Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 13, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 13, 2021

– Union Cabinet approves affiliation of 100 Schools in Government and private sector with Sainik School Society

– PM Modi participates in G20 Extraordinary Summit on Afghanistan hosted by Italy

– Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal participates in G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Sorrento, Italy

– Former higher education secretary Amit Khare appointed as advisor to PM

– IFFCO chairman Balvinder Singh Nakai passes away at 87

– Govt. removes restrictions on domestic flights, allows to operate at 100% capacity from Oct 18

– Govt. accords ‘Maharatna’ status to PSU Power Finance Corporation (PFC)

– Indian economy to grow at 9.5% in 2021, 8.5% in 2022: IMF

– Industrial production grows 11.9% in August

– Consumer Price Index-based (retail) inflation declines to 4.35% in September

– Iraq: Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s party ‘biggest winner’ in parliamentary election

– Iran kicks off annual air defence drill dubbed “Velyat”

– S. Jaishankar meets his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Nursultan, Kazakhstan

– World Arthritis Day celebrated on Oct 12; theme: “Don’t delay, connect today: Time2work”

– Holocaust survivor and writer Eddie Jaku dies in Sydney at 101