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Today Current Affairs for Competitive
Exams - Current Affairs 2020-2021
Online
TCS launches cyber threat management centers Russia has successfully tested a new hypersonic
anti-ship cruise missile.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched 10
The Tsirkon missile was fired from the Admiral
new Threat Management Centres (TMCs) across
Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea in the Russian
locations - including the US, UK, Spain and India.
Arctic.
They will provide cybersecurity services to its
It was the 1st time the missile had successfully
enterprise customers.
struck a target at sea.
These centres will focus on providing
The missile hit its target 450 kilometres (280
cybersecurity solutions and services, including
miles) away in the Barents Sea and reached a
managed detection and response services,
speed of Mach 8 – eight times the speed of
incident management and breach support, etc.
sound.
120 startups to form association
Vistara, Axis Bank launch forex card
The heads of more than 120 startups are planning
Vistara and Axis Bank has launched a co-branded
to form an indigenous app developers’ association
forex card that can load up to 16 currencies.
within a month to lobby against global technology
giants such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and The card has locked-in exchange rates and the
cardholder will accrue 3 award points on Club
Apple.
Vistara for every USD 5 or an equivalent value
The association, which will be a non-profit, will be
spent.
independent of existing bodies, such as the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Customers also get awarded 500 CV Points as a
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). Welcome Bonus on signing up (for the forex card).
Delhi government partners with HT Nirmala Sitharaman launches 'MSME Prerana'
The Delhi government has partnered with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has
launched 'MSME Prerana,' an online business
Hindustan Times to train 12,000 students from its
mentoring programme for MSMEs by the Indian
schools in coding.
Bank.
Hindustan Times Codeathon was launched by
deputy CM Manish Sisodia on 8 October 2020. The programme, which will be available in local
languages, is aimed at empowering entrepreneurs
The HT Codeathon will provide students from
through skill development and capacity building
classes 6 through 9 from across India a virtual
workshops.
platform to learn coding in languages such as
HTML, CSS and Python. The initiative is in collaboration with Poornatha &
Co.
Russia successfully tests Tsirkon missile
Nilesh Shah re-elected as AMFI chairman
1|P ag e Nilesh Shah has been re-elected as the chairman The main objective of is to provide medical
of Mutual fund industry body Amfi on October 7, facilities online to the patients for common
2020. diseases at their homes.
He is currently the managing director of Kotak This will reduce the additional burden on
Asset Management Company (AMC). hospitals and OPDs.
Besides, Saurabh Nanavati, who is the chief It is an extension of free treatment and medicines
executive officer of Invesco Asset Management being provided to Covid-19 patients.
(India) Pvt Ltd, has been re-elected as the vice-
BMRCL inks MoUs with corporate companies
chairman of Amfi.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corp Limited has signed
Amazon India ties up with IRCTC
MoUs with the corporate companies to develop
Amazon India has partnered with ‘Indian Railway upcoming metro stations under their CSR funds.
Catering and Tourism Corporation’ (IRCTC). The proposed metro line between Electronic city
With this launch, Amazon's digital payments arm and Bangalore International airport will now get
Amazon Pay adds another travel category, CSR funds for the development and maintenance
thereby offering its customers a one-stop-shop of metro stations.
for booking flights, bus and train tickets. Biocon Foundation will be funding Rs. 65 crore for
With this new offering, users will be able to check the construction of Hebbagodi Metro station.
seat and quota availability across all train classes
China formally joins WHO led COVAX initiative
on the Amazon app.
China has formally joined COVAX, the global
A Start-up of IIT Guwahati develops mobile app
initiative for COVID-19 vaccine by signing an
In Assam, Sahara, a hyperlocal-tech start-up of agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
the students of the IIT Guwahati, have developed The COVAX facility, led by the WHO, aims to
a mobile application. deliver at least 2 billion doses of vaccines by the
It lets offline business owners create synergy with end of 2021.
customers and potential business partners on a More than 150 countries have joined the initiative
global platform with the power of digitalization. to develop, produce, and fairly distribute an
The features on this app will also guarantee effective COVID-19 vaccine.
accurate navigating experience, especially to
India’s GDP expected to contract by 9.6%
travellers.
