Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 8 January, 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for January 8, 2020.

JMM MLA Rabindra Nath Mahato unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Jharkhand Assembly
I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar confers the first ‘Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas’ awards to 30 media organizations
Acclaimed painter & sculptor Akbar Padamsee dies in Coimbatore at 91; won Padma Bhushan and Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship
Former commander of the Army’s Western Command Lt Gen P N Hoon dies in Chandigarh at 90

India’s GDP growth rate for 2019-20 estimated at 5%; was 6.8% in 2018-19: Govt.
India’s per-capita monthly income up by 6.8% to Rs 11,254 during 2019-20: Govt.
IBBI notifies the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020
2nd National GST Conference held in New Delhi for streamlining GST system
Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) raises $1 billion through an overseas bond sale to execute regular activities
Group of Ministers (GoM) led by Home Minister Amit Shah approves Expression of Interest (EoI) as well as the share purchase agreement for Air India’s privatisation
Apparel Export Promotion Council of India (AEPC) appoints A Sakthivel as its new Chairman

NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) discovers an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star
Pakistan’s National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, passes bills giving 3-year extension to Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa
Iran designates US armed forces and Pentagon as ‘terrorist entities’