India announced an additional $ 1 billion Line of Credit for Central Asian countries to widen connectivity and energy partnership among other sectors at the meeting of India-Central Asia Dialogue held virtually with participation of Afghanistan.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar chaired the meeting.
DBS Bank has been named the Safest Bank in Asia for the 12th consecutive year by New York-based trade publication Global Finance. DBS' rankings as the 4-safest commercial bank in the world & 14th safest bank globally remains unchanged from 2019 and 2018.
KfW (Germany) is ranked as the the world's Safest Bank.
Around 12,400 IOCL distributors covering about 130 million consumers can now use the IndianOil One mobile app and portal, developed by IBM Services. The IndianOil One mobile app and portal are part of Indian Oil's Project ePIC.
IOC Chairperson: Shrikant Madhav Vaidya.
ICICI Lombard in partnership with Freepaycard has launched Group Safeguard Insurance. The plan will be offered to the members of Freepaycard, allowing them to receive an assured amount in case of any injury or hospitalization for treatment.
Freepaycard is an online pre-paid card trading platform.
The European Commission and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) signed a new implementing arrangement to enhance scientific cooperation. European Research Council (ERC) was formed in the year 2007.
Ambassador of the European Union to India- Ugo Astuto.
In order to develop the sports infrastructure at the National Centre of Excellence in Itanagar, an MoU was signed between the Sports Authority of India and Arunachal Pradesh government. SAI is the apex national sports body of India, established in 1982.
Union minister for sports & youth affairs- Kiren Rijiju.
India would launch its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine international customer spacecraft onboard its PSLV-C49 rocket from the spaceport of Sriharikota. EOS-01 is intended for applications in agriculture, forestry, & disaster management.
ISRO Chairman- K. Sivan.
Citizens can click pictures/ make a video of pollution causing activities, such as burning of garbage, and upload them on the application. The app will identify the location and the complaint will be automatically forwarded to the concerned department.
A ‘green war room’ has been set up at the Delhi Secretariat.
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare launched a Scheme titled ‘SERB-POWER’ (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research), designed exclusively for women scientists.
Scheme has two components: Fellowship & Research Grants.
With Walmart Vriddhi Supplier Development Program, India's MSMEs now have an opportunity to embark on interactive online training experiences and personalised mentoring, with access to resources and experts to support growth.
Walmart Vriddhi Program was launched in December 2019.
KK Sharma, an advisor to J&K LG Manoj Sinha, resigned from his post & was appointed the State Election Commissioner. Sharma, a 1983-batch IAS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa & Mizoram UTs cadre, was appointed advisor to the LG in 2019 November.
He also served as secretary in the HRD Ministry.
Rajasthan will soon ink an MoU with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to establish Ultra Mega Renewal Energy Power Park with 8,000 megawatts capacity in India’s border areas with Pakistan in Rajasthan.
8000MW park will use wind, solar & power from biomass.
RBI will aim to purchase Rs 10,000 crore worth of bonds issued by more than a dozen state governments known as State Development Loans in market parlance for the second time. Earlier the RBI conducted the first ever such OMOs on October 22.
Selected papers residual maturities fall between 2029-2031.
RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 22 lakh on DCB Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions on marketing/distribution of mutual fund/insurance etc. In the case of Jio Payments Bank, the RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore.
DCB and Jio Payments bank are headquartered at Mumbai.
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day is observed on 31st of October. The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He is known as the Iron Man of India and as one of the founding leaders of the Republic of India.
Government of India introduced Rashtriya Ekta Diwas in 2014.
United Nations General Assembly has designated the 31st of October as World Cities Day to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization. The theme for 2020: Valuing Our Communities and Cities. General Theme: Better City, Better Life
By 2035, Jakarta to be the world's most populous city.