21 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines
Here are top News Headlines of 21st October 2020.
Poll expenditure
- Govt increases expenditure limit of candidates contesting Lok Sabha, Assembly elections by 10%
- Lok Sabha poll: Hiked from Rs. 70 lakhs to Rs. 77 lakhs
- Assembly poll: Hiked from Rs. 28 lakhs to Rs. 30.80 lakhs
Economy & corporate
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveils new version of DRDO’s Procurement Manual to engage private sector
- Shipping: Govt launches development of indigenous software solution for VTS (Vessel Traffic Services) and VTMS (Vessels Traffic Monitoring Systems)
- Union Bank of India’s MD & CEO Rajkiran Rai G elected Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)
- Government bans natural gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) producers from buying their own produce
- Harsh Vardhan launches website ‘CuRED’ for information on clinical trial of CSIR ushered repurposed drugs
World
- UNHCHR (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) Michelle Bachelet asks India to review FCRA regulations
- Vice Chief of Indian Army Lt Gen S. K. Saini visits US Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii
- Sweden bans China’s Huawei, ZTE from upcoming 5G networks citing security threat
- Ibrahim al-Abed, founder of UAE’ state-run WAM news agency, dies at 78
- World Statistics Day celebrated on October 20; theme: “Connecting the world with data we can trust”
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020