Most important topics

October 2020

• BASIC EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT (BECA)

• Quadilateral Security Dialogue

• 3rd India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue

• Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme

• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

• Political Crisis in Kyrgyzstan

• Right to Protest

• Conflict of interest between CM of Andhra Pradesh and Judiciary

• The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services
Act, 2020

• Essential Commodities Amendment Act

• Mullaperiyar Dam

• Contempt of Court
• The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020

• JAPAN TO ACHIEVE ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2050

• NATURAL GAS AND GST

• PM Atmanirbhar Nidhi Scheme (SVANidhi Scheme)

• Sudan became the third Arab nation in recent weeks to normalise relations with Israel.

• Libya Conflict and New Ceasefire Agreement

• The British National (Overseas) passport and national security law on Hong Kong.

• YELLOW DUST

• Floods in Hyderabad

• The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to keep Pakistan on its “grey list”.

• Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation System and NGT

• NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex and Bennu asteroid

• COMMITTEE ON ELECTION EXPENDITURE LIMITS

• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

• Originalism and Living constitution’ theory

• GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX (GHI) 2020

• Israel and Bahrain have formally established diplomatic relations

• Gorkhaland issue

• ELECTORAL BONDS

• International Solar Alliance (ISA)

• Kastellorizo or Castellorizo and Turkey Greece conflict

• The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

• GRADED RESPONSE ACTION PLAN (GRAP)

• Secularism

• MALABAR 2020 NAVAL EXERCISE

• UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL