9 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines
Here are top News Headlines of 9th October 2020
India
- PM Modi launches Jan Andolan campaign on COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour; Urges people to wear mask, wash hands & follow social distancing
- Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot inaugurates virtual “International conference on Mental Health: Looking Beyond COVID 19”
- Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ virtually inaugurates Gyan Circle Ventures of IIIT, Chittoor (AP)
- Ram Vilas Paswan, Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, dies at 74
- Former CBI director Ashwani Kumar dies at 69 in Shimla
- Head of Afghanistan’s Peace Council Abdullah Abdullah meets PM Modi in Delhi
- Indian Air Force Day celebrated on October 8
Economy & corporate
- India’s economy to contract 9.6% in FY21: World Bank said in its South Asia Focus update
- Government appoints Rajeshwar Rao as RBI Deputy Governor
- New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) approves $741 million loans for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), Mumbai Metro
- CK Rajkumar, the Founder of Sujatha Bio Tech, dies at 68 in Chennai
World
- American poet Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel prize for literature
- Switzerland: WEF to hold its Annual Meeting 2021 in Lucerne in May instead of Davos in January-end
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020