13 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines

October 13, 2020

Here are top News Headlines of 13th October 2020

Rajnath Singh dedicates 44 bridges built by BRO (Border Road Organisation) in 7 states, UTs
Tamil Nadu: Former actress Kushboo Sundar leaves Congress, joins BJP
Microsoft partners with AICTE to train students and educators in new-age technologies such as AI, IoT & cloud computing
Kerala introduces high-tech digital classrooms in all public schools: CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Bihar: State minister Vinod Kumar Singh dies at 55
Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF), India’s National Maritime Foundation (NMF) join hands to foster cooperation in Indo-Pacific region

Centre announces one-time Rs 10,000 interest-free festival advance for its employees
Retail inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) spikes to 7.34% in September from 6.69% in August
Industrial production for the month of August declines by 8%
Exim Bank extends $400 mn soft loan to Maldives for connectivity project
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visits Kuwait; meets new Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Americans Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson win 2020 Nobel prize in economics ‘for improving the theory of how auctions work’
FATF’s Asia Pacific Group keeps Pakistan on ‘enhanced follow-up list’ for slow progress against terror financing