Oct - Nation and World Flashcards
World’s Longest Highway tunnel
PM Narendra Modi October 3, 2020 Inaugurated Atal Tunnel at Rohtang at an altitude of above 3,000m 9.02Km long tunnel Connects manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley
19th India-Myanmar Foreign Office Consultations held through Virtual Mode
1 October, 2020
Indian delegation led by- Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Myanmar delegation- Permanent secretary, U soe Han
Topic discussed- border cooperation, ongoing restoration work pn earthquake damaged pagodas in Bagan.
PM inaugurates Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik Summit(VAIBHAV) virtually
2 oct, 2020
The PM said gov. has recently given market authorization for an indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine.
He addressed that government has launched an ambitious mission to eradicate TB in India by 2025, which is 5 years before the global target.
DRDO successfully Test-fires Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Missile
1 Oct, 2020
Tested in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
It was second successful test firing missile, having a range of upto 5km.
Missile was test fired from an MBT Arjun Tank at KK Ranges in Armoured Corps Centre and School in Ahmednagar.
DRDO- Defence Research and Development Organisation
ATGM- Anti Tank Guided Missile
India-Japan Sign Pact to boost cooperation in 5G, Artificial Intelligence(AI)
7 oct, 2020
India-Japan 13th foreign ministers strategic dialogue
The two sides finalising the text of a cyber security agreement that promotes cooperation in 5G, Internet of Things(IoT) and Artificial Intelligence(AI)
Foreign Minsters - S. Jaishankar(EAM) and Toshimitsu Motegi
India’s Solidarity with Taiwan Irks China Amid India-China Stand-off at the Eastern Border of Ladakh
11 oct, 2020 Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen thanked India
India,Afghanistan Relations
6 oct, 2020
Abdullah Abdullah,Chairman of the High Council for National Reconcilation in Afghanistan
Visits India- 5days
Met PM and briefed him on the peace process and talks between Afghan government and Taliban at Doha in Qatar.
He met NSA(National security Adviser) Ajit Doval who told him India favours a democratic and sovereign Afghanistan “where no terrorism can operate”
India Test Anti-Radiation Missile
Rudram-1
9 oct, 2020
India successfully tested a new indigenous air-launched missile called ‘Rudram-1’
Designed to destroy a variety of enemy surveillance communation and radar targets on the ground after being fired from Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter.
Strike range of 100-200km
India and Bangladesh hold Joint Naval Exercise ‘Bongosagar’
The second edition of India-Bangladesh bilateral naval exersice held on 3 oct,2020
In Northern Bay of Bengal.
Ships from both navies participated in surface warfare drills, seamanship evolutions and helicopter operations.
Indian Navy ships- Kiltan, Khukri
BD Navy ships- Abu Bakr, Prottoy
Later followed by third edition of India-Bangladesh Cordinated Patrol (CORPAT)
French Cooperation with India
France Appoints First Envoy for Indo-Pacific
President Emmanuel Macron has appointed the country’s first ambassdor for the Indo-Pacific.
Christophe Penot, October 14, 2020 was appointed to pay special attention to cooperation with India as a formost strategic partner in region.
India Test-fires Naval Version of supersonic BrahMos Missile
18 oct, 2020
A naval version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successful test-fired from an indigenously built stealth destroyer of the Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea.
Fires from INS Chennai and it hit target with pin point accuracy
India partcipates in 18th Meeting of Prosecutors General of SCO
18th Meeting of Prosecutors General of SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organisation)
held on 20 oct, 2020 via video conference.
India was represented by the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
India will hold SCO Prosecutors General Meeting in 2021
8 countires which are the members of SCO are -
China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan.
India’s Central Asia Outreach : India, Kazakhstan Cooperation
India and Central Asia’s biggest state Kazakhstan are exploring widening defence partnership including joint production as well as opening a new chapter in the heavy engineering sector.
Recent Cabinet Approvals
Late October
MoU( Memorandum of Understanding) signed between India and Nigeria on cooperation in Exploration of outer space for peaceful purposes.
MoU was signed between ISRO and NASRDA ( National Space Research and Development agency)
Extension of Market Intervention Scheme for Procurement of Apples in Jammu and Kashmir for year 2020-2021
MoU between ICAI(Institute of Chartered Accounts of India) and CPAs(Certified Practising Accountants), Papua New Guinea.
