21 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines

October 21, 2020

Here are top News Headlines of 21st October 2020.

Govt increases expenditure limit of candidates contesting Lok Sabha, Assembly elections by 10%
Lok Sabha poll: Hiked from Rs. 70 lakhs to Rs. 77 lakhs
Assembly poll: Hiked from Rs. 28 lakhs to Rs. 30.80 lakhs

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveils new version of DRDO’s Procurement Manual to engage private sector
Shipping: Govt launches development of indigenous software solution for VTS (Vessel Traffic Services) and VTMS (Vessels Traffic Monitoring Systems)
Union Bank of India’s MD & CEO Rajkiran Rai G elected Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)
Government bans natural gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) producers from buying their own produce
Harsh Vardhan launches website ‘CuRED’ for information on clinical trial of CSIR ushered repurposed drugs

UNHCHR (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) Michelle Bachelet asks India to review FCRA regulations
Vice Chief of Indian Army Lt Gen S. K. Saini visits US Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii
Sweden bans China’s Huawei, ZTE from upcoming 5G networks citing security threat
Ibrahim al-Abed, founder of UAE’ state-run WAM news agency, dies at 78
World Statistics Day celebrated on October 20; theme: “Connecting the world with data we can trust”