Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 16 SEPTEMBER 2019

Here are the top News Headlines of 16 september 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

National Current Affairs

  • Special Training Programme for Maldivian Civil Servants to be conducted in Mussoorie and New Delhi from September 16 to 28
  • Justice P Lakshmana Reddy appointed as first Lokayukta of AP after its bifurcation in 2014
  • Memorial pillar unveiled for Polish refugees who lived in Valivade village of Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district during World War II
  • Renovated Jayakar Bungalow inaugurated inside the premises of National Film Archives of India in Pune
  • 11 died when a tourist boat capsized in Godavari River near Devipatnam in Andhra Pradesh

Economy & Business Current Affairs

  • 52nd Engineers Day celebrated in India on September 15 with ‘Engineering for change’ as its theme
  • Engineers Day is celebrated on birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1861-1962)
  • Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav wins Eminent Engineers Award of The Institution of Engineers

International Current Affairs

  • International Day of Democracy observed on September 15 with ‘Participation’ as its theme

Sports Current Affairs

  • Spain defeat Argentina 95-75 in final in Beijing to win men’s World Basketball Championship
  • India’s Sourabh Verma wins men’s singles title at Vietnam Open badminton tournament in Ho Chi Minh City
  • India’s Lakshya Sen wins men’s singles title at the Belgian International Challenge badminton in Leuven
  • India’s Pankaj Advani wins title in 150-up format at the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Mandalay, Myanmar
  • Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor creates new world record in men’s Half Marathon at Copenhagen in 58min 01sec
  • Indonesia’s Rory Hie wins the Classic Golf & Country Club International Championship title in Gurugram

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