Productivity Linked bous (PLB) and Non-PLB for 2019-2020, The Union Cabinet approved to pay a PLB for the year 2019-2020 to 16.97 lakh non-gazetted employees of commercial establishments like Raliways, Posts, Defence etc. Finacial implication of this would be ₹ 2,791 CR
Non-PLB is given to Non-Gazetted Central Gov. Employees. 13.70 lakh employees would be helped by this and ₹ 946 CR would be the financial implication for it.
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Dedicates 1st “Flash Flood Guidance Services” for south Asia
23 oct, 2020
IMD dedicated first of its kind “ Flash Flood Guidance Services”(FFGS) for south Asian Countries namely India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka to issue impact based forecasting of floods.
Launched by Dr. M. Rajeevan, Secretary, Minstry of Earth Sciences.
The FFGS has in deapth science, dynamics and diagnostics to provide guidance for the possible occurrences of flash floods at local level.
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan Virtually Addresses World Bank- IMF Annual Meeting 2020
21 oct, 2020 Dr. Harsh Vardhan( Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare)
addressed the world bank-International Monetary Fund annual meeting.
Indian Navy gets first batch of women pilots for Maritime Reconnaissance missions
The pilots completed Dornier Operational Flying Training(DOFT) on October 20 at INS Garuda in Kerala’s Kochi.
They were operationalized by Southern Naval Command (SNC) and have been identified as Lieutenant Shubhangi Swaroop, LT Divya Sharma and LT shivangini.
They graduated as fully operational MR Pilots at a ceremony held at INS Garuda on October 22, 2020.
Indigenously-built stealth Corvette INS Kavaratti commissioned into Indian Navy.
Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) General MM Naravane on October 22, 2020 commissioned the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth Corvette INS kavaratti into the Indian Navy at the Naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam.
INS kavaratti is the last of the four indigenously built ASW stealth Corvettes under Project 28 (Kamorta class) and has been designed by the Directorate of Naval Design, the Indian Navy’s in-house wing.
The ship will be manned by a team of 12 officers and 134 sailors with Commander Sandeep Singh as First Commanding Officer. It will be part of the Eastern Fleet under the Eastern Naval Command.
Indian successfully completes final trial of NAG missile; Missile finally ready for induction into Army.
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on October 22nd, 2020 carried out the final user trial of the 3rd generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), Nag, at the Pokhran firing range, Rajasthan. With the successful trial, the missile is now ready for induction into the Indian Army.
The Nag missile was carried from a Nag Missile Carrier (NAMICA).
At present, the Indian Army is using second-generation Milan 2T and Konkur ATGM.
3rd India-USA two plus two Ministerial dialogue held in New Delhi, Signed BECA and 4 other MoUs
On October 27, 2020 India hosted the third India-USA 2+2 Ministerial dialogue in New Delhi where Indian side was represented by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr Subramaniam Jaishankar.The US was represented by Secretary of the State Michael Richard Pompoe also known as Mike Pompoe and Secretary of Defence Mark Thomas Esper.
The agenda of this dialogue covered all bilateral regional and global issue of mutual interest.
During the dialogue India-USA signed 5 agreements which are as follows:
- Basic exchange on cooperation agreement (BECA)
- MoU on technical Cooperation in Earth Observation and Earth Sciences.
- Agreement to extend duration of global centre of nuclear energy signed.
- MoU on electronic exchange of customs data related to postal shipments.
- Letter of intent(LoI) regarding cooperation in traditional Indian medicine.
ISRO-NASA Satellite NISAR scheduled to be launched by 2022.
Under the ongoing collaboration between the national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) and Indian space research organisation (ISRO) NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite is scheduled to be launched by 2022.
Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Tokyo
The Foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and United States met in Tokyo on October 6, 2020 for a highly anticipated ‘Quad’ Ministerial meeting.
Women empowerment and security in Bangladesh : The Country Introduces Death Penalty for Rape.
Bangladesh introduced death penalty for Rape on October 12 2020 after days of protests sparked by a string of sexual assaults.
Demonstrations have broken out across the country after harrowing footage of a group of men stripping and attacking a woman went viral on social media.
Armenia Azerbaijan military conflict : Russian president Vladimir steps in, Brokers first talks with both leaders.
After Putin held a series of phone-discussion with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, they accepted his invitation to send their Foreign Ministers to Moscow on October 9 2020.
