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1st October to 7th October 2020 (First Week)

♦National News
• South Eastern Railway launches ‘Operation My Saheli’ to enhance
security of women passengers
• Google India launches Make Small Strong campaign
• PM to inaugurate VAIBHAV Summit on 2nd October
• West Bengal Launches Pathashree Abhijan Scheme to Repair
Roads in State
• HDFC Bank’s Ravi Santhanam in Forbes list of world’s most
influential CMOs
• Atal Tunnel Rohtang: PM Modi inaugurates world’s longest
highway tunnel
• Haryana’s CM Manohar Lal Khattar launches Gram Darshan
• Famous Chilli of Sikkim “Dalle Khursani” Gets GI Tag
• Puducherry airport becomes AAI’s first 100% solar-powered
airport
• ‘Yudh Pradushan Ke Virudh’: Delhi government announces
campaign against air pollution
• Piyush Goyal Inaugurates Renaming of Naugarh Railway
Station to Siddharthnagar
• Gujarat Government Launched the Digital Seva Setu Programme

♦International News
• India To Build 100-Bedded Cancer Hospital, Cricket
Stadium in Maldives
• Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah becomes Kuwait’s
new ruling emir
• India- Myanmar agreed to operationalize Sittwe Port

♦Banking and Financial

• RBI defers Basel III provisions amid Covid Uncertainty

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• NDB approves loans for Mumbai metro, Delhi-Meerut RRTS

• NABARD launches refinance scheme for WASH programme,
earmarks Rs 800 cr for FY”21
• Mubadala to invest Rs 6,247.5 crore in Reliance Retail for 4 per
cent stake
• GIC, TPG to invest Rs 7,350 crore in Reliance Retail
• Avaada
• Receive to received $15 Million from Asian Development Bank to
Expand its Solar Portfolio

♦Appointment and Resignation

• Bengal Peerless appoints Sourav Ganguly as brand ambassador
• Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur appointed new president of FTII
society and chairman of governing council
• SBI appoints Charanjit Attra as CFO
• GoI appointed three Monetary Policy Committee Members (Jayant
R Varma, Shashank Bhide and Ashima Goyal)
• Ajinkya Rahane signed as brand ambassador of Hudle
• Dinesh Kumar Khara Appointed New SBI Chairman
• IPS officer MA Ganapathy appointed DG of BCAS

♦Awards
• Sonu Sood receives SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by
UNDP
• AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh chosen for ‘Gandhi’ Award
• Jal Shakti Minister presented 2020 Swachh Bharat Awards
• Right Livelihood Award 2020 (Nasrin Sotoudeh-Iran, Bryan
Stevenson-USA, Lottie Cunningham Wren- Nicaragua, Ales Bialiatski-
Belarus)
• Nobel Prize in medicine jointly awarded to Harvey J Alter, Michael
Houghton, Charles M Rice for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
• Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard
Genzel and Andrea Ghez for black hole research

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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier,

Jennifer A. Doudna for developing genome-editing method
• Indo-American Chamber of Commerce presents lifetime
achievement award to Ratan Tata

♦Defence
• DRDO successfully test fires Brahmos surface-to-surface cruise
missile with Rang over 400KM
• India-Bangladesh begin Bongosagar and CORPAT Naval Exercises
• India successfully test-fires new version of Shaurya Missile
• Northrop Grumman Launched SS Kalpana Chawla Cygnus
• DRDO has been Successful Flight Test of Supersonic Missile
Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)

♦Important day
• 1st October: International Day for Older Persons (Theme 2020:
Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and Ageing?)
• 1st October: International Coffee Day 2020
• 1st October: World Vegetarian Day 2020
• 2nd October: Non-Violence Day & Gandhi Jayanti
• 2nd October: Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti
• 2 October: World Day for Farmed Animals
• 4 October: World Animal Welfare Day
• 5th October: World Teachers’ Day (Theme 2020- Teachers: Leading
in Crisis, Reimagining the Future)
• First Monday of October (October 5)- World Habitat Day (Theme
2020- Housing for All-A better Urban Future)
• 4 to 10 October: World Space Week (Theme 2020: Satellites
improve life)
• 7th October: World Cotton Day

♦Obituary

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• Bollywood actress Mishti Mukherjee passes away

• Veteran Social activist Pushpa Bhave passes away
• Veteran Bollywood Actor Vishal Anand passes away
• Afghanistan Batsman Najeeb Tarakai Passed away

8th October to 18th October 2020 (2nd Week)

