Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 27, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 27, 2021

INDIA

– 2 containers with all healthcare facilities will be established under the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission which could be rushed to any place in case of an emergency: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
– Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G. Kishan Reddy launches Amrit Mahotsav Podcast
– Ambassador of four Nations present credentials to the President of India: Luxembourg-Peggy Frantzen, Slovenia-Mateja Vodeb Ghosh, Israel-Naor Gilon and Egypt-Wael Mohamed Awad Hamed
– Vigilance Awareness Week being observed by Central Vigilance Commission from Oct 26 to Nov 1
– 8th India-Sweden Innovation Day meet on the theme ‘Accelerating India Sweden Green Transition’ held
– India, UK take part in bilateral tri-service exercise ‘Konkan Shakti 2021’ in the Arabian Sea

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– Government issues 202 notices to e-commerce players for violating country of origin norm
– NCAER’s business confidence index rises 90% in Q2
– India’s first ‘Skill Impact Bond’ launched by NSDC in collaboration with global partners, fund to benefit 50,000 youth
– MoRTH proposes 40 kmph speed limit for motorcycles with child pillion passenger
– India, ADB sign project readiness financing loan to support urban mobility in Mizoram
– India Post Payments Bank teams up with HDFC for offering home loans
– Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participates in 6th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
– First direct flight on the Shillong – Dibrugarh route flagged off

WORLD

– South Korea: Former president Roh Tae-woo dies at 88 in Seoul
– BIMSTEC to adopt connectivity master plan worth USD 124 billion: Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell
– Myanmar skips ASEAN summit to protest general’s exclusion

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