PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 4th India Energy Forum by CERAWeek organised by HIS Markit. The theme of this edition is "India's Energy Future in a World of Change". According to PM, India is the 3rd largest & fastest growing market in domestic aviation.
Indian carriers to increase their fleet size to 1200 by 2024.
Arjun Munda launched Strengthening PRIs in 5 districts covering 30 Gram Panchayats and 150 villages of Jharkhand. The second is about training 10000 tribal farmers in Maharashtra on sustainable natural farming based on Go-Adharith farming techniques.
Arjun Munda Constituency: Kunti, Jharkhand.
The centre set up a 70 member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for planning programmes, supervising & guiding the commemoration of 400th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur. It includes former PM Manmohan Singh & CMs of many states.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla to be member secretary.
Abdalla Hamdok, the Prime Minister of Sudan, along with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan's sovereign council, entered into an agreement with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Egypt, Jordan, UAE & Bahrain have also normalized ties.
Sudan Capital: Khartoum.
Currency: Sudanese pound.
Seychelles elected an opposition candidate as president for the first time since 1977. Wavel Ramkalawan was elected as the President reaffirmed his pledge to hike the minimum wage after Covid-19 stifled the country. VP: Ahmed Afif. He defeated Danny Faure.
Seychelles Capital: Victoria.
Currency: Seychellois rupee.
Japan, world’s 3rd largest economy & 5th largest emitter of CO2 committed to reaching a target of zero emissions of greenhouse gases and achieving a carbon-neutral society by 2050, with a fundamental shift in policy on coal use. Japan PM: Yoshihide Suga.
At least 56% of Japan’s energy needs come from fossil fuels.
The SVC Rewards Programme by SVC Co-op Bank is designed to make banking experience more rewarding for its customers in the form of Reward points earned upon use of SVC Bank Cards and digital solutions. It is built upon the ‘nth Rewards’ platform of NPCI.
SVC Co-op Bank MD: Ajit Venugopalan.
HQ: Mumbai.
SBI raised Rs 5000 crore by issuing Basel-III compliant non-convertible, taxable debt instruments. Debentures qualifying as tier II capital of face value of Rs 10 lakh each, bearing coupon of 5.83% aggregating to Rs 5,000 crore allotted to bond subscribers
Interest to be paid annually for a tenor of 10 years.
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog in association with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), is organizing a two-day hackathon on the circular economy, India–Australia Circular Economy Hackathon (I-ACE).
Circular Eco -aims to eliminate waste &continual use of resource
In a major step towards security of women & children, Uttar Pradesh government decided to establish anti-human trafficking Police Stations in every district. These will be given enough powers to register the case and investigate the matter independently.
So far there are 35 anti-human trafficking units in the state.
October 26 marks the successful accession of J&K to India. It is the 73rd anniversary of the day. J&K is observing a public holiday on October 26 for the first time since independence. The Instrument of Accession was signed b/w J&K & India on Oct 26, 1947.
The treaty was signed by Maharaja Hari Singh.
A unique Plastic Premier League tournament is being played in Indore to free the city from single use plastic. 19 zones of Indore are divided into 4 teams. Team that collects the most single-use plastics in this 45-day competition to be awarded the Trophy
Indore has been adjudged cleanest city for 4 consecutive times.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur has joined hands with National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to improve highway infrastructure and design. Under this, IIT Jodhpur's UG & PG students can undertake paid internships in multiple domains.
Chairman of NHAI: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) takes place every 27 October. This day was chosen by UNESCO in 2005 to raise general awareness of the significance and preservation risks of recorded sound and audiovisual documents.
Theme for 2020: Your Window to the World.
UN Disarmament Week is observed every year to promote awareness and a better understanding of disarmament issues and their cross-cutting importance. The week was first established in 1978. UN Office for Disarmament Affairs is headquartered in New York.
It will be observed from Oct 24 to Oct 30.
Vigilance Awareness Week 2020 will be observed from Oct 27th till the 2nd of November. This year the theme is - Satark Bharat, Samriddh Bharat (Vigilant India, Prosperous India). CBI is hosting a 3-day national conference on vigilance and anti-corruption.
CBI DG: Rishi Kumar Shukla.
HQ: New Delhi.
State-run power giant NTPC featured on top in the list of Indian PSUs under ‘World Best Employer 2020’. It has been successfully innovating and introducing people practices in hiring; engagement; diversity & inclusion; rewards and performance management.
NTPC HQ: New Delhi.
Chairman & MD: Gurdeep Singh.
Uttar Pradesh batsman Tanmay Srivastava, the highest run-getter in the 2008 U19 WC announced his retirement from the game just at the age of 30. He scored 262 runs in 6 matches in U19 WC. In his 14-year-long career, Srivastava played 90 first-class games.
President of BCCI: Sourav Ganguly.
HQ: Mumbai.
Indian Army celebrates October 27 each year as Infantry Day. On this day in 1947, an infantry company of the 1st Battalion, The Sikh Regiment, was air-lifted from Delhi to Srinagar to hold off invading tribals backed by the Pakistan military in Kashmir.
This action was ordered after the Instrument of Accession.