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10th Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Group Meeting held

India-US
  • The Indian and U.S. Defense Delegations virtually conducted 10th Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Group Meeting with an aim to bring sustained leadership focus to the bilateral defense trade relationship and create opportunities for co-production and co-development of defense equipment.

IBSA Foreign Ministers’ Virtual Meeting

IBSA
  • External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India, Shri S. Jaishankar, chaired the customary meeting of IBSA Foreign Ministers through video conferencing. During the meet, India, Brazil and South Africa emphasized the need for the international community to redouble efforts to achieve tangible progress for accelerated and comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council.

Environment Ministerial Meeting of G20 held

Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit to prepare an action plan against COVID-19
  • The Environment Ministerial Meeting (EMM) of the G20 countries was held through video conferencing under the Presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Union Environment, Climate Change and Forest Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar represented India in the meeting.

Russia chaired 10th BRICS NSAs meeting

BRICS
  • Russia chaired the 10th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives on National Security that will deliberate upon the issues related to strengthening political security and cooperation among the five countries.

On 2nd October PM Modi to inaugurate VAIBHAV Summit

VAIBHAV Summit
  • On 2nd October 2020 Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit.
  • The VAIBHAV Summit is a joint initiative of all S&T and Academic Organisations of India (working in Research, Academic and Scientific fields) to enable deliberations on thought processes, practices and R&D culture with a problem-solving approach for well-defined objectives.

India helds Webinar with Israel

India and Israel
  • A webinar was held between India and Israel, under the aegis of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence through SIDM.
  • The Theme of the webinar was “Indian Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership: Webinar and Expo”.

“RAISE 2020” summit on October 5-9

RAISE 2020
  • A summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI), RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020′ will be organised from October 5-9, 2020 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog.

India and Denmark: Green strategic partnership

India-Denmark
  • India and Denmark held a bilateral summit through a virtual platform on Green strategic partnership that will address global challenges and solutions on green energy transition and climate change.

VAIBHAV Summit 2020

VAIBHAV Summit
  • VAIBHAV (Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik) will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2 virtually. The Summit is scheduled from 2nd October to 31st October 2020.

QUAD Foreign Ministers meet held in Tokyo

QUAD Foreign Ministers meet
  • The foreign ministers of India, Japan, US and Australia held the Quad foreign ministers meet. India was represented by the External Affairs minister S JaiShankar.

Russia will host the 12th BRICS Summit to be held on 17 November

BRICS
  • The 12th BRICS Summit is scheduled to be held on 17th November 2020 via video conference which will be chaired by Russia.
  • The theme of the Meeting of the Leaders of BRICS countries is “BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth”.

7th meeting of Ministers of Justice of SCO

Ravi Shankar Prasad
  • The 7th meeting of Ministers of (Law and) Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States was virtually hosted by Indian Minister of Law & Justice, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad.

BECA pact during 2+2 Dialogue

BECA pact
  • The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister Jay Shankar will hold 2+2 dialogue with their United States counterparts marked as per and Mike pompeo.

India, Vietnam Business Forum held in virtual mode

India, Vietnam Business Forum
  • The India Vietnam Business Forum was held via video conference on October 20, 2020. During the meet, both sides reaffirmed the growing bilateral trade and the investment ties between both nations.
  • The Business Forum between India and Vietnam was co-organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and India Chamber of Commerce.

3rd India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held in New Delhi

3rd India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
  • India is hosting the third India-US two plus two Ministerial Dialogue at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar are leading the Indian delegation.

India, Mexico hold 8th joint commission meeting

S Jaishankar
  • India and Mexico on October 29, 2020, held their 8th Joint Commission Meeting virtually and reviewed the bilateral cooperation in several areas including agriculture, trade, investment, education, and health.

ECI organized International Virtual Election Visitors Programme

Election Commission of India
  • The Election Commission of India is to organize a three-day International Virtual Election Visitors Programme.
  • It is a flagship programme of Election Commission of India.
  • The main objective of conducting the programme is to provide a unique overview of SVEEP programme.

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