Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 19 OCTOBER 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 19 October 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

IPS officer Anup Kumar Singh appointed new Director General of National Security Guard (NSG)
Defence Minister approves admission of girls in Sainik schools from next academic session
India-UK research collaboration creates robot named Pepe which encourages children to wash their hands
Veteran actor Deepti Naval was honoured with the Excellence in Cinema Award at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
SC orders transfer of Assam NRC (National Register of Citizens) coordinator, Prateek Hajela, to MP on deputation
Declaration of holiday by govt under Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act not applicable to private firms: Madras HC
11th Nuclear Energy Conclave organised in New Delhi with its theme as ‘Economics of Nuclear Power- Innovation towards Safer & Cost-Effective Technologies’

BSE Sensex: 39,298.38 (+246.32), NSE Nifty: 11,661.85 (+75.50)
Reliance Industries (RIL) becomes first Indian company to hit market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs. 9 lakh crore
directs banks to waive Merchant Discount Rate charges on digital payments made to establishments having turnover in excess of Rs 50 crore from November 1
Foreign exchange reserves reach a life-time high of USD 439.712 billion, in the week to October 11
Common Service Centres that provide digital government services in rural areas can now open Amul Café
Govt to bring all medical devices under Drugs and Cosmetics Act for quality check
Vibrant Goa Global Expo and Summit 2019 being held on October 17-19

President Kovind and Philippine’s President Rodrigo Duterte hold talks at the Malacanang Palace in Manila
International terror financing watchdog FATF (Financial Action Task Force) retains Pakistan on the Grey List
US imposes tariffs on USD 7.5 billion worth of EU goods including Airbus aircrafts, French wine and Scottish whiskies
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir went on the first all women spacewalk outside the International Space Station
The Interpol will hold its General Assembly in India in 2022.
Internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi painter Kalidas Karmakar dies in Dhaka at 73