IIT-Bombay, IISC-Bengaluru & IIT-Delhi won the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranks respectively according to the QS India University Rankings 2020 for the 2nd consecutive year. University of Hyderabad has been ranked 8th among the top 10 in India.
QS is a global higher education company.
India & Switzerland decided to carry forward working together in the Rail Transport sector. The 2 sides at meetings followed upon the 1st meeting of Joint Working Group held between 2 sides after the MoU for cooperation in rail sector signed in 2017.
The Indian side was led by Railway minister Piyush Goyal.
PM Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party held onto power in Canadian General Election but as a weakened minority govt. Justin Trudeau has won for a second term as Canada’s PM. Trudeau will be forced to co-operate with smaller left-of-centre parties to govern.
Canada Capital-Ottawa, Currency-Canadian Dollar.
Berlin freezes rents in landmark plan as a move to ease higher rent burden on tenants. Authorities will be bringing them into force in the 1st quarter of 2020. There was a property boom which caused rents to double over the past decade.
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany.
Toyota has reiterated its commitment to a joint electrification strategy with Suzuki following the announcement made to this effect in March. They will develop a compact battery EV for India. Maruti Suzuki is working on an electric version of the Wagon R.
It could cost in the range of ₹12-15 lakhs.
Grasim Industries Limited has formed a joint venture in India with Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH of Germany for manufacturing and sale of composite hollow core insulators. They are used by the power transmission & distribution industry globally.
Grasim Industries is a flagship Aditya Birla Group Company.
The promoter of Marg ERP which provides inventory & accounting software has bagged Udyog Rattan Award from the Govt. This award is conferred annually to Indian citizens for their outstanding contribution to the economic development of the country.
Thakur Anup Singh- Chairman & MD of Marg ERP won the award.
Narendra Singh Tomar will confer the National Panchayat Awards 2019 in New Delhi. The Awards will be given to awardee Panchayats & States in various categories.246 awards will be given in total.6 states will be awarded in e- Panchayat Puraskar category.
195 awards-Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar
Regional Labour conference was held in Bhubaneswar. Labour Ministers & senior officials of six states participated in the conference. Regional Conferences help in creating better coordination between Central and State Govts in implementing labour laws.
Minister of State for Labour & Employment-Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
Mole Day is celebrated annually on October 23. It celebrates Avogadro’s Number-a basic measuring unit in chemistry. Day was created as a way to foster interest in chemistry & schools around the world celebrate with various activities related to chemistry.
Day is celebrated from 6:02 am to 6:02 pm.
The Central government cleared appointments of several senior bureaucrats in multiple ministries and departments with Braj Raj Sharma and Pankaj Kumar being appointed chiefs of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and UIDAI Chief.
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is under MeitY.