Top GKToday’s News Headlines-16 June 2020

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Here are the Top GKToday’s News Headlines-16 June 2020

ICMR recommends use of rapid antigen test kits for diagnosis of COVID-19 in combination with RT-PCR test
COVID-19 International Film Festival: Odia short film ‘Martyapura Re Jamaraj’ (‘Yamaraj on earth’) wins Special Jury award
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
Indian Gas Exchange (IGX), first nationwide online delivery-based gas trading platform, launched
WPI (Wholesale Price Index)-based inflation was –3.21% in May 2020
Exports in May 2020 fall 36.47% to $19.05 bn, trade deficit down to $3.15 bn
EPFO launches facility allowing settlement of online claims from its regional offices
CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) launches e-Office to automate internal file handling
Nirmala Sitharaman meets private banks, NBFCs to ensure smooth roll out of ECLGS (emergency credit line guarantee scheme) to help MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises)
Airtel Payments Bank launches ‘Suraksha Salary Account’ for workforce of MSMEs
Maruti Suzuki India’s Alto remains country’s best-selling model for 16th year in a row in 2019-20
Samir Bangara, cofounder & CEO of digital music platform Qyuki Digital Media, dies in Mumbai
ByteDance discontinuing its Vigo Video and Vigo Lite apps in India

India joins Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as founding member
PM Boris Johnson to establish a commission to look at racial equality in the UK
India, China expanded nuclear stockpile in last one year: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day observed on June 15