Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 24, 2021

– Tamil movie “Koozhangal” (“Pebbles”) announced as India’s official entry for 94th Academy Awards

– Life expectancy in India dropped by two years due to COVID-19, says Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS)

– SC flags vacancies in consumer disputes fora

– Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits J&K UT, says statehood will be restored after delimitation and polls

– CJI Ramana raises concern over judiciary infrastructure at the inauguration of two wings of the annexe building at the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court

– Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav meets with UK’s Foreign Minister Liz Truss in New Delhi

– Contours of theatre command being drawn up: Rajnath Singh

– Ties with Dhaka deeper than any other strategic partnership: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla

– I&B Minister Anurag Thakur compliments Goa for achieving ODF & connecting every household with electricity

– PM interacts with beneficiaries and stakeholders of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa’ programme through video conferencing

– RBI caps NBFC IPO funding at Rs one crore per borrower from FY23

– PM interacts with domestic manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccine in New Delhi

– ICRA MD & CEO N Sivaraman resigns

– India hands over 34.9 km long Jaynagar-Kurtha cross-border rail link to Nepal govt

– Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan meets Vice President of South Sudan

– 43 countries call on China at UN to respect Uighur rights

– US, EU, Australia, Canada agree to end export credit support for coal power

– Group of Seven nations agree on principles to govern cross-border data use and digital trade