Category: All Current Affairs

First Officer to the newly created Guwahati based Eastern Command

October 22, 2020

• 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.

October 21observed Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day

October 22, 2020

• 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.

Zarina Roshan Khan passes away

October 21, 2020

• Zarina Roshan Khan, the famous TV Actress passed away recently.

NK Singh launches his autobiography ‘Portraits Of Power’

October 21, 2020

• 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 book is published by Rupa Publications India.

India records highest ever FDI in April-August 2020

October 21, 2020

• 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 ranked 2nd in OECD International Migration Outlook report

October 21, 2020

• 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.

Union Cabinet approves bonus for central govt employees, 30.67 lakh to benefit

October 21, 2020

• 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 CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘Mo Bidyut’ portal

October 21, 2020

• 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.

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project

October 21, 2020

• 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.

Government bans sale of natural gas, coal-bed methane to self

October 21, 2020

• The government has banned sale of natural gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) to self under its newly notified gas marketing freedom guidelines.