INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Mandatory R&D funding by companies: Prime Minister’s panel Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC)
- India for the first time announced a railway station named, the Keylong station, to be built inside a tunnel at a height of 3,000 metresin Himachal Pradesh.
- National Commission for Women (NCW)launched a dedicated e-mail address to report instances of sexual harassment at workplace.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge: World’s Longest Sea Bridge between China-Hong Kong to open on October 24
- United States Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announced that the US Embassyand US Consulate General in Jerusalem, Israel, are merged into a single diplomatic mission.
- 7thmeeting of education ministers of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Henat a gathering of ASEAN defence ministers in Singapore announced commencement of first joint maritime exercises of China and ASEAN countries on last week of October.
BANKING & FINANCE
- International Finance Corporation launched $1-billion masala bonds
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- NASSCOM signs MoU with Dubai Internet City (DIC) to expand Indian SMEs in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award conferred to Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
- Indian-American woman Minal Patel Davis, received the ‘Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking‘ in the White House, USA.
- Maeen Abdulmalik Sworn in as Yemen’s New PM
- IL&FS Investment Managers Ltdnon-executive director Vibhav Kapoor resigned from its board.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- China’sindigenously designed and built amphibious aircraft AG600 is the world’s largest aircraft that completed its maiden flight.
- Feihong-98 (FH-98): China successfully tested World’s Largest Unmanned Transport Drone
ENVIRONMENT
- Earliest known flesh-eating fish identified in South Germany
SPORTS
- Sergio Perez extends F1 contract with Force India for 2019
IMPORTANT DAYS
- National Solidarity day – October 20