Oct 17,2020 current news
Here are your Top 10 News for today
1. India will be delivering a Kilo Class submarine INS Sindhuvir ir to Myanmar Navy as part of defence cooperation. This will be the first submarine of Myanmar Navy
2. The government has banned imports of air conditioners with refrigerants. The government is taking steps to promote domestic manufacturing and reduce the import bill of non-essential goods
3. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has inaugurated operations of the first phase of the International Institute of Advanced Virology at the Life Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram
4. Global Handwashing Day is observed on 15 October every year. The day aims to raise awareness and highlight the importance of handwashing as an effective means of disease prevention
5. The Centre has notified the directorate general of shipping as the National Authority for Recycling of Ships. DG Shipping is designated as apex authority under the Recycling of Ships Act, 2019 for the ship recycling industry of the country
6. The World Bank has called for emergency financing of 25 billion dollars to help the world’s poorest countries grapple with the massive challenges of the COVID 19 pandemic
7. Veteran sports journalist and cricket commentator Kishore Bhimani passed away in October 2020.Bhimani was one of the most recognised English voices of the 1980s
8. India's first Oscar winner Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya passed away in Oct 2020.She had won an Oscar for her work in the 1983 epic film “Gandhi”. She jointly won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design with John Mollo, for Richard Attenborough's “Gandhi”
9. The Centre will borrow up to 1.10 lakh crore rupees on behalf of the states to bridge the shortfall in GST collections. The amount so borrowed will be passed on to the states as a back-to-back loan in lieu of GST compensation cess releases
10. Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov announced his resignation on 15 Oct'20.This is in a bid to end the turmoil that has engulfed the Central Asian nation after a disputed parliamentary election
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