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India, Mexico hold 8th joint commission meeting

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  • 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.

Indian Army launches Secure Messaging Application

Army
  • The Indian Army launched a messaging mobile application called the SAI. The application will provide secure voice, video and text calling services to the soldiers of Indian Army.

Software for Infrastructure Management launched by Indian Army

Indian Army
  • The Chief of Army Staff inaugurated a unique ‘Infrastructure Management System’ software on the sidelines of the Army Commanders Conference which was held on October 28, 2020.

Author and Editor Daniel Menaker passes away

Daniel Menaker
  • Daniel Menaker, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction and a longtime editor at The New Yorker and Random House who worked with Alice Munro, Salman Rushdie, Colum McCann and many others, passed away.

ISRO to launch Earth Observation Satellite EOS-1 and 9 Customer Satellites

Earth Observation Satellite EOS-1 and 9 Customer Satellites
  • The Indian Space Research Organisation is to launch Earth observation satellite, RISAT-2BR2 and nine other customer satellites by November 7, 2020.

National Unity Day: 31 October

National Unity Day
  • In India, the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day is observed every year on October 31 since 2014, to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

World Cities Day: 31 October

World Cities Day
  • The United Nations General Assembly has designated the 31st of October as World Cities Day.
  • 2020 Theme: Valuing Our Communities and Cities

Meri Saheli initiative launched by Indian Railways

Meri Saheli
  • Indian Railways has launched the ‘Meri Saheli’ initiative which focuses on the safety of women passengers travelling through trains across all the zones. It was launched as a pilot project in the South Eastern Railway in September 2020.

NITI Aayog releases Draft Model Act on Land Titles

NITI Aayog
  • NITI Aayog released Draft Model Act and rules for states on land titling. This has been introduced to reduce litigation. In turn, the process of land acquisition will get eased.

Panna Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh gets UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status

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  • In Madhya Pradesh, the Panna Tiger Reserve has been included in the ‘World Network of Biosphere Reserves’ list of the UNESCO. Currently, Panna Tiger Reserve is home to 54 tigers.

Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao launches ‘Dharani’ Portal

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  • Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao has launched the web portal ‘Dharani’ for land and property registrations.

India’s first seaplane service in Gujarat connecting Kevadia-Sabarmati

Seaplane
  • On his second day of the visit, PM inaugurated the first of its kind Seaplane service of the country in Gujarat.

India extends $1 bn credit line to Central Asian countries

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  • The second meeting of the India-Central Asia Dialogue was held virtually, under the chairmanship of the External Affairs Minister of India Dr S Jaishankar.

Annual Status of Education Report for Rural India

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  • The Annual Status of Education Report for Rural India was recently released by Pratham Education Foundation. The survey was conducted in 26 states and four Union Territories.

Om Puri awarded Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously at IIFFB 2020

Om Puri
  • Late Indian actor Om Puri was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the third edition of the India International Film Festival of Boston (IIFFB 2020).

World’s first scientoon book “Bye Bye Corona” by Anandiben Patel

Bye Bye Corona
  • World’s 1st scientoon book entitled “Bye Bye Corona”, was released by Anandiben Patel, Governor, Uttar Pradesh. The book was written by ‘scientoonist’ Dr Pradeep Srivastava, former Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.

Indian Army launches indigenous mobile application SAI

Indian Army
  • The Indian Army has launched a secured messaging application platform named ‘Secure Application for the Internet’ (SAI).

Malabar Exercise to be held in Bay of Bengal

Malabar Exercise
  • The first phase of Malabar Exercise is to be held in Bay of Bengal between November 3, 2020 and November 6, 2020. The navies of India, Japan, US and Australia are to participate in the exercise.