIDOR

  • Integrated Check Post of Kartarpur Corridor inaugurated by PM Modi at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur, Punjab
  • First Jatha of Sikh pilgrims enters Pakistan through Kartarpur Corridor to pay obeisance at Darbar Sahib Gurudwara

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)

  • Latest Sample Registration System (SRS) 2015-2017 bulletin for Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) released on October 7, 2019
  • India’s MMR declined from 130 per 1 lakh live births in 2014-2016 to 122 per 1 lakh live births in 2015-2017.
  • Karnataka has shown the highest percentage decline in MMR
  • UP and MP have shown an increase by 15 points each

Economy & Business Current Affairs

  • Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship confers the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 to Enterprises and Ecosystem builders in New Delhi
  • Govt decides to import 1 lakh tonnes of onion to control price rise; MMTC to import and NAFED to distribute

International Current Affairs

  • Brazil’s former President Lula da Silva walks free from jail after spending a year and a half behind bars for corruption
  • Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth gets another five-year term as his Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) wins 38 out of 62 seats in Parliament
  • Ullas Karanth, Director, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru, awarded the George Schaller Lifetime Award in Wildlife Conservation Science

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