The Ordinance aims to ensure that all the stakeholders get an opportunity to seek unconditional stay of enforcement of arbitral awards where the underlying arbitration agreement or contract or making of the arbitral award are induced by fraud or corruption
Ordinance to be promulgated only when parliament not in session
Minister for HUA Hardeep Singh Puri launched Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge, under which cities will be provided technical assistance and capacity-building to re-imagine parks and create accessible, safe, walkable streets for children and families.
He also launched Data Maturity Assessment Framework (DMAF).
210 MW Luhri Stage-I Hydro Electric Project is located on river Sutlej situated in Shimla and Kullu districts of Himachal Pradesh. It is implemented by Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd on Build-Own-Operate-Maintain basis with support from central & state govts.
The central government will provide a grant of ₹ 66.19 crores.
Asian Development Bank approved $132.8 million to improve power quality & upgrade power distribution network in Meghalaya with an aim to benefit about 180000 households. Meghalaya received $120 million support from World Bank to modernise transport sector.
ADB has already provided loan to improve secondary education.
The Airport was re-developed at a cost of Rs 69 crore and has also received its license by Directorate General of Civil Aviation. It has 10 terminals and can handle 200 passengers during peak hours. It has a terminal building with an area of 3,500 sq.km.
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport also in Assam
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the Kalapahar CoVID Care Hospital in Guwahati. The hospital will provide round the clock health services by the specialists. The state -of - art hospital has 160-bed capacity & has all modern equipment.
World’s largest CoVID Care Centre: Sardar Patel Centre in Delhi
With an aim to establish Maharashtra as a film making and media entertainment hub, the 3-day Panorama: Envisioning Film, Media & Entertainment Policy for Maharashtra is organised by Maharashtra Film, Stage and Cultural Development Corporation Limited.
It works under the State Department of Cultural Affairs.
Tourist Facilitation Centre was inaugurated under PRASHAD Scheme. National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive launched by Ministry of Tourism for integrated development of pilgrimage & heritage destinations.
The centre has been constructed at a cost of Rs 11.57 crores.
The Education Dept of Assam launched a toll-free tele-education helpline number -18003453578 for government school students. It aims to guide 6th to 10th standards on subject matters and psychosocial aspects and will be extended to other students as well.
Academic doubts & mental health counselling to be provided.
The Union Cabinet approved the signing of MoU Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) and the GRANTECAN, S.A. (GTC), Spain to develop scientific and technical collaborations in astronomy field.
Spain Capital: Madrid.
Currency: Euro.
The MoU signed between India & the UK will contribute to strengthening bilateral cooperation and mutual understanding in the field of Telecommunications/ICTs. Post-Brexit, the MoU is also aiming for enhanced scope of cooperation and opportunities for India
United Kingdom PM: Boris Johnson
Currency: Pound Sterling
Union Cabinet approved the signing of an MoU between the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency for cooperation in medical products regulation for pharmacovigilance.
Drugs Controller General of India: Dr V G Somani.
The MoU signed between India & Israel in health & medicine field covers areas of cooperation such as exchange and training of medical doctors and other health professionals, assistance in development of human resources & exchange of medical devices, etc.,
Support for development of 'Green Healthcare' to be provided.
Two resolutions named ‘Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons’ & ‘Reducing Nuclear Danger’ which call for the prohibition of nuclear weapons under the ‘Nuclear Weapons’ cluster were adopted by the 1st Committee of UN General Assembly.
The resolution manifests India's goal of nuclear disarmament.
Visa announced the deployment of a PCI certified Tap to Phonecard acceptance solution along with DigitSecure & HDFC Bank. It enables merchants to securely accept contactless card payments in seconds through an app on their NFC-enabled Android smartphones.
DeliveryPlus -1st merchant to go live with HDFC Bank as acquirer
To recognize the significant contributions towards defining the survival tactics of Leishmania donovani, Society of Biological Chemists (India) chose Dr Susanta Kar, Senior Scientist, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow for the Prof. A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award 2020
Leishmania donovani is a causative agent of Kala Azar.
Union Ministry of Water Resources declared an award for a villager of Sangli Sampatrao Pawar for his contribution to revitalization of Agrani River, a tributary of Krishna. In all, 107 villages in five tehsils of Sangli district fall under this river basin
Union Minister of Water Resources: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Enhanced version of Pinaka Mk-1 system was taken up to achieve longer-range performance compared to the earlier design with lesser length. This will replace Pinaka Mk-1 missiles currently used by regiments of the Indian Army along with India’s frontiers.
Pinaka can fire a salvo of 12 rockets in a period of 44 seconds
Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Dilip Rath has been unanimously elected to the Board of Belgium based International Dairy Federation (IDF) during the General Assembly of IDF. Rath has been associated with IDF for the last 10 years.
Piercristiano Brazzale has been elected as President of IDF
PSLV in its 51st mission (PSLV-C49) will launch EOS-01, the primary satellite, along with 9 customer satellites owned by the US, Luxembourg & Lithuania. It will be launched from Sriharikota space port. It is ISRO’s first satellite launch amid the pandemic.
EOS-01 - for agriculture, forestry& disaster management support
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati signed an MoU with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics under MeitY. Under this, 51 DTH education TV channels to be available as DD co-branded channels to all DD Free Dish viewers.
Bhaskaracharya National Institute is located in Gujarat.
World Tsunami Awareness Day 2020 is observed every year on 5 November with an aim to create ways to save lives in view of future disasters. The UN through a resolution adopted on 22 December 2015 and designated the day to be World Tsunami Awareness Day.
International Day for Disaster Reduction - October 13.
