Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 9 August 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 9 August 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 (NCeG) being held in Shillong, Meghalaya on August 8-9
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel disqualifies rebel AAP MLAs Devinder Sehrawat and Anil Bajpai under the anti-defection law
Manipur tops rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in the country; UP, Rajasthan Bihar at the bottom
Pakistan closes Samjhauta Express train service; runs from Delhi to Attari on the Indian side and from Lahore to Wagah on the Pakistan side
Defence Acquisition Council approves procurement of indigenous SDR, Next Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Batteries for Indian Navy
Assam: Sukhoi-30 fighter jet of IAF crashes in Tezpur, both pilots eject safely

BSE Sensex: 37,327.36 (+636.86), NSE Nifty: 11,032.45 (+176.95)
National Electronic Funds Transfer(NEFT) facility will be available round-the-clock for the customers: RBI
sanctions 5595 electric buses in 64 cities for intracity and intercity operations under 2nd phase of FAME India scheme
CBDT raises monetary limits for filing of appeals by the Income Tax Department at various tribunals in order to reduce litigation
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting launches e-version of ‘Rozgar Samachar’
Tenure of SBI MD Dinesh Kumar Khara extended by two years from August 9
ADB to provide USD 200 million loan for improving road infrastructure in 34 districts of Maharashtra

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples observed on August 9 with its theme as ‘Indigenous Languages’
UN observing 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages
Shah Rukh Khan honoured with the Excellence in Cinema award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM)

South Africa’s Hashim Amla retires from cricket at 36; made 9,282 runs in 124 Test matches & 8,113 runs in 181 ODIs
World Archery suspends the Archery Association of India for defying its guidelines by electing two parallel bodies