26 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines
Here are top News Headlines of 26th October 2020
India
- Mahesh Kanodia, Gujarati film musician and former BJP MP from Patan, dies in Gandhinagar at 83
Loan moratorium scheme
- Centre to bear additional compound interest on loans of up to ₹2 crore taken by retail borrowers and MSMEs
- Banks and NBFCs asked to credit the difference between the compound interest and simple interest for the six-month period between March 1 and August 31 into these loan accounts by November 5
- Would benefit even borrowers who had not availed themselves of the moratorium on loan repayments allowed by RBI up to August 31.
World
- UN’s Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) comes into effect after ratification by 50 countries
- Former Anglican priest Wavel Ramkalawan elected new President of Seychelles
- Luis Arce elected new President of Bolivia; leader of the Movement for Socialism party
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020