Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 29 November 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 29 November 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as 18th CM of Maharashtra
Maha Vikas Aghadi, an alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, has formed the new government in Maharashtra
Lok Sabha passes bill to provide ownership title to over 40 lakh people in unauthorised colonies in the national capital
Lok Sabha passes Bill banning manufacture, import or sale of e-cigarettes in the country
UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) launches the country chapter of its Accelerator Lab in New Delhi
All India Police Science Congress being organised in Lucknow on November 28-29, 2019.
Indian Navy test-fires Brahmos supersonic cruise missile of 290-km range
Indian Army test fires Spike anti-tank missiles of 4 km range
BJP wins Pithoragarh assembly seat in Uttarakhand in byelection
West Bengal: Trinamool Congress wins Kaliaganj, Kharagpur Sadar and Karimpur assembly seats in byelections

IFFI

50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) concluded in Goa on November 28
Golden Peacock Award: ‘Particles’ (French) directed by Blaise Harrison and produced by Estelle Fialon
Best Director Award: Lijo Jose Pellissery for ‘Jallikattu’ (Malayalam)
Best Actor (Male) Award: Seu Jorge for his role in ‘Marighella’ (Portuguese)
Best Actor (Female) Award: Usha Jadhav for her role in ‘Mai Ghatt: Crime No. 103/2005’ (Marathi)
Special Jury Award: Pema Tseden for ‘Balloon’ (Chinese)
Centenary Award for ‘Best Debut Feature Film of a Director’: Won jointly by Amin Sidi Boumediene for ‘Abou Leila’ and Marius Olteanu for ‘Monsters’
ICFT–UNESCO Gandhi Medal: ‘Rwanda’ (Italian)

INDIA CORRUPTION SURVEY

Transparency International India (TII) and LocalCircles conducted the ‘India Corruption Survey 2019’ in 20 states
Incidents of bribery in the country declined by 10% since last year
51 per cent Indians paid bribe in the last 12 months

Grid connected solar power generation capacity at 31,696 Mega Watt (MW) till October 2019
Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed by Parliament; monetary limits for chit funds raised three-fold
Aditya Birla Finance becomes first company to list commercial papers on stock exchanges
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) becomes the first Indian company to cross Rs 10 lakh crore in market capitalisation (m-cap)
BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty close at life-time highs of 41,130.17 (+109.56) and 12,151.15 (+50.45) respectively
ADB to provide $451 million loan to strengthen power connectivity in Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC)

Pakistan’s Supreme Court grants six-month conditional extension to Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa
US President signs a bill that proposes to impose sanctions on officials targeting pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong

Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok: India’s Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat win gold and silver respectively in the women’s individual recurve event