Current Affairs 20 October 2024

  20 October 2024 Current Affairs 

  •  Every year on October 19, ‘ World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day’ is celebrated all over the world.
  •  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Russia on October 22 to attend the  16th BRICS Summit ( BRICS Summit 2024).
  • Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate  the ‘ National Rabi Krishi Sammelan 2024′ on October 19 in New Delhi. 
  • Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu on October 18 unveiled the ‘Aviation Park’ in the ministry premises. The park presents a picturesque view of models of aircraft.
  • The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on regulatory framework for broadcasters.
  •  The Central Government has extended the last date for the ‘ National Scholarship Portal’ for meritorious students for the year 2024-25 till 31st October.
  •  According to a report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), around 41.7 million people in Bangladesh are living in extreme poverty and six and a half percent of them are in a miserable condition. सं
  •  In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has appointed  National Conference MLA ‘ Mubarak Gul’ as the pro tem speaker of the new assembly. 
  • ‘ PV Sindhu’ was defeated by Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia 21-13, 16-21, 21-9 in the women’s singles quarter-finals of the ‘Denmark Open Badminton’ . ‘
  • Union Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar inaugurated the second edition of  the art exhibition ‘Silent Conversations: From Margins to the Centre’ in New Delhi on 18 October. 
  • The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management is running  ‘Special Drive 4.0’ from 2nd to 31st October, 2024 to institutionalise cleanliness and reduce pendency of cases

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