1. Today Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti 2021 is celebrated: Valmiki Jayanti is a Hindu festival that is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki, who penned the famous Hindu epic Ramayana.
2. Over 99 crore doses of COVID vaccine administered so far; Recovery rate stands at 98.14%
3. President Ram Nath Kovind will be on a three days visit to Bihar from 20 Oct. He will attend the centenary celebrations of the Bihar Legislative Assembly Building and address the members of the Bihar Legislature on Thursday.
4. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has extended the last date to submit the online application for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) from October 19 to October 25.
As per the official notification, candidates can submit their fees by October 26 (3:30 pm).
5. Delhi : The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the matter pertaining to the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in which eight persons, including four farmers, were killed during a farmers’ protest.
6. J&K: The National Investigation Agency, country’s counter-terrorism force, will probe the targeted killing of four civilians in Jammu and Kashmir this month. The NIA will investigate the larger conspiracy behind the killings.
7. Kerala The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued an Orange alert for 11 districts of Kerala indicating heavy rainfall.
8. Landslides in Kerala have claimed the lives of 27 people so far. 14 deaths were reported in Kottayam district, 10 in Idukki district, and one each in Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Kozhikode districts.
9. Punjab’s former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh declared that he will form a new political party and provided the farmers’ protest gets resolved, will consider a “seat arrangement” with the BJP and breakaway Akali groups ahead of next year’s assembly elections.
10. In Punjab a High voltage was witnessed at a meeting in the Punjab Congress camp after sources revealed that CM Charanjit Singh Channi has challenged Navjot Singh Sidhu to become the Chief Minister and show his performance in the next two months. According to sources, he has threatened to leave the post amid Sidhu’s repeated jibes and asked the cricketer-turned- politician to take over.
11. Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana K P Singh had finally accepted the resignation of Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, almost three years after he first tendered his resignation in January 2019.
12. Telangana : A major setback to the ruling TRS Govt, the Election Commission of India (EC) halted DALIT BANDHU scheme in by-poll bound Huzurabad Assembly constituency until the election(on 30 Oct) is over.
13. Uttar Pradesh : PM Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh today (20 Oct). At around 10 A.M., the PM will inaugurate the Kushinagar International Airport. At around 11.30 A.M., he will participate in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at Mahaparinirvana Temple. At around 1.15 P.M., the Prime Minister will attend a public function to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects in Kushinagar.
14. The inauguration of the Kushinagar International Airport will be marked by the landing of the inaugural flight at the airport from Colombo in Sri Lanka, carrying Sri lankan delegation of over hundred Buddhist Monks and dignitaries including the 12-member Holy Relic entourage bringing the Holy Buddha Relics for Exposition.
15. Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off Modi Van under the ‘Seva Hi Sangathan’ programme on 19 Oct to commemorate PM Modi completing 20 years as the Head of Government. Five Mobile Medical Vans will operate in five Assembly Constituencies in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh.
16. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Tuesday, announced that her party would give 40% tickets to women in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
17. UTTARKHAND: 34 people are dead as heavy rainfall battered Uttarakhand for a third straight day 19 Oct, leaving authorities fearing for the lives of many more who may be trapped under debris and in flooded areas.
18. Bollywood: Actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra have filed a ₹ 50 crore defamation case against actor Sherlyn Chopra, five days after Ms Chopra filed a complaint against the couple for allegedly committing fraud against her and mental harassment.
19. Army chief General MM Naravane on Tuesday visited the forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir and reviewed the security situation.
20. IAF to refurbish its VVIP helicopter fleet
The IAF modified a batch of Russian Mi-17 V5 helicopters to meet the requirement of transporting VVIPs.
21. After the Mi-8 helicopters that were earlier used for VVIP transport exhausted their service lifespan and plans to replace them with 12 Italian Agusta Westland helicopters ran aground due to allegations of kickbacks, the IAF opted for modifying a few newly acquired M-17 V5s for the role.
22. France has been working with Germany and Spain to jointly develop Europe’s next-generation air defense system, also called Future Future Combat Air System (FCAS). At the same time, the UK has partnered with Sweden and Italy, as part of its Tempest program to develop a 6th-gen aircraft.
23. Future Combat Air System: The FCAS is aimed at replacing the existing fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons, France’s Rafale jets and Spanish EF-18 Hornets by the year 2040. The New Generation Fighter (NGF) program is being led by France’s Dassault Aviation.
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