India’s GDP is expected to contract by 9.6% this
IISc Bengaluru develops non-invasive bandage
fiscal, according to the World Bank.
Indian Institute of Science researchers have It is reflective of the national lockdown and the
developed a non-invasive bandage made with income shock experienced by households and
magnetic nanofibers to treat skin cancer. firms due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bandage has been developed with a unique World Bank, in its latest South Asia Economic
blend of magnetic nanoparticles fabricated using Focus report, expects the regional growth to
a method called electrospinning. contract by 7.7 per cent in 2020.
It was found out that the healthy tissue remained
Afghanistan's Abdullah Abdullah meets PM Modi
intact with no signs of burns, inflammation or
thickening. Afghanistan's top peace negotiator Abdullah
Abdullah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8
Online e-Sanjeevani OPDs scheme e-dedicated
Oct 2020.
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani e-dedicated online e- Ongoing peace initiative to bring back stability in
Sanjeevani OPDs scheme across Gujarat through the war-ravaged Afghanistan was discussed by
video conferencing on 8 Oct'20. the leaders.
2|P ag e Mr Abdullah is in Delhi on a five-day visit as part He was elected to Lok Sabha eight times and also
of the efforts to build a regional consensus and held the record of winning his constituency,
support for the Afghan peace process. Hajipur, with the highest margin for several years.
BRICS Bank approves funds for rapid rail Bi-monthly monetary policy review
New Development Bank, also known as BRICS RBI announced its bi-monthly monetary policy
Bank has approved infrastructure projects worth review in Mumbai on 9 Oct 2020.
741 million dollars in India. The newly-constituted Monetary Policy
Its Board of Directors approved a loan of USD 500 Committee (MPC) of the RBI began its three-day
million for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional deliberations on 7 Oct 2020.
Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Project and a loan of The Government has appointed three eminent
USD 241 million for Mumbai Metro Rail II (Line 6) economists Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma and
Project. Shashank Bhide as independent members of the
The RRTS will have a total length of 82.15 km and revamped six-member MPC headed by RBI
25 stations. Governor Shaktikanta Das.
Gyan Circle Ventures inaugurated UP Govt creating 'Data Analytical Centre'
Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal In order to provide a safe city to the women, the
'Nishank' virtually inaugurated the Gyan Circle UP govt is setting up a 'Data Analytical Centre'
Ventures on 8 Oc'20. under women power line 1090.
It is a MeitY funded Technology Business With the help of this Data Analytical Centre, the
Incubator (TBI) of Indian Institute of Information hot spots where crime against women are taking
Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. place will be marked and police will be deployed
The Minister said that centers like ‘Gyan Circle over there.
ventures’ instill entrepreneurship in young minds The data of crimes against women will be
and steward them to become successful collected from various sources in this Analytical
innovators. centre.
International conference on Mental Health Goa govt launches e-learning platform
Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Goa CM Pramod Sawant has launched
Thaawarchand Gehlot inaugurated the virtual ‘Dishtavo', an online channel for holistic teaching
“International conference on Mental Health: and virtual orientation for higher education.
Looking Beyond COVID 19” on 8 Oct 2020. Goa would be the first state in the country to
Delivering the inaugural address, Mr Gehlot spoke create such an infrastructure for higher
about the rising trend of mental health concerns education.
across the globe. The government is also planning to provide ‘e-
Prof. Craig Jeffrey, Director of Australia-India mitra’ — a facility in which each student who
Institute co-chaired the conference. does not get network will be paired with one who
does.
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan passes away
Infosys to acquire US-based Blue Acorn iCi
Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan passed away in
New Delhi in Oct 2020. Infosys Ltd has announced a definitive agreement
He was the Lok Janshakti Party founder and to acquire US-based Blue Acorn iCi, for up to $125
Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public million.
Distribution. Blue Acorn is the provider of digital customer
experience, commerce, and analytics solutions.
3|P ag e Blue Acorn iCi, which follows the calendar year, These will help in providing credit support to the
clocked $43.6 million revenue in 2019. different sections of the society.
The acquisition is expected to close during the
Pradeep Kumar Rawat: Ambassador to Netherlands
third quarter of 2021.