♦National News
• INOX Oxygen Plant inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh
• PM Modi launched the “Jan Andolan campaign” for COVID-19
Appropriate Behaviour
• Jewar airport: Zurich firm signs agreement with UP government
• Uttarakhand CM launches Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana
• Andhra CM launches ‘Jagananna Vidya Kanuka’ scheme for
government schools
• Assam CM launches “Swa-nirbhar Naari: Atmanirbhar Asom”
scheme
• PM to Distribute Property Cards for Rural Landowners under
the ‘SVAMITVA’ (ownership) scheme
• Forbes India Rich List 2020: Mukesh Ambani tops chart, Gautam
Adani takes second place
• Delhi Government passed the Tree Transplantation Policy
• PM Modi releases Rs 100 commemorative coin in honour of Vijaya
Raje Scindia
• Har Ghar Jal: Goa Becomes First State To Provide Piped Tap
Water Connection To All Rural Households
• Kerala becomes first state to have completely digital, hi-tech
classrooms in all public schools
• PM releases the autobiography of Dr. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil titled
‘Deh Vechwa Karani’
• Indian, Taiwanese think tanks join hands to foster cooperation in
Indo-Pacific region

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• Rs 75 Commemorative coin to be released in India to mark

the 75th Anniversary of FAO
• AICTE constitutes panel for engineers Bill headed by S. Ananth
• Odisha launches ‘Sujal’ Mission to provide tap water fit for drinking
• Delhi CM launches ‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’ campaign to discourage
idling at traffic signals
• UP CM launches ‘hath dhona, roke corona’ on Global Handwashing
Day
• SC appoints ex-judge M B Lokur as one-man panel to prevent
stubble burning
• J&K L-G announces ‘My Town My Pride’ programme
• India aims to achieve Trans Fat Free status by 2022
• Union Education Minister launched “KAPILA” Kalam Program
• UP Govt. launched women empowerment programme ‘Mission
Shakti’

♦International News
• Jordan’s King Abdullah II appointed Bishr al-Khasawneh as PM
• India Ranks 129 in Oxfam’s Commitment to Reducing Inequality
(CRI) Index 2020
• Prince William Officially Launches Earthshot, the Nobel of
Environmental Prizes
• China and Russia win seats on N. rights council, Saudis lose
• Army chief MM Naravane to get honorary rank of General of Nepali
Army
• India ranks 58th in the List of Arton Capital’s Passport Index,
New Zealand Tops
• India and France re-elected as president and co-president of
International Solar Alliance
• Global Hunger Index 2020: India ranked 94th
• New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Wins (2nd terms) Landslide Re-
Election
• FM participates in 102nd meeting of World Bank Development
Committee Plenary

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♦Banking and Financial

• ADIA to invest Rs 5,512 crore in Reliance Retail
• API integration between PM SVANidhi, SBI portal launched
• India’s GDP expected to contract by 6% this fiscal year: World
Bank report
• RTGS to be available 24x7x365 from Dec 2020
• RBI keeps key interest rates unchanged (Repo Rate- 4.0%, Reverse
Repo Rate – 3.35%)
• India’s GDP to contract by 5% in FY21: RBI
• Infosys to acquire Blue Acorn iCi for up to USD 125 million
• Exim Bank‘s Government of India supported Line of Credit (LoC)
of USD 310 million to the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe
• Exim Bank extends $400 mn soft loan to Maldives for connectivity
project
• India and ADB Sign $300 Million Loan to Develop Rajasthan’s
Secondary Towns
• RBI raises banks’ aggregate exposure limit to Rs 7.5 crore for
small businesses
• IMF projects India’s GDP to contract 3% in FY21
• Saral Jeevan Beema for Bharat: Irdai introduces standard life
product

♦Appointment and Resignation

• Govt appoints J Venkatramu as MD, CEO of India Post Payments
Bank
• Govt appoints M Rajeshwar Rao as new deputy governor of RBI
• Piyush Goyal gets additional charge of Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
• Chetan Anand named brand ambassador for Indian brand
‘Transform’
• NTPC CMD Gurdeep Singh‘s term extended till July 2025
• Vishal V Sharma appointed as next Permanent Representative of
India

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• Michael Irani Named Interim President Of The IWF

Awards

• American poet Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel prize for literature
• The World Food Programme awarded with Nobel Peace Prize
2020
• Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Paul R Milgrom and Robert B
Wilson for improvements to auction theory
• “Bank of Ghana” wins Central bank of the year award 2020

♦Defence
• India successfully test-fires Rudram- an Anti-Radiation Missile
• Two-day coastal security exercise Sagar Kavach
• Suraksha Kavach– Joint Anti-Terrorist Exercise By Army and Police
• India To Deliver Kilo Class Submarine INS Sindhuvir To Myanmar
Navy

