Top GKToday’s News Headlines-17 March 2020

March 17, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 17 March, 2020

Parliament passes Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 granting central university status to three deemed Sanskrit universities — Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati
Govt. nominates former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha
Coronavirus: Govt. prohibits entry of passengers from EU countries, Turkey and the UK from March 18 till March 31

The 30-share BSE Sensex plunges 2,713.41 points or 7.96% to finish at 31,390.07
The 50-share NSE Nifty slumps 757.80 points or 7.61% to end at 9,197.40
Wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation declines to 2.26% in February 2020
RBI directs banks/FIs to assess impact on balance sheet, asset quality due to coronavirus outbreak
Shares of SBI Cards and Payment Services list at Rs 661, 12.45% below its issue price of Rs 755 after successful IPO
Share of Indian vendors in defence contracts grew from 39.06% in 2015-16 to 75.03% in 2019-20: Govt
Ravinder Singh Dhillon appointed CMD of Power Finance Corporation (PFC)