Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 18 OCTOBER 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 18 October 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Kapurthala-Taran Taran road declared as NH- 703 A A named as Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg
V. Krishnamoorthy, who served as Station Director of the All India Radio (AIR) in Chennai, dies at 98
Former PTI journalist Kanwar Sain Jolly died at the age of 86 in Gurugram

BUDDHIST CIRCUIT TRAIN

The Railways will run its first Buddhist Circuit train from October 20 to 26, 2019 covering sites related to Gautam Buddha in India and Nepal.
IRCTC will run the train covering destinations like Lumbini, where Buddha was born; Bodhgaya, where he gained enlightenment; Sarnath, where he gave his first sermon; and Kushinagar, where he attained nirvana

INDIA INNOVATION INDEX

NITI Aayog with Institute for Competitiveness as the knowledge partner released the India Innovation Index (III) 2019 on October 11, 2019
Karnataka is the Most Innovative State among Major States
Sikkim is the Most Innovative State among North-Eastern & Hill States
Delhi is the Most Innovative among Union Territories

BSE Sensex: 39,052 (+453), NSE Nifty: 11,586.35 (+122)
Neelkanth Mishra, Nilesh Shah and Anantha Nageswaran appointed as part-time members to the Economic Advisory to the Prime Minister
Facebook to train 5000 tribal girls in Indian villages in digital leadership skills under its ‘GOAL’ (Going Online as Leaders) initiative

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty observed on October 17, theme: Acting Together to Empower Children, their Families and Communities to End Poverty
Air Forces of India and Oman holding Exercise Eastern Bridge-V in Oman from October 17 to 26
Sri Lanka’s third international airport inaugurated in Jaffna with flight arriving from Chennai
EU and UK reach an agreement on Brexit deal; UK’s PM Boris Johnson and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called it a fair outcome
Qatar to end the ‘kafala’ system that ties foreign workers to their employer and requires them to have their company’s permission to leave the country: ILO