9 October 2020: Today’s News Headlines

October 9, 2020

Here are top News Headlines of 9th October 2020

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

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

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