INDIA
– Climate Equity Monitor website on global climate policy launched in India
– Culture Ministry launches three competitions to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Desh Bhakti Geet writing, Rangoli Making and Lori writing
– Nationwide Clean India campaign culminates with Fit India Plog Run
– Plogging is a unique activity that combines fitness and cleanliness, in which participants collect litter while jogging
– 146th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel celebrated as National Unity Day
– 260 ITBP personnel awarded special operation medal for service during eastern Ladakh standoff
– Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh dedicates ‘Sardar Patel Leadership Centre’ to the Nation at LBSNAA (Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration) Mussoorie
– U.S. returns 250 antiquities to India worth an estimated $15 million
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Customers can now subscribe to Atal Pension Yojana via Aadhaar eKYC: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
– Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation launches the “Dairy Sahakar” scheme for cooperatives at Anand, Gujarat during the 75th Foundation Year celebrations of Amul
– Finance Ministry approves proposal by the Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to provide 8.5% rate of interest for the deposits for 2020-21
– Former SC judge Justice Ashok Bhushan appointed as Chairperson of NCLAT (National Company Law Appellate Tribunal)
– Former HC judge Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar appointed as President of NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal)
WORLD
– PM Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron decide to expand Indo-Pacific partnership
– Leaders of G20 countries endorses global minimum tax of 15% on multinational corporations at Rome Summit
– G20 leaders agree on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius target at Rome Summit
– World Cities Day observed on Oct 31