Pradeep Kumar Rawat has been appointed as the
Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize for Literature
next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of
Nobel Prize for Literature 2020 has been awarded Netherlands.
to the US poet Louise Glück. This was informed by the Ministry of External
Glück, born 1943 in New York, lives in Affairs (MEA) on 7 Oct 2020.
Massachusetts and is also a professor of English at Pradeep Kumar Rawat, an Indian Foreign Services
Yale University. Officer from the batch 1990, is presently
She is the fourth woman to win the prize for Ambassador of India to the Republic of Indonesia.
literature since 2010, and only the 16th since the He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Nobel prizes were first awarded in 1901.
Hill Museum opens for public
The last American to win was Bob Dylan in 2016.
A hill museum (Pahadi Sangrahalaya) has been
Maharashtra reduces number of licences
constructed at Gompeshwar in Uttarakhand.
The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved the "ease It will have a glimpse of centuries-old traditional
of doing business" policy for the hospitality sector hill ornaments and utensils.
in the state, bringing down the number of licences This unique hill museum has been built in the
required for businesses. Collectorate complex and it has been opened for
One will only need to procure 10 licences, unlike the general public from 8 Oct 2020.
70 previously required, for doing business. The museum boasts of Uttarakhandi jewellery like
9 no-objection certificates (NOCs) will be required Murkhali, Chandrauli, etc.
from seven departments now.
Saurav Kittu Tank climbs Virgin Peak
AIIA signs MoU with Amity University
Saurav Kittu Tank became the 1st transgender to
All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, climb the 6000 m high Virgin Peak in Spiti Valley,
has signed an MoU with the Amity University on Himachal Pradesh.
7th October 2020. The temperature at Spiti Valley's Virgin Peak was
The MoU focuses on promoting research in reported to be as low as -15 degrees and Saurav
Ayurvedic Sciences. became the 1st transgender to achieve the feat.
The MoU envisages collaboration Quality and Kajal Mangalmukhi, founder of Mangalmukhi
standardization of Ayurvedic drugs as well as in Transgender Welfare Association has nursed
PhD programmes in natural product chemistry Saurav since he was abandoned by his parents.
and pharmacy.
Bimbadhar Pradhan: Secretary general of NHRC
It will also lead to joint projects and publications.
Senior bureaucrat Bimbadhar Pradhan has
NABARD inks 3 MoUs with SBI
been appointed secretary-general of the National
In Gujarat, the National Bank for Agriculture and Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
Rural Development -NABARD has inked 3 MoUs Pradhan, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Bihar
with SBI to extend credit support for various cadre, is special secretary and financial advisor,
projects. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
The MoUs were signed for financing joint liability The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has
groups and Self-Help Groups-support credit approved Pradhan's appointment as secretary-
inflows to Farmer Producers’ Organizations. general, NHRC.
Manoj Kumar: CMD of Western Coalfields Ltd
4|P ag e Manoj Kumar has been appointed as the World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9
chairman and managing director of the Western October.
Coalfields Limited (WCL). It highlights the importance of postal services in
Kumar is presently working as the director everyday lives of people and businesses, as well
(technical) in the WCL. as its contribution to global social and economic
He has been appointed to the post of CMD of the development.
WCL till the date of his superannuation -- January October 9 was chosen as the day as this was the
31, 2024. date in 1874 when the Union Postal Service (UPU)
A miniratna company, the WCL is a subsidiary of was started in Switzerland.
the Coal India Limited.
Suspected toxic spill in Russia
Nityananda Nayak selected for Sarala Puraskar
A suspected toxic spill along a beach on Russia's
Noted Odia poet Nityananda Nayak has been Kamchatka Peninsula has killed 95% of marine life
selected for the prestigious Sarala Puraskar for his on the surrounding seabed.
contribution to literature. In early Sept 2020 the water changed color to a
The award, constituted by IMFA'S wing IMPaCT, greyish-yellow, with a thick milky foam on the
consists of a citation and a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. surface, and a strong foul smell filled the air.
Nayak will be conferred with the foremost literary A few days later, octopuses, seals and other sea
honour in the state for work of poetry 'Setebelaku creatures began to wash up on the beach.
Nathiba' which was published in 2017.
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