Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 11 OCTOBER 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 11 October 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning programme-DHRUV launched by HRD Ministry at the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru
Centre launches Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) initiative aimed at assuring free health care for every woman and newborn and zero tolerance for denial of services
Air India training IAF pilots to fly new Boeing 777 aircraft for VVIP fleet
President presents Colours to the Army Aviation Corps in Nashik
National Postal Week being celebrated in India from October 9 to 15
EAM S. Jaishankar holds talks with Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai in New Delhi

BSE Sensex: 37,880.40 (–297.55), NSE Nifty: 11,234.55 (–78.75)
RBI quashes the proposed merger of Indiabulls Housing Finance with Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Moody’s Investors Service cuts 2019-20 GDP growth forecast for India to 5.8% from 6.2% earlier
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) lowers India’s GDP growth forecast in 2019-20 to 6.1% from 6.7% in August

Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Olga Tokarczuk of Poland for 2018 and Peter Handke of Austria for 2019
USD 13.92 billion raised for the next three years at a conference of the Global Fund to fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria held in Lyon, France
Turkey launches ground offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria
Romania: Govt. of PM Viorica Dancila collapses in a no-confidence vote
Saudi Arabia to allow women to serve in the armed forces
World Post Day celebrated on October 9
World Sight Day observed by International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IPAB) on October 10
World Mental Health Day observed on October 10 with ‘suicide prevention’ as theme