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‘MSME Prerana’ launched by FM as a business mentoring programme

October 9, 2020
Nirmala Sitharaman
  • An online business mentoring programme for MSMEs by state-run Indian Bank named ‘MSME Prerana’ has been launched by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Country’s First Ever Advanced Manufacturing Hub: AMHUB

October 9, 2020
thermal plant
  • Country’s First Ever Advanced Manufacturing Hub to launch Country’s advanced manufacturing hub (AMHUB) in the Tamil Nadu with an aim to help the state in the sectors of solar energy, electronics, electric mobility and textiles.

World Post Day is celebrated on 9 October

October 9, 2020
World Post Day
  • To create awareness of the role of the postal sector in people’s and businesses’ everyday lives and its contribution to the social and economic development of countries, the United Nations celebrates World Post Day every year on 09th October.

Former CBI director Ashwani Kumar passes away

October 8, 2020
Ashwani Kumar
  • Former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland, and ex-CBI Director, Ashwani Kumar passed away. He joined the Indian Police Force in 1973.

J Venkatramu appointed MD and CEO of India Post Payments Bank

October 8, 2020
India Post Payments Bank
  • J Venkatramu has been appointed the managing director and chief executive officer of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB). He will succeed Suresh Sethi.

M Rajeshwar Rao appointed as the RBI Deputy Governor

October 8, 2020
M Rajeshwar Rao
  • The Centre has appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 7th October 2020.
  • Four Deputy governors of RBI are M. D. Patra, B. P. Kanungo. M. K. Jain and M Rajeshwar Rao.

Nobel Prize 2020 announced

October 8, 2020
Nobel Prize 2020
  • The Nobel Prize awarded by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.

List of Nobel Prize 2020 winners:

Physiology or Medicine:

  • Harvey J. Alter(America), Charles M. Rice (America) and Michael Houghton (Britain) for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.

Physics:

  • Roger Penrose for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.
  • Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.

Chemistry:

  • Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”.

Literature:

  • Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.

India signed MoU with Japan for cooperation in AI, 5G, Critical Information Infrastructure

October 8, 2020
Indo-Japan
  • India and Japan signed agreements of cooperation in Artificial Intelligence, 5G technology. The countries also agreed to give momentum to the supply chain initiative in the Indo-Pacific region.

Axis Bank launched co-branded forex card in collaboration with Vistara

October 8, 2020
Axis Bank
  • Axis Bank launched a co-branded forex card named ‘Axis Bank Club Vistara Forex Card’ that will enable customers to travel to international destinations in a cashless and hassle-free manner in collaboration with Vistara.

Russia: Tsirkon hypersonic missile successfully test-fires

October 8, 2020
Tsirkon hypersonic missile
  • Russia successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile in the Arctic. The missile covered a distance of 450 km with the maximum altitude of its trajectory at 28 km.