Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 27 December 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 27 December 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

SOLAR ECLIPSE

A partial solar eclipse visible in parts of India along with several other countries
This was an annular solar eclipse that happens when the Moon covers the sun’s centre, leaving the sun’s visible outer edges to form a ‘ring of fire’ or annulus – around the moon.

GOOD GOVERNANCE INDEX

A good governance index (GGI) has been launched by the central government to assess the state of governance in the country.
Tamil Nadu bagged the top position for Big States followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
In the North-East and Hill category, Himachal Pradesh topped the ranking.
Among the Union Territories, Pondicherry got the first position.

UGC DOCUMENTS ON QUALITY MANDATE

Union HRD Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched five documents developed by University Grants Commission, UGC covering the 5 verticals of Quality Mandate
These five documents cover evaluation reforms, eco-friendly & sustainable university campuses, human values & professional ethics, faculty induction and academic research integrity.

TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for the country’s first transit-oriented development (TOD) project in New Delhi
Under TOD, a state-of-the-art infrastructure zone, including the national capital’s tallest tower, will be built in east Delhi

DRI STAMP
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released a postage stamp on Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
- DRI was formed on December 4, 1957 to function as an apex intelligence agency of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs to counter the menace of smuggling.

PMVVY

makes Aadhaar mandatory for subscribers of the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), a pension scheme for senior citizens.
The scheme, which envisages an assured rate of return of 8% annually, is being implemented through LIC

RAILWAYS RECRUITMENT

All new recruits in railways will be inducted through the UPSC civil services exams under five specialities, Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav said
Four of them will be engineering specialities for ‘technical’ operations comprising of civil, mechanical, telecom and electrical, and one ‘non-technical’ speciality which will recruit officers for accounts, personnel and traffic.
Earlier the Cabinet approved the merger of its eight services into one — the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS).

Typhoon Phanfone kills 20 in Philippines
5th Round of India-Japan Maritime Affairs Dialogue held in Tokyo
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules government’s ban on access to Wikipedia breaches free speech

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac names five Cricketers of the Decade: Indian captain Virat Kohli, South Africans Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers, Australia’s Steve Smith and Australia’s woman all-rounder Ellyse Perry