The INS Kavaratti is one of the four indigenously built anti-submarine Warfare stealth corvettes under project 28. The project 28 is also called Kamorta class Corvettes
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.
The world economic forum recently released the third edition of the future of jobs report 2020.According to the report the covid-19 and its impacts will disrupt more than 85 million jobs by 2025.
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.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the Memorandum of Understanding signed between The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Malaysian Institute of certified public Accountants.
The Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Indian Space Research Organisation and the National Space Research and Development agency of Nigeria.
The Tamil Nadu State government is to implement the smart blackboard scheme in more than 80,000 Government schools. This is to ensure a better teaching environment.
The Union Cabinet on October 21, 2020 approved the adoption of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, paving way for local body elections in the Union territory.
The Indo Tibetan Border Police guards the line of actual control. It has recently posted the first officer to head the newly created Guwahati based Eastern command.
Every year the Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day is marked on October 21 to create awareness of the importance of Iodine in everyday diet.
Veteran Economist and bureaucrat N K (Nand Kishore) Singh has released his autobiography titled “Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at Ringside”.
The Commerce and Industry Ministry informed on October 20, 2020, that India received its highest-ever Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in April-August 2020, the first five months of the financial year.
India has acquired the second rank in terms of the number of migrants going to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and acquiring the citizenship of those countries.
China retained its top spot with 4.3 lakh migrants.
The Union Cabinet on October 21, 2020 approved bonus for central government employees for the year 2019-2020. Around 30.67 lakh employees are expected to benefit from the announcement.
Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik has launched the electricity consumer service portal” Mo Bidyut” and a mobile app through video conference. This portal will benefit around 89 lakh electricity consumers of the state.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) held on October 20, 2020 that the environmental clearance granted to the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project in Telangana was in violation of legal requirements.