Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 20, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 20, 2022
INDIA
– PM launches projects worth Rs. 5860 crores in Rajkot, Gujarat; dedicates 1100 houses constructed under Light House Project, inaugurates India Urban Housing Conclave 2022
– PM lays foundation stone of various development projects worth around Rs 3580 crore in Junagadh, Gujarat
– PM launches Mission Schools of Excellence at Trimandir, Adalaj, Gujarat
– US repatriates 307 antiquities valued $4 mn stolen, trafficked from India
– Mallikharjuna Kharge elected President of Congress, defeats Shashi Tharoor 7,897-1,072
– Sanjay Malhotra appointed new revenue secretary
DEFEXPO22
– PM inaugurates DefExpo22 at Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
– Unveils HTT-40 indigenous trainer aircraft designed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
– Launches Mission DefSpace to develop solutions for Defence Forces in space domain through industry & startups.
– Lays foundation stone of Deesa airfield in Gujarat
– India-Africa Defence Dialogue held on sidelines of Defence Expo 2022
– PM announces 4th ‘Positive Indigenisation List’ of 101 defence items
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– 14th Edition of World Spice Congress (WSC) to be held at Mumbai in Feb 2023
– CCI slaps penalties totalling Rs 392 cr on online travel firms MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, OYO for unfair business practices
– CII and Indian Oil Corporation launch project ‘Vayu Amrit’ in Sangrur, Punjab to mitigate stubble burning
WORLD
– European Union’s Parliament awards Sakharov Prize to people of Ukraine for their resistance to Russia’s invasion
– Global steel demand downgraded, to drop 2.3% in 2022: WorldSteel
– Putin declares martial law in four unilaterally annexed regions of Ukraine
– In a snub to India, US Congress approves $450 million F-16 package for Pakistan
– Sweden: Ulf Kristersson elected new PM by Parliament
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Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
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