Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 13 December 2019

Here are the top News Headlines of 13 December 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

National Current Affairs

• The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed by Rajya Sabha; seeks to include certain tribal communities in Karnataka into Scheduled Tribe category
• International Seminar cum Exhibition on Naval Weapon Systems ‘NAVARMS – 2019’ being held in Delhi on December 12-13
• GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd) hands over LCU (Landing Craft Utility) amphibious ship to Indian Navy
• Bangladesh Navy Chief Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury visits naval units in Visakhapatnam
• Veteran Telugu actor, writer Gollapudi Maruti Rao dies at 80
• Social worker Minoti Riba, wife of former Arunachal Pradesh CM Tomo Riba, dies in Itanagar at 83

IFSC BILL

• Parliament has passed the International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019
• The Bill seeks to set up a unified authority for regulating all financial activities in international financial services centres (IFSCs) in the country.
• It was passed by Rajya Sabha on December 12 and Lok Sabha on December 11.
• The first IFSC in India has been set up at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in Gandhinagar

CONSTITUTION (126th) AMENDMENT BILL

• Parliament has passed the Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill
• The Bill seeks to extend reservation to SCs and STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another ten years
• The Bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on December 12 and Lok Sabha on December 11
• Given for the past 70 years, the reservation was due to end on January 25, 2020
• Reservation given to Anglo-Indian community has not been extended in the new bill
• The bill would now be sent to states for ratification by 50% of the assemblies before it comes into force

CENTRAL SANSKRIT UNIVERSITIES BILL

• The Lok Sabha passed the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019.
• The Bill seeks to upgrade three deemed Sanskrit universities into Central universities
• They are: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Bhopal, Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati

Economy & Business Current Affairs

• Industrial production declines by 3.8% in October
• Retail inflation rises to over three-year high of 5.54% in November
• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank lists on stock exchanges after successful IPO
• India Design Council launches initiatives — Chartered Designs of India (CDI) and Design Education Quality Mark (DEQM) — to promote Design Education and Standards
• FSSAI, Nasscom Foundation partner to develop app to prevent food wastage
• Tara Sinha, the founder of advertising agencies Clarion and Tara Sinha Associates, dies at 88
• Amazon’s Audible launches an India-first audio service ‘Suno’

International Current Affairs

• Indian embassy, NGO INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) to rebuild 11 heritage sites damaged in Nepal earthquake of 2015
• Voters in Bougainville opt for independence from Papua New Guinea in referendum
• World’s first fully electric commercial plane, operated by Harbour Air, takes flight in Canada
• International Universal Health Coverage Day celebrated on December 12 with the theme ‘Keep the promise’
• International Day of Neutrality observed on December 12

Sports Current Affairs

• Pakistan’s Aleem Dar breaks West Indian Steve Bucknor’s record of umpiring in most number of Tests in his 129th test at Perth
• Spain’s football league LaLiga names cricketer Rohit Sharma as its brand ambassador in India

FICCI INDIA SPORTS AWARDS

• The FCCI India Sports Awards 2019 were presented to the winners in New Delhi
• Best National Sports Federation: National Rifle Association of India
• Sports person (female): Rani Rampal (hockey)
• Sports person (male): Saurabh Chaudhary (shooting)
• Para-athlete: Sandeep Chaudhary (javelin).
• Breakthrough sports person: Amit Panghal (boxing)
• Lifetime achievement (administrator): Govindaraj Kempareddy
• Lifetime achievement: Pankaj Advani (cue sport)
• Best State promoting sports: Odisha
• Best sports journalist: Kamesh Srinivasan