Nityanand Nayak will be conferred the prestigious Sarala Puraskar for his poetry work ‘Setebelaku Nathiba’ which was published in 2017. The poet will be felicitated with a cash award of `5 lakh and a citation.
For the contribution to fields of music and art, Ranjit Kumar Nag and Shyamsundar Pattanaik will be felicitated.
Bishr al-Khasawneh has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Jordan. His appointment was approved by the King of Jordan, Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein.
India’s First Anti-Radiation Missile named Rudram 1 successfully tested. This Missile is Developed by DRDO and it is a new generation anti-radiation missile.
A well-known scientist & a Nobel Prize winner Mario Molina passed away recently.
He shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Frank Sherwood Rowland of the United States (US) and Paul Crutzen of the Netherlands for their 1970 research on the damage to the Ozone layer.
10 October, as an extension of World Post Day, which is celebrated on 9 October. The Day aims to commemorate the role played by the Indian postal department for the past 150 years.
The Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been assigned the additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in addition to his existing portfolios, following the death of union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
Mukhyamantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana launched in Dehradun by the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat with an aim to promote self-employment of the youth and also promote production of green energy.
Jagan Anna Vidya kanuka scheme under which the state government will provide school kits to 43.32 to lakh government school students has been launched by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
For designing, building and operating Noida International Airport at Jewar for a period of 40 years, the Uttar Pradesh government has signed a concession agreement with representatives of Zurich Airport International.
The Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani, has topped the Forbes India Rich list for 2020.
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani, with a net worth of $25.2 billion got the 2nd position. Tech tycoon Shiv Nadar acquired the third spot with a net worth of $20.4 billion.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the term of Rajesh Kumar (R.K.) Chhibber as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Jammu & Kashmir Bank for another 6 months, effective from October 10, 2020.
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to release a commemorative coin of 100 rupees in honour of Vijaya Raje Scindia who is also known as Rajmata of Gwalior.
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has passed a first-of-its-kind in India ‘Tree Transplantation Policy’ to preserve trees for clean and green Delhi.
The Defence Research Development Organization successfully fired the Nirbhay Cruise Missile. The missile has a Ring Laser Gyroscope based guidance and MEMS based inertial navigation system. MEMS is Micro Electro Mechanical System.