• Siachen area, world’s highest battlefield, now open to tourists: Defence Minister
• Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launches E-Portal, YouTube Channel of Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT)
• UN World Food Programme (WFP) launches campaign ‘Feed Our Future’ against hunger and malnutrition in India
• Nepali officers begin training on ‘Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism’ in India at the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN), Bengaluru
• AYUSH ministry signs MoU with the Defence ministry to provide traditional medicine services at the armed forces’ hospitals
• Pakistan has unilaterally stopped postal services to and from India after August 27: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

BRIDGE IN LADAKH INAUGURATED

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on October 21, 2019 inaugurated ‘Col Chewang Rinchen Setu’
• The strategically important bridge is over Shyok river in Ladakh region.
• The 430-meter-long bridge, built by Border Roads Organisation, connects Durbuk and Daulat Beg Oldie in Eastern Ladakh.

POLICE COMMEMORATION DAY

• Police Commemoration Day observed on October 21, 2019.
• The day is observed every year in memory of the policemen killed at Hot Springs in Ladakh by Chinese troops on this date in 1959.

Economy & Business Current Affairs

• Govt rolls out 6th tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme from October 21 to 25; fixes issue price at Rs 3835/gram
• Govt launches BHIM 2.0 with new functionalities, additional language support
• Members of US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) led by Chairman John Chambers meets PM Modi in Delhi

International Current Affairs

• Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces withdraw from border town of Ras al Ain

Sports Current Affairs

• Raunak Sadhwani becomes India’s 65th chess Grandmaster at 13 years, nine months and 28 days
• Andy Murray wins men’s singles title at European Open tennis in Antwerp

DENMARK OPEN BADMINTON WINNERS

• Japan’s Kento Momota: men’s singles
• Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara: women’s singles
• Indonesia’s Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo: men’s doubles
• South Korea’s Baek Ha-na & Jung Kyung-eun: women’s doubles
• Indonesia’s Praveen Jordan & Melati Daeva Oktavianti: mixed doubles