GK Top Headlines (17/7/2018)

Top Headlines

🔹PM Modi lays foundation stone of Poorvanchal

🔹Expressway in UP

President calls for promoting financial literacy among women

🔹India inaugurates its largest visa centre in Bangladesh

🔹Minority Affairs Minister flags off first batch of Hajj pilgrims

🔹Heavy rain forecast for Uttarakhand

   

NATIONAL NEWS

🔹Rajnath calls on Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina

🔹Army chief visits Akhnoor sector in Jammu

🔹Amit Shah calls upon youth to contribute in making of New India by 2022

🔹Sushma Swaraj embarks two-day visit to Manama

🔹PM Modi to share his thoughts in Mann Ki Baat programme on July 29th

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

🔹1500 booked for taking out rally in support of Nawaz Sharif

🔹UNSC imposes arms embargo on South Sudan

🔹Heavy rain, thunderstorms wreak havoc in China

🔹Afghan official says insurgents kill 11 soldiers in west

🔹12 Russian agents indicted in Mueller probe

SPORTS NEWS

🔹 Cricket: England beat India by 86 Run in  2nd ODI 

🔹PV Sindhu battles her way into final of Thailand Open

🔹Novak Djokovic enters Wimbledon final

🔹Wimbledon: Kevin Anderson sails into final of men's singles

STATE NEWS

🔹Goa CM inaugurates Goa IT Day celebrations

🔹Amit Shah to hold meetings with party leaders in Ahmedabad yesterday

🔹14th batch of 3,048 Amarnath pilgrims leave base camp in Jammu

🔹Chhattisgarh: 2 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Sukma district of Bastar division

🔹Tripura reaps benefits of Mission Indradhanush

BUSINESS NEWS

🔹Sensex adds 87 points in all time high close in afternoon trade to 36,635

🔹Reserve Bank makes it compulsory to incorporate purchaser’s name on the face of payment instrumentalities to prevent money laundering

🔹SEBI to soon come out with consultation paper on developing robust secondary market for debt segment