Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 27 November 2019

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

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis resigns; Uddhav Thackeray of ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ (Congress, NCP & Shiv Sena) to become new CM
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 passed by Parliament
Constitution Day celebrated on November 26, the day when India adopted its Constitution in 1949
Defence Ministry organising DEFCOM INDIA 2019 seminar on Nov 26-27 in Delhi on theme: “Communications: A Decisive Catalyst for Jointness”
DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy awarded honorary fellowship by the Royal Aeronautical Society of UK
Renowned cartoonist Sudhir Dhar dies at the age of 87
Parliament passes National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill; NIDs at Amaravati (AP), Bhopal (MP), Jorhat (Assam) and Kurukshetra (Haryana) declared as institutions of national importance
HRD Minister launches kartavya.ugc.ac.in portal on ‘Constitution Day’ for holding monthly essay competitions for students

LOKPAL LOGO & MOTTO

The Chairman of Lokpal, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, launched the logo of Lokpal in New Delhi
Logo design of Prashant Mishra of Prayagraj (UP) was selected
The motto of Lokpal “मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् (Do not be greedy for anyone’s wealth) was also adopted.

PETROL PUMP NORMS

unveils norms for setting up petrol pumps
Non-oil companies can also set up petrol pumps
Any entity seeking authorisation for retail marketing only should have a minimum net worth of at least Rs 250 crore
Licensees required to set up a minimum of 100 outlets with at least 5% of them in remote areas
Licensee would also be required to “install facilities for marketing at least one new generation alternate fuels like CNG

MILK STATS

November 26, birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien (1921-2012), celebrated as National Milk Day
Data on milk production and availability in India announced by Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Giriraj Singh
India is the largest milk producing country in the world
Milk production in India was 187.75 million tonnes in 2018-19
Per capita availability of milk was 394 grams in 2018-19

Pakistan’s Supreme Court suspends Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s three-year term extension
Goar Vartanyan, Soviet spy who helped prevent a Nazi assassination of allied leaders in Tehran in 1943, dies at 93 in Moscow
Pre-dawn earthquake of 6.4 magnitude kills 16 in Albania
13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision during an operation against militants in Mali

ARCHERY

Indian archers won three bronze medals at the ongoing Asian Championship in Bangkok.
Atanu das won in men’s recurve individual event
Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai and Jayanta Talukdar won in men’s recurve team event
Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Ankita Bhakat won in women’s recurve team event