Top GKToday’s News Headlines-13 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 13, 2020.

PM IN KOLKATA
PM attends function at Belur Math, the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission in Howrah district, to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
PM unveils a statue of Swami Vivekananda at the Old Currency Building in Kolkata
PM releases a commemorative stamp marking celebrations of 150 years of Kolkata Port Trust.
PM rechristens Kolkata Port Trust after Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda celebrated as National Youth Day on January 12
23rd National Youth Festival 2020 being organised in Lucknow from January 12 to 16

Home Minister Amit Shah launches country’s first Cyber Crime Prevention Unit AASHVAST in Gandhinagar; VISWAS (Video Integration and StateWide Advance Security) project also launched
Yashaswini Scheme for Women entrepreneurship launched in Panaji, Goa by Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Textiles, Smriti Irani
UP govt. to set up Rs 234 crore zoological garden named after freedom fighter Ashfaqullah Khan (1900-1927) in Gorakhpur
Geo-political conference ‘Raisina Dialogue’ will be organised in New Delhi on January 14-16 by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF); Theme: ’21@20: Navigating the Alpha Century’
Cartoonist Thomas Antony dies in Malappuram district of Kerala at the age of 62.

RBI releases National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI) report for the period 2019-2024

Taal volcano erupts near Philippine capital Manila
Robert Abela appointed new Prime Minister of Malta
Internet shutdown: India suffers $1.3 billion economic loss; 3rd most affected country after Iraq and Sudan says ‘The Global Cost of Internet Shutdowns in 2019’ report of internet research firm Top10VPN

Serbia defeated Spain 2-1 to win ATP Cup tennis tournament in Sydney
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Rafael Nadal (Spain) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)
Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) beat Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) 7-5, 6-1
Novak Djokovic & Viktor Troicki (Serbia) beat Feliciano Lopez & Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 6-3, 6-4 in doubles

Serena Williams (US) wins women’s singles title at ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland, New Zealand
Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) wins women’s singles title at Brisbane International tennis tournament
Japan’s Kento Momota (men’s) and China’s Chen Yufei (women’s) win Singles titles at the Malaysia Masters Badminton
Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto sets a new men’s 10 km road world record of 26 minutes 24 seconds in Valencia, Spain
Hero MotoSports Team’s Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves dies in accident during the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia