• A 16-year old Aava Murto assumed the post of Finland’s Prime Minister for one day on 7th October 2020 to raise awareness about gender equality under the “Girls Takeover” Program.

• 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 09^th October.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Uber partnered with Amazon Pay to boost digital Payment. This Partnership will integrate Amazon Pay as a payment option on the Uber app.

• 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.

• Former Indian football captain, Carlton Chapman passed away. He announced his retirement from professional Football in 2001.

• The 2020 Eifel Grand Prix held at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany has been won by Lewis Hamilton.

• 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.

• Every year World Standards Day or International Standards Day is observed globally on 14 October.
• The 2020 theme is “Protecting the planet with standards”.

• 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.

• Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win the men’s 2020 French Open Title.
• In Women’s single, Iga Swiatek of Poland, claimed a historic win, by becoming the youngest woman to win the title in the history of the championship by defeating Sofia Kenin, of the United States.

• 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.

• Former Indian football captain, Carlton Chapman passed away. He announced his retirement from professional Football in 2001.

Union Health Ministry’s E- Sanjeevani Initiative freshly recorded 5 lakh teleconsultations. Top 3 states with highest teleconsultations include Tamil Nadu (1,69,977) Uttar Pradesh (1,34,992) and Himachal Pradesh (39,326).

• Meghalaya government has entered into a partnership with Israel with an aim to establish a one of a kind Centre of Excellence(CoE) on high-value vegetables in the state that will improve and promote the livelihoods of farmers.

• Axis Bank in partnership with Google Pay launches ACE Credit Card with an aim to bring a seamless, digital experience to users from application to issuance.

• With an aim to raise awareness about arthritis, an inflammatory condition which causes pain and stiffness in joints which can worsen with age, Arthritis and Rheumatism International (ARI) observe World Arthritis Day every year on 12^th October

• Kerala has become the first state in the country to have high-tech classrooms in all its public schools. It was declared by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

• 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.

• 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.

• Chetan Anand has been appointed as the brand ambassador for India’s first-ever homegrown professional badminton brand “Transform”.

• 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.

• Former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, Justice KK Usha, passed away. She served as a judge from 1991 to 2000.
• Justice Usha became the first woman to join the High Court Judiciary from the Bar and became a Chief Justice.

• 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.