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India's rank jumps 14 places in World Bank's ease of doing business ranking

India climbed 14 rungs in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2020 survey among 190 countries, making it the one of world’s top 10 most improved countries for the 3rd consecutive time. India’s ranking improved from 142nd in 2014 to 63rd in 2019.

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Last year, India jumped 23 places to reach 77th position.

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India set to sign agreement on Kartarpur corridor with Pakistan

India & Pakistan will sign a pact to operationalize the Kartarpur corridor. Modi will inaugurate the corridor in November. The corridor will connect the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India's Punjab with the Gurdwara at Kartarpur of Pakistan's Punjab province.

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Kartarpur is about four km from the international border.

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President lays foundation stone for Sri Sathya Sai Sanathana Samskruti Project in Japan

Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone for Sri Sathya Sai Sanathana Samskruti Project in Japan. It will be developed as a temple on the lines of Akshardham & Swaminarayan Temple. He also attended a banquet hosted by the Japan PM Shinzo Abe.

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Aim of the project is to promote Indian traditional culture.

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Venkaiah Naidu to lead Indian delegation at Non-Aligned Movement Summit

Venkaiah Naidu will lead the Indian delegation at the 18th Summit of Heads of State & Govt of the Non-Aligned Movement. The theme is -Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted & adequate response to the challenges of the contemporary world.

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Summit is to be held at Baku, Azerbaijan on October.

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Kais Saied sworn in as Republic of Tunisia's president

Kais Saied has been sworn in as Tunisia's president. He currently chairs the Arab League. The poll followed the death of Beji Caid Essebsi-Tunisia's 1st president freely elected by universal suffrage. Modi has congratulated him on being the President.

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Tunisia Capital-Tunis, Currency-Dinar.

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Sukhbir Sandhu appointed as NHAI Chairman

ACC appointed Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as the Chairman of the National Highway Authority of India. He was the additional secretary at the dept of education & will replace NN Sinha, who was appointed as the secretary- dept for border management.

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ACC (Appointments Committee of the Cabinet) is headed by PM.

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Prakash Javadekar launches first national protocol to enumerate snow leopard population

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change launched the 1st national protocol to enumerate the snow leopard population in India on International Snow Leopard Day. The Day is celebrated to protect the snow leopards & preserve the Himalayan wildlife.

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October 23 is celebrated as International Snow Leopard Day.

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Union Cabinet approves merger of BSNL & MTNL

Union Cabinet approved merger of loss-making telecom firms BNLL & MTNL as part of a revival package. Package includes raising of ₹15,000 cr sovereign bonds and monetising ₹38,000 cr of assets in next 4 years. MTNL will act as a subsidiary of BSNL.

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Cabinet approved an attractive VRS package for the employees.

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Government accords 'Maharatna' status to PowerGrid Corporation

Govt accorded 'Maharatna' status to Power Grid Corporation of India on its 30th Raising Day Celebrations. The status provides enhanced powers to the PowerGrid board to facilitate the expansion of operations, both in domestic as well as global markets.

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It is the 3rd largest Central Public Sector Enterprise in India.

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Praveen Kumar becomes first Indian man to win gold at Wushu World Championships

Praveen Kumar became the 1st Indian man to win a Wushu World Championships gold, beating Russel Diaz of Philippines in the 48kg category in Shanghai. The Indian saw off his Filipino opponent 2-1 in the men's Sanda event of the 15th World Wushu Championship

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India finished third overall in the championship.

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Rohit Sharma becomes 3rd Indian batsman to reach top 10 in all formats

Rohit Sharma has become the 3rd Indian batsman to reach the top 10 in all three formats after the series against South Africa in which he donned the new role of Test opener. Rohit emulated captain Virat Kohli and retired opener Gautam Gambhir.

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He remains the 3rd best Indian batsman in terms of Test rankings

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24 October: United Nations Day

24 October is celebrated as the United Nations day annually. Day marks the anniversary of the UN Charter's entry into force on 24 October 1945. UN has declared climate change the defining issue of our time. 2019 theme is “Our Planet. Our Future”.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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24 October: World Polio Day

24 October is celebrated as the World Polio Day to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk- who led the 1st team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. The day is observed to raise the awareness for polio vaccination & polio eradication.

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Day was established by Rotary International.