11 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines
Here are top News Headlines of 11th October 2020
India
- Interview for govt. jobs abolished in 23 States and 8 UTs: MoS for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh
- Parliamentary panel to look into the issue of TRP manipulations by some TV channels
- NRI quota in private colleges not sacrosanct; candidates cannot assert their right to be admitted: SC
- 364 animal species and 180 plant species were discovered in India in 2019: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) & Botanical Survey of India (BSI)
- ‘Protect a Generation: Climate security for India’s children’, a joint report of PwC India and Save the Children India, released
Economy & corporate
- Can’t extend loan moratorium as it may affect credit discipline: RBI to SC
- Foreign exchange reserves reach a life-time high of $545.638 billion in the week ended Oct 2
- RBI fixes sovereign gold bond issue price at Rs 5,051 per gram of gold open for subscription from Oct 12 to 16
World
- World Migratory Bird Day celebrated on October 10; theme: “Birds Connect Our World”
- World Mental Health Day observed on October 10; theme: ‘Mental Health for All: Greater Investment – Greater Access’
- Nepal withdraws textbook which includes contentious border map with India
- MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedharan addresses virtual Ministerial Meeting of NAM (Non-Aligned Movement)
- US: Indian-origin academician Srikant Datar named as Dean of Harvard Business School
- Tunisia: Divers discover wreck of French submarine Ariane in Mediterranean Sea; was sunk by German submarine during WWI in 1917
- Kyrgyzstan: President Sooronbai Jeenbekov orders ‘state of emergency’ in capital Bishkek till October 21
- Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh – a territory belonging to Azerbaijan that is controlled by ethnic Armenian forces since 1994
Sports
- French Open tennis: Iga Swiatek (19) of Poland wins women’s singles title
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020