Top GKToday’s News Headlines – 22 OCTOBER 2019

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Here are the top News Headlines of 22 October 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.

Siachen area, world’s highest battlefield, now open to tourists: Defence Minister
Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launches E-Portal, YouTube Channel of Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT)
UN World Food Programme (WFP) launches campaign ‘Feed Our Future’ against hunger and malnutrition in India
Nepali officers begin training on ‘Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism’ in India at the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN), Bengaluru
AYUSH ministry signs MoU with the Defence ministry to provide traditional medicine services at the armed forces’ hospitals
Pakistan has unilaterally stopped postal services to and from India after August 27: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

BRIDGE IN LADAKH INAUGURATED

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on October 21, 2019 inaugurated ‘Col Chewang Rinchen Setu’
The strategically important bridge is over Shyok river in Ladakh region.
The 430-meter-long bridge, built by Border Roads Organisation, connects Durbuk and Daulat Beg Oldie in Eastern Ladakh.

POLICE COMMEMORATION DAY

Police Commemoration Day observed on October 21, 2019.
The day is observed every year in memory of the policemen killed at Hot Springs in Ladakh by Chinese troops on this date in 1959.

Govt rolls out 6th tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme from October 21 to 25; fixes issue price at Rs 3835/gram
Govt launches BHIM 2.0 with new functionalities, additional language support
Members of US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) led by Chairman John Chambers meets PM Modi in Delhi

Raunak Sadhwani becomes India’s 65th chess Grandmaster at 13 years, nine months and 28 days
Andy Murray wins men’s singles title at European Open tennis in Antwerp

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