♦Sports
• French Open Women Single: Iga Swiatek dazzles won first Grand
Slam title
• French open 2020: Men’s Singles: Rafael Nadal
• Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher’s F1 wins record
with 91st win at Eifel GP
• Los Angeles Lakers wins 17th NBA Championship

♦Important day
• 8 October- Air Force Day 2020
• Second Thursday of October every year: World Sight
Day (Theme 2020: Hope on Sight)
• 9 October: World Postal Day or World Post Office Day
• Second Friday of October: World Egg Day
• 10 October: World Mental Health Day (Theme 2020: ‘Mental Health
for All: Greater Investment – Greater Access’)

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• 10 October: World Migratory Bird Day (Theme 2020: “Birds

Connect Our World”)
• 10th October: World Day Against the Death Penalty
• World Arthritis Day: 12 October
• 13th October: International Day for Disaster Reduction (Theme
2020: Disaster risk governance)
• 14th October: World Standards Day (Theme 2020: “Protecting the
planet with standards”)
• 15 October: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
• 15th October: World Students Day 2020
• 15 October: International Day of Rural Women (Theme 2020:
“Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19”)
• 15th October: Global Handwashing Day 2020 (Theme: “Hand
Hygiene for All’)
• 16th October: World Food Day 2020 (Theme 2020: “Grow, Nourish,
Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.”)
• 17 October: International Poverty Eradication Day (Theme
2020: “Acting together to achieve social and environmental justice for
all”)

♦Book and Author

• A book titled ‘The Battle of Belonging’ authored by Shashi
Tharoor

♦Obituary
• Ram Vilas Paswan, union minister, passes away
• Kannada music composer Rajan passes away
• Former India football captain Carton Chapman passes away
• Eminent Kuchipudi exponent Shobha Naidu passes away
• Jnanpith awardee Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan
Namboothiri passes away at 94
• First Indian to win Oscar Bhanu Athaiya passes away

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19th October to 25th October 2020 (3rd Week)

National News

•India joins hands with the Netherlands for its e-health initiative

•Agriculture Minister launches AYUSHMAN SAHAKAR scheme

•Prime Minster to Inaugurate India Energy Forum by CERAWeek

•Kati Bihu festival Celebrated in Assam

•Uttar Pradesh Governor launches ‘Safe City Project’ in Lucknow

•India’s first ever multi-modal logistics park – to be set up in Assam

•India Ranks Second in Inflow of Migrants to OECD

Countries, China Retains Top Spot

•Union Cabinet Approves Adoption of Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj

Act

•Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘Mo Bidyut’ portal, app

•Haryana tops Anemia Mukt Bharat Index

•Tamil Nadu Government implements Smart Black Board Scheme

•Uttar Pradesh emerges as top destination in 2019 for attracting

domestic tourists

•AP CM launched “YSR Bima” insurance cover scheme

•Uttarakhand CM launched Integrated Model Agricultural Village scheme

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•Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh bags top position for implementing

PMGSY

•PM launched the “Kisan Suryoday Yojana” in Gujarat

International News

•India 4th most powerful country in Asia Power Index 2020

•India International Science Festival to be held from Dec 22-25 on virtual

platform headed by Harsh Vardhan

•Air pollution: India has the highest annual average

exposure 2019: SoGA 2020

•India participates in 18th meeting of Prosecutors General of SCO

•Sudan becomes third Arab State to normalise relations with Israel

•Union Minister Jitendra Singh Addresses First Ministerial Meeting of G-20

Anti-Corruption Working Group

•Saad al-Hariri named as Lebanon’s new prime minister

•India gets Chairmanship of ILO Governing body after a gap of 35 years

•Principality of Andorra becomes IMF’s 190th Member

•EU Environmental Ministers made 2050 Net Zero Emissions

Target legally binding

Banking and Financial

•SEBI Sets Up Advisory Committee for Recommending Policy on Market

Data Access headed by Madhabi Puri Buch

Appointment and Resignation

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•Union Bank of India CEO Rajkiran Rai is new chairman of IBA

•GoI extends Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla’s tenure till 2021

•Parle agro ropes in Priyanka Chopra Jonas as brand ambassador

•LG signs Lewis Hamilton as ambassador of LG Signature

•Vega ropes in Rohit Sharma as brand ambassador

Awards

•Aishwarya Sridhar, first Indian woman to win Wildlife Photographer of

the Year award

•EU awards human rights prize to Belarus opposition

•Dr Jajini Varghese honoured with Outstanding Young Person 2020

Defence

•India successfully testfires Prithvi-2 ballistic missile with over 250

km strike range

•Indian and Sri Lankan navies to begin exercise SLINEX on 19th October

•Australia to participate in Malabar naval exercise next month along

with India, US and Japan

•India successfully test fired SANT Missile

•DRDO successfully conducts final trial of Nag anti-tank guided

missile in Pokhran range

•Navy Operationalizes First Batch of Women Pilots

•“INS Kavaratti” commissioned into Indian Navy

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Sports

•Denmark Open 2020, Badminton: Men’s Single: Anders Antonsen,

Women’s Single: Nozomi Okuhara

•India’s Elavenil Valarivan wins gold in International Air Rifle

Championship

Book and Author

•NK Singh launches his autobiography ‘Portraits of Power’

Important day

•20th October: World Osteoporosis Day

•20th October: World Statistics Day (Theme 2020: “Connecting the world
with data we can trust.”)

