Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 3 OCTOBER 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 3 October 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

PM declares India open defecation-free at ‘Swachh Bharat Diwas’ programme at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad
PM releases commemorative stamps, Rs 150 coins on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary
Defence Minister unveils statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi Cantonment
Ministry of Tourism organising Paryatan Parv 2019 from October 2 to 13; its 3 components: Dekho Apna Desh, Tourism for All and Tourism & Governance.
Railway cleanliness survey: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Durgapura in Rajasthan emerge top three clean stations among 7200 stations
Most effective Swachchta Ambassador award presented to Sachin Tendulkar in Delhi
Noted nephrologist and Padma Shri awardee H L Trivedi dies at 87 in Ahmedabad
Chhattisgarh govt. launches Mukhyamantri Suposhan Scheme to fight malnutrition, Chief Minister Haat-bazaar Clinic Scheme for improving healthcare
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘Mo Sarkar’ (my government) initiative, speaks to people

Students from Delhi and NCR created two Guinness World Records on October 2, 2019.
First is the largest number of assembly and lighting of solar lamps (5000)
Second is environmental sustainability lessons to the largest number of students (5000) at one place

WEF organising India Economic Summit in New Delhi on October 3-4 under the theme — ‘Innovating for India: Strengthening South Asia, Impacting the World’
Samsung unveils smartphone Galaxy Fold — that comes with a foldable display —at a price tag of ₹1,64,999

K. Court dismisses Pakistan’s claim over Nizam’s funds, now worth 35 million pounds, transferred to a London bank in 1948
Kyrgyz human rights lawyer Azizbek Ashurov wins UNHCR’s Nansen Prize
Ecuador to withdraw from OPEC in January 2020
US military tests 6750 km range Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile
Viola Davis to receive Lifetime Achievement honour at Rome Film Festival
Global opera legend Jessye Norman dies at the age of 74 in New York
International Day of Non-Violence observed on October 2