Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 17 December 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 17 December 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Vice Chief Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane set to become next chief of the Indian Army
Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force pay tributes at National War Memorial in New Delhi on Vijay Diwas; India’s victory over Pakistan in Bangladesh liberation war of 1971
Amitabha Bagchi wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for his novel ‘Half the Night is Gone’
Court annuls election of Samajwadi Party’s Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan as MLA from Suar, UP in 2017 for being underage (below 25 years)
Delhi Development Authority (DDA) portal for registration of properties in unauthorised colonies in the city launched

Bangladesh celebrates its 49th ‘Victory Day’ that marks its liberation from Pakistan; Indian Army contingent participates in Dhaka parade for the first time
Global Refugee Forum to be held in Geneva on December 17-18 by UNHCR and the government of Switzerland

Wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation rises to 0.58% in November, was 0.16% in October
India secures USD 277 million loan from Germany to establish an energy-efficient housing programme
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) tops Fortune India 500 list with a revenue of Rs 5.81 lakh crore in 2018-19 followed by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) with Rs 5.36 lakh crore
Sridhar Patra appointed new CMD of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)
Canada’s Brookfield Infrastructure Partners to acquire telecom tower assets of Reliance Jio

Alexandra Kosteniuk wins women’s FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament in Monaco; India’s Koneru Humpy finishes runner-up
Tata Steel Kolkata 25K: Kenyan Leonard Barsoton (1:13:48) and Ethiopian Guteni Shone (1:22:09) win the elite men and women’s titles