CURRENT AFFAIRS: DAYS
Police Commemoration Day
- The Police Commemoration Day is observed every year on October 21
- This day is in memory of the CRPF personnel who died at Hot Springs in Ladakh while fighting Chinese troops on this day in 1959.
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day
- Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Prevention Dayor World Iodine Deficiency Day is observed every year on 21st October.
- Iodine is an essential micronutrient required for normal thyroid function, growth, and development.
International Stuttering Awareness Day
- International Stuttering Awareness Day is observed annually on October 22.
- Stuttering is a communication disorder in which repetitions or abnormal stoppages of sounds and syllables -break the flow of speech.
- This year’s theme is “Journey of Words – Resilience and Bouncing Back”.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATES
Surat now has India’ longest BRTS network
- Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani e-launched projects worth more than Rs 200 crorein
- The BRTS corridor from Kumbharia to Kadodora was opened.
- With the opening of this BRTS corridor , Surat has become the only city in the country to have the longestBRTS network of 108 km.
- Unveiling the development works of SMC and SUDAthrough video conference from Gandhinagar.
About Gujarat
- Capital: Gandhinagar
- Governor: Acharya Devvrat
- Chief minister: Vijay Rupani
Govt partners with FICCI for Make-in-Odisha 2020
- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has been selected as the national industry partner for the third edition of ‘Make in Odisha’ conclave, the flagship industrial summit of Odisha Government that showcases the State as an industrial power house and a preferred investment destination in the country.
- An MoU was signed between IPICOL and FICCI in presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for investment promotion and investor outreach activities to be undertaken leading up to the conclave.
- The conclaves in 2016 and 2018 brought in a significant increase in the quantum of new investments to Odisha and helped create a diversified industrial base in the State.
- The State Government has decided to continue investment outreach activities with prospective investors on virtual platforms till the time the situation is ripe for organising the mega industrial carnival in physical form.
About FICCI
- Headquarters location: New Delhi
- President: Sangeetha Reddy
About Odisha
- Capital: Bhubaneswar
- Governor: Ganeshi Lal
- Chief minister: Naveen Patnaik
