National GK
Union Minister of Culture Prahlad Singh Patel launched the “Life in Miniature” project; The miniature paintings at the National Museum in New Delhi can be viewed on the Google Arts and Culture app
CBSE launches face recognition system for students to access digital documents
The Joginder War Memorial on the 1962 Indo-China War was inaugurated at Bum La in Arunachal Pradesh; Subedar Joginder Singh was awarded ‘Param Vir Chakra’
Maharashtra decided to remove the consensus given to the CBI; The agency will now have to approach the state government on a case-to-case basis.
Economic GK
Center fixes stockholding limit on onion retailers (2 tonnes) and wholesalers (25 tonnes) by 2020
Foreign exchange reserves reached US $ 12 billion for the week ended 16 October
GeM (Government eMarketplace) completed construction of integrated procurement system: CEO Taleen Kumar
Flipkart buys 8% stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail for Rs 1,500 crore
Tech Mahindra acquires Tenzing Group, Momenton for Rs 293 crore
International GK
FATF (Financial Action Task Force) placed Pakistan in gray list till February 2021
India was elected as the President of the governing body of ILO (International Labor Organization) for October 2020-June 2021
EU Environment Minister agrees to make net zero emission target legally binding by 2050
Britain signs trade agreement with Japan; This is Britain’s first major post-Brexit deal
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