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05th October is observed as World Teachers’ Day

October 5, 2020
World Teachers’ Day
  • World Teachers’ Day is observed globally on 5th October since 1994. In 2020, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”.

Super Speciality Block dedicated to COVID at Motilal Nehru Medical College inaugurated at Prayagraj

October 5, 2020
Harshvardhan
  • The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh inaugurated the Super Speciality Block (SSB) at Motilal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj which is built with an investment of Rs 150 crores under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).
  • The Super Speciality Block (SSB) is a 220-bedded facility, dedicated as a COVID Hospital (DCH) to the nation.

Right Livelihood Award 2020 announced

October 5, 2020
Right Livelihood Award 2020
  • The Right Livelihood Award Foundation has announced the four winners of the 2020 Right Livelihood Award 2020.
  • The four activists Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Nasrin Sotoudeh of Iran, Bryan Stevenson of the United States(US) and Lottie Cunningham Wren of Nicaragua shared the 2020 award for their contribution towards equality, democracy, justice and freedom.

A book titled ‘Discovering the Heritage of Assam’ launched

October 5, 2020
Discovering the Heritage of Assam
  • A Coffee Table Book on “Discovering the Heritage of Assam” written by Padampani Bora and having foreword by Amitabh Bachchan has been released by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh.

International Online Shooting Championship won by Visnu Shivaraj Pandian

October 5, 2020
Shooting and Archery Championships
  • India’s Visnu Shivaraj Pandian has won the 10m air rifle event at the fifth edition of the International Online Shooting Championship.

PM Modi dedicates Atal Tunnel to the nation

October 6, 2020
Atal Tunnel
  • The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has dedicated Atal Tunnel to the nation, on 3rd October 2020.
  • Atal Tunnel is the world’s longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet from the Mean Sea Level (MSL).
  • The tunnel has been named after former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Puducherry airport: AAI’s first 100% solar-powered airport

October 6, 2020
Puducherry airport
  • The Puducherry airport has become the first airport of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) which is entirely solar-powered. The approx cost of the plant is Rs 2.8 crore.

PM Modi inaugurates artificial intelligence ‘RAISE 2020’ Summit

October 6, 2020
RAISE 2020
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a five-day global virtual summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Responsible AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE 2020) summit organized by the Government of India in partnership with Industry and Academia.

DRDO successfully flight tests “Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo”

October 6, 2020
Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo
  • The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight tested the “Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo” (SMART) from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha.

Bollywood actress Mishti Mukherjee passes away

October 6, 2020
Mishti Mukherjee
  • Bollywood actress Mishti Mukherjee, who has featured in many Hindi, Bengali and Telugu films, and music videos has passed away.

Veteran Social activist Pushpa Bhave passes away

October 6, 2020
Pushpa Bhave
  • Veteran social activist, Prof Pushpa Bhave, also known as the Iron Lady of Mumbai, has passed away. She has been associated with the Rashtra Seva Dal and democratic movements.

AYUSH Standard Treatment Protocol launched

October 7, 2020
AYUSH Ministry
  • The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released “AYUSH Standard Treatment Protocol” which consists of self-care guidelines on preventive health measures.

Delhi Government to adopt “Bio-Decomposer” spraying to counter stubble burning

October 7, 2020
Arvind Kejriwal
  • Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Delhi Government is to adopt “Bio-Decomposer” spraying to counter stubble burning.

“Digital Seva Setu Programme” launched by Gujarat Government for rural areas

October 7, 2020
Gujarat
  • The Gujarat State Government launched “Digital Seva Setu Programme” for rural areas under the Bharat Net Project of the Centre.

India & Myanmar working together towards the operationalization of Strategic Sittwe Port in first quarter of 2021

October 7, 2020
India and Myanmar
  • India & Myanmar agreed to work together towards the operationalization of Strategic Sittwe Port in the first quarter of 2021.
  • Sittwe Port is an underwater port constructed by India at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Myanmar, on the Bay of Bengal.

GoI appoints three new economists as RBI’s MPC members

October 7, 2020
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)
  • Three new economists appointed as the members of the six-member rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by the Government of India.

NCERT and ISLRTC to sign MoU to help deaf children access education material

October 7, 2020
ncert
  • The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) and Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to make the education material accessible to the deaf children.

Nobel Prize for Physics, 2020

October 7, 2020
Nobel Prize for Physics
  • Roger Penrose was honored for the discovery that black hole formation is robust prediction of theory of relativity
  • Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel have been honored for the discovery of a supermassive object at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Dinesh Kumar Khara appointed as the chairman of SBI

October 7, 2020
Dinesh Kumar Khara
  • The government of India has appointed Dinesh Kumar Khara as the new Chairman of State Bank of India for a period of three years.
  • His appointment is effective from October 7.

QUAD Foreign Ministers meet held in Tokyo

October 7, 2020
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.

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