13 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines
Here are top News Headlines of 13th October 2020
India
- Aadhaar not mandatory for registration of births and deaths: Registrar General of India
- designates single SBI branch in New Delhi for all FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) accounts
- EAM S. Jaishankar and his counterpart Ine Eriksen Sreide co-chair virtual meeting of India-Norway Joint Commission
- India to host 7th Meeting of Ministers of Law & Justice of SCO virtually on Oct 16
- J&K: Ex-CM Mehbooba Mufti released after 14 months; Public Safety Act revoked
- Nagaland: Govt. minister C. M. Chang dies at 77 in Kohima of COVID-19
- Noted artist and dramatist Mohan Sona dies in Karnataka
Economy & corporate
- Indian economy to contract by 10.3% in 2020-21; to bounce back with 8.8% growth in 2021-22: IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update
- India among world’s top three FDI destinations in next 2-3 years: CII-EY survey
- ADB, India sign $270 mn loan to improve urban services in 64 cities of MP
- selects Hughes Communications to connect remotely located panchayats with satellite broadband
World
- Global economy to contract by 4.4% in 2020; grow by 5.2% in 2021: IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update
- World Meteorological Organisation releases ‘2020 State of Climate Services’ report; says more disasters attributed to weather occurring each year
- Transparency International releases report ‘Exporting Corruption 2020: Assessing Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention’
- Bangladesh President signs ordinance on capital punishment in rape cases
- International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction observed on October 13
- 15 new members elected to the 47-member Geneva-based Human Rights Council; elected include China, Russia and Pakistan
- Turkey to continue gas exploration in Mediterranean Sea; opposed by Greece
- EU to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
- US: Indian-origin philanthropist Harish Kotecha awarded Sandra Neese Lifetime Achievement Award
- Saudi Arabia presides over virtual global interfaith forum as head of G-20
- Facebook bans content that denies or distorts the Holocaust
- Apple unveils iPhone 12 with 5G, HomePod Mini smart speaker
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020