Top GKToday’s News Headlines-19 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 19, 2020.

Lieutenant General SK Saini appointed new Vice Chief of Army Staff
Former bureaucrat Nripendra Misra appointed chairperson of the executive council of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)
Election Commission’s ‘cVIGIL’ and ‘Voter Helpline App’ win 2019 eGovernance ‘Award of Excellence’ given by the Computer Society of India (CSI), Special Interest Group on e-Governance (CSI SIG e-Gov)
Ashwini Kumar Chopra, editor of Hindi newspaper Punjab Kesari and BJP MP from Karnal in Haryana in 2014-19, dies at 63 in Gurugram
National Immunization Day will be observed on January 19
Merck Young Scientist Award 2019 in Chemical Sciences awarded to Dr Sakya Singha Sen from National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune

RBI holds 625.2 tonnes of gold (6.6% of its forex reserves): World Gold Council (WGC)

Annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will be organised at Davos, Switzerland from January 20 to 24
The theme is: “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Piyush Goyal will lead the Indian delegation

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval calls on Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo
Tropical Cyclone Tino batters Fiji
Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08 cm and was verified by the Guinness World Records as ‘world’s shortest man who could walk’, dies at 27 in Pokhara, Nepal

Rome Ranking Series wrestling tournament: Vinesh Phogat wins gold in women’s 53 kg, Anshu Malik silver in women’s 57 kg
‘Fit India Cyclothon’ organised at Panaji, Goa as part of Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry’s ‘Fit India Mission’
India’s Sania Mirza and Nadia Kichenok of Ukraine win women’s doubles title at Hobart International tennis
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty wins women’s singles title at ATP-WTA Adelaide International tennis
Union Minister Arjun Munda becomes President of suspended Archery Association of India (AAI)