•20th October: International Chefs Day (Theme 2020: ‘Healthy Food for the
Future’.)

•21st October: Police Commemoration Day

•22nd October: International Stuttering Awareness Day (Theme 2020″:

“Journey of Words – Resilience and Bouncing Back”.)

•24th October: United Nations Day (Theme 2020: ‘The Future We Want; the
UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’.)

•24th October: World Polio Day (Theme 2020: “A win against polio is a win
for global health.”)

•24th October: World Development Information Day

Obituary

•Actor Zarina Roshan Khan passes away

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•IAF’s first woman officer Vijayalakshmi Ramanan passes away

26th October to 31st October 2020 (4th Week)

♦National News
• Prahlad Singh Patel virtually launched “Life in Miniature” project
• National Conference on Vigilance and Anti Corruption to be
inaugurated on Oct 27
• UP secured first rank in disbursing loans under PM Swanidhi
Scheme
• India hosts meeting of SCO Ministers handling economy and
foreign trade
• India Post and United States Postal Services sign agreement for
Electronic Exchange of Data
• GoI sets up committee to commemorate 400th anniversary of
Guru Tegh Bahadur
• Delhi CM launches ‘Green Delhi’ app to redress pollution complaints
• Young Advocates Welfare Fund launched in Tamil Nadu
• Telangana launches Dharani portal for land and property
registration
• Microsoft & NSDC tie-up to empower 1 lakh women with digital skills

♦International News
• Indian-Origin Candidate Wavel Ramkalawan to Be Seychelles
President, Ending Ruling Party’s 43-Year Rule
• Luis Arce declared as Bolivia’s new President
• Samsung Tops Forbes’ list of World’s Best Employer 2020
• India offered USD 1 bn credit line to central Asian countries for
priority projects

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• World Bank sanctions Rs 3 crore for Goa to develop India’s first

sand dune parks
• BSE signs MoU with ICCI to support SMEs, start-ups in listing
• SEBI bans Birla Pacific Medspa, Yashovardhan Birla, 8 others
from securities mkts for 2 yrs
• RBI asks lending institutions to implement waiver of interest on
interest schemes
• NTPC enters into foreign currency loan
agreement with Japanese Government’s financial institution for JPY
50 billion under GREEN initiative
• RBI imposes Rs 22 lakh fine on DCB Bank for violating marketing
norms
• SBI signs $1 billion loan agreement with JBIC
• IndusInd Bank first bank to go live on RBI’s ‘Account Aggregator
Framework’
• DBS named Asia’s Safest Bank for 12th consecutive year

♦Appointment and Resignation

• Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports appoints Bimal
Julka as Chairman
• Trust appoints Rohit Sharma as brand ambassador
• Yashvardhan K. Sinha appointed as new Chief Information
Commissioner

♦Awards
• NTPC ranks 1st among Indian PSUs in Forbes’ World’s Best
Employer 2020
• Young Bangladeshi boy Anzar Mustaeen Ali wins special prize
in Global Art Competition conducted by ICCR
• Tiruppur girl K Mahashweta won best Child/Young Actress
award at the Las Vegas Movie Awards 2020
• India’s Global Himalayan Expedition Wins UN Climate
Action Award
• Dr Satish Mishra bags “Dr Tulsi Das Chugh Award-2020

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• Om Puri honoured at third India International Film Festival of

Boston

♦Science
• NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
• NISAR Satellite to Be Launched By 2022
• ISRO to launch earth observation satellite EOS-01 on Nov 7

♦Sports
• Hamilton wins Portuguese GP, overtakes Schumacher in record
92nd F1 victory
• Fifa Ranking: India’s Rank 109, Belgium top

♦Book and Author

• ‘Night of the Restless Spirits’ is authored by Sarbpreet Singh

♦Important day
• 28 October: International Animation Day
• 29th October: International Internet Day
• 30th October: World Savings Day

♦Obituary
• Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee passes away
• Legendary actor-turned-politician Naresh Kanodia passes away
• Former Gujarat CM Keshubhai Patel passes away

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