Top GKToday’s News Headlines-14 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 14, 2020.

Senior IPS officer AP Maheshwari appointed as the Director-General of CRPF
Island Development Agency (IDA) meeting chaired by Union Home Minister identifies 16 islands in Andaman & Nicobar and 10 in Lakshadweep for holistic development.
India to host annual meeting of council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) says SCO Secretary General Vladimir Norov
Economist Amit Bhaduri gives up emeritus professorship at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Veteran Odia filmmaker Manmohan Mohapatra dies at 69

Retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), rises to 7.35% in December 2019; was 5.54% in November 2019.
Indian Navy starts using high flash high speed diesel (HFHSD IN 512); manufactured by Indian Oil Corporation
TRAI amends New Tariff Order (NTO) allowing consumers to have 200 channels instead of 100 at the same price of Rs 130
SC constitutes 4-member committee for speedy auction of properties of now defunct Amrapali Group; asks PSU NBCC (National Buildings Construction Corporation) to start work on 7 seven stalled projects

World Future Energy Summit being held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from January 13 to 16; theme: Rethinking Global Consumption, Production, and Investment
Britain’s conservative philosopher Roger Scruton dies at 75

Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in Jeddah to win Spanish Super Cup football title
Sportstar Aces Awards: Indian Test side: Team of the Year, wrestler Bajrang Punia: Sportsman of the Year (Individual Sports), Koneru Humpy (chess) & Apurvi Chandela (shooting): joint winners of Sportswoman of the Year (Individual Sports)
Jasprit Bumrah won BCCI’s Polly Umrigar Award for the best international cricketer in 2018-19 while Poonam Yadav was best international women cricketer