Top GKToday’s News Headlines-27 July 2020

INDIA

• Army commemorates its victory over Pakistan in the 1999 Kargil war in ‘Operation Vijay’
• Centre to convert ravines in Gwalior-Chambal belt of MP into arable land with World Bank support: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• India’s holdings of US Govt. securities world’s 12th largest at USD 169.9 billion at the end of May; Japan’s largest at USD 1.260 trillion
• First container train from India (Kolkata) reaches Bangladesh (Benapole)

WORLD

• Australia rejects Beijing’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the UN
• Pakistanis lead al-Qaida faction, other terrorist groups in Asia: UN report
• TV personality and game show host Regis Philbin dies in US at 88