Top GKToday’s News Headlines-19 March 2020

March 18, 2020

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

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh among 37 candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
Defence Acquisition Council approves procurement of 83 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
16 rebel Congress MLAs in MP be allowed free, unrestrained exercise of their choice: SC
Rajya Sabha passes 2 bills on quality medical education system in homoeopathy and promotion of Indian systems of medicines
Coronavirus: HRD Ministry to launch e-classes on Swayam Prabha DTH channels for school students
Uttarakhand Govt. removes reservation in promotions for SC/ST employees
J&K Health Scheme launched to provide free of cost Universal Health Coverage to all residents of UT in convergence with Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

BSE Sensex sinks 1,710 points (–5.6%) to end at 28,869.51
NSE Nifty crashes 498 points (–4.8%) to close at 8,469
RBI to conduct open market operations (OMOs) on March 20 in the form of purchase of an aggregate amount of Rs 10,000 crore of government securities
RBI extends validity of Authorization issued to Vakrangee to setup, own and operate the White Label ATMs till 31 March 2021
S&P Global Ratings lowers India’s economic growth forecast to 5.2% for 2020
Volkswagen launches SUV T-Roc priced at Rs 19.99 lakh

WhatsApp launches ‘Coronavirus Information Hub’ in partnership with WHO, UNICEF and UNDP
WhatsApp donates USD 1 million to the Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) for coronavirus data
ADB announces USD 6.5 billion package for its developing member countries to fight the coronavirus pandemic