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TODAY’S  NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

  • Approves raising of 2 operational directions for the ITBP, which protects the LAC with China, at Chandigarh and Guwahati
  • Union Cabinet chooses to confer ownership  rights to 40 lakh inhabitants of Delhi’s unapproved states
  • Global Snow Leopard Day celebrated on October 23
  • Delhi HC coordinates Facebook, Google, Twitter to universally expel connects to video deriding Ramdev
  • Market analyst Bibek Debroy dispatches English interpretations of Hindu legendary messages in Sanskrit – ‘Markendya Purana’ and ‘The Bhagavad Gita’
  • CBSE, NCERT to launch ‘Tamanna’ (Try And Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities) aptitude test for Class 9, 10 students

      PANCHAYAT AWARDS

  • Minister of Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar conferred the national Panchayat Awards, 2019 in New Delhi
  • 246 Awards were given to awardee Panchayats and States in various categories for their best performance at different levels, including the delivery of services.

TODAY’S  ECONOMY& BUSSINESS CURENT AFFAIRS

  • India improves rating in Melbourne Mercer international Pension Index from 33rd in 2018 to thirty second in 2019
  • accords ‘Maharatna’ fame to PSUs HPCL and power Grid organization, accordingly giving them higher operational and financial autonomy
  • relaxes norms for setting up petrol pumps enabling non-oil businesses to venture into the business
  • BSE Sensex: 39,059 (+ninety five), NSE Nifty 11,604 (+16)
  • MSPs of rabi plants of 2019-20 hiked: Lentil by Rs 325 per quintal, gram by Rs 255 per quintal and of wheat by using Rs 85 per quintal
  • Govt to merge BSNL, MTNL; unveils Rs 68,751-cr revival package for each loss-making PSUs

TODAY’S  INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

  • External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar goes to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Indian President establishes framework stone for Sri Sathya Sai Sanathana Samskruti Project at Sai no Sato, Kakegawa, Japan

TODAY’S SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS

  • Former India captain Ganguly takes over as 39th President of BCCI for nine months
  • Praveen Kumar becomes the first Indian man to win a Wushu World Championships gold in Shanghai in men’s 48 kg Sanda