6 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines

October 6, 2020

[no_toc]Here are top News Headlines of 6th October 2020

Govt removes requirement of Minimum Qualifying Service for Defence personnel for Enhanced Family Pension
DRDO successfully flight tests Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)

PM inaugurates summit on Artificial Intelligence ‘RAISE 2020’ (Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020) being organised by MEITY and NITI Aayog
IBM to set up Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence with the GeM (Government e-Marketplace)
C-DAC to commission India’s fastest HPC-AI Supercomputer ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’ with NVIDIA
MoHUA enters into MoU with Swiggy to take street food vendors online under PM SVANIDHI (Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi) scheme
China’s Lenovo launches Motorola Razr 5G foldable phone in India priced at Rs 1,24,999

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly awarded to Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton, Charles M Rice for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
Franco-Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada dies from Covid-19 at 81
World Habitat Day celebrated on October 5; theme: ‘Housing For All: A Better Urban Future’
World Teachers’ Day celebrated on October 5; theme: ‘Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future’