{"id":1332,"date":"2026-09-10T19:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/current-affairs-notes-on-october-16-21-html\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T19:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:28:05","slug":"current-affairs-notes-on-october-16-21-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/current-affairs-notes-on-october-16-21-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Current affairs notes on October 16-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-188212614672547441\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a01.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insightsonindia.com\/2020\/10\/16\/saral-jeevan-bima\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saral Jeevan Bima:<\/a> It is a standard\u00a0individual term<br \/>\nlife insurance product\u00a0unveiled recently by\u00a0the Insurance Regulatory<br \/>\nand Development Authority (IRDAI). It will be a non-linked, non-participating<br \/>\nindividual pure risk premium life insurance plan providing for\u00a0payment of<br \/>\nthe sum assured in lump sum to the nominee in case of the insured\u2019s death<br \/>\nduring the policy term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">2.India joins UK-led fight against encrypted online<br \/>\nmessages. The UK and India are joined by the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand<br \/>\nand Japan. It marks\u00a0an expansion of the so-called \u201cFive Eyes\u201d group of<br \/>\nnations,\u00a0a global alliance on intelligence issues, to include India and<br \/>\nJapan. The campaign is against\u00a0end-to-end encryption\u00a0of messages by<br \/>\nsocial media giants such as Facebook, which they say hinder law enforcement by<br \/>\nblocking all access to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">3. Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP), The zoo has revived<br \/>\nits innovative \u2018Adopt-An-Animal\u2019 programme to mobilise resources for animals. Located<br \/>\nin Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Adjacent to\u00a0Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary. It<br \/>\nis\u00a0the only zoological park in India to become an institutional member of<br \/>\nWorld Association of Zoos and Aquarium (WAZA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">4. Mahila Kisan Diwas Observed on 15th October. The Union<br \/>\nMinistry of Agriculture and Farmers\u2019 Welfare set aside this day to empower<br \/>\nwomen in the field of agriculture. The UN also observes 15th October as the \u2018International<br \/>\nDay of Rural Women\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">5. Global Hunger Index 2020 released. The GHI\u00a0ranks<br \/>\ncountries on a 100-point scale,\u00a0with 0 being the best score (no hunger)<br \/>\nand 100 being the worst. Values less than 10 reflect low hunger, values from 20<br \/>\nto 34.9 indicate serious hunger; values from 35 to 49.9 are alarming; and<br \/>\nvalues of 50 or more are extremely alarming. India ranks 94 out of 107<br \/>\ncountries in the Index, lower than her neighbours such as Bangladesh (75) and<br \/>\nPakistan (88).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">6. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said it would conduct<br \/>\nOpen Market Operation (OMO) purchase of State Developments Loans as per its<br \/>\nOctober 9 announcement. Open market operations is the sale and purchase of<br \/>\ngovernment securities and treasury bills by RBI or the central bank of the<br \/>\ncountry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">The objective of OMO is to regulate the money supply in the<br \/>\neconomy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">7. Union Transport Ministry has launched the first blasting<br \/>\nfor construction-related work at\u00a0the Zojila tunnel\u00a0that will provide<br \/>\nall-year connectivity between\u00a0Srinagar valley and Leh. The Zojila is set<br \/>\nto be Asia\u2019s longest bi-directional tunnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">8. Rashtriya Aajeevika Mission: Organizing the rural poor<br \/>\nwomen into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and continuously nurturing and supporting<br \/>\nthem to take economic activities so that they come out of abject poverty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">9. Pakistan and Nepal were recently re-elected to the UN<br \/>\nHuman Rights Council, China won a seat by the smallest margin while Saudi<br \/>\nArabia was defeated in the elections. UNHRC was reconstituted from its<br \/>\npredecessor organisation,\u00a0the UN Commission on Human Rights\u00a0to help<br \/>\novercome the \u201ccredibility deficit\u201d of the previous organisation. Headquartered\u00a0in<br \/>\nGeneva, Switzerland. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">10. SLINEX 20, It is a series of naval exercises between the<br \/>\nIndian Navy and the Sri Lanka Navy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">11. As per government data, \u2018Ghar Tak Fibre\u2019 scheme is off<br \/>\nto a slow start in\u00a0Bihar, the first state that aims to connect all its<br \/>\n45,945 villages by March 31. To connect all villages by March 31, the state<br \/>\nwould need to dig trenches, lay cables, and provide connectivity to an average<br \/>\nof 257 villages daily, or a monthly average of over 7,500 villages. he project<br \/>\nwill be jointly executed by the Department of Telecom (DoT), ministry of<br \/>\nElectronics &#038; Information Technology and Common Service Centres (CSC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">12. The first-ever multi-modal logistic park will be built<br \/>\nin Assam. The park will provide direct connectivity to air, road, rail and<br \/>\nwaterways to the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">13. Australia\u00a0will join the Malabar 2020 naval<br \/>\nexercise, consisting of\u00a0India, Japan and the U.S.,\u00a0to be held next<br \/>\nmonth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">14. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insightsonindia.com\/2020\/10\/21\/ayushman-sahakar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ayushman Sahakar:<\/a> It is a scheme\u00a0to assist<br \/>\ncooperatives play an important role in creation of healthcare infrastructure\u00a0in<br \/>\nthe country. National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), an autonomous<br \/>\ndevelopment finance institution under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers<br \/>\nWelfare. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">15. The\u00a0National Green Tribunal (NGT)\u00a0has held<br \/>\nthat\u00a0environmental clearance (EC)\u00a0to\u00a0the Kaleshwaram Lift<br \/>\nIrrigation Project (KLIP)\u00a0was granted\u00a0ex post facto. Originally<br \/>\ncalled\u00a0Pranahita-Chevella project\u00a0in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, it was<br \/>\nredesigned, extended and renamed as\u00a0Kaleshwaram project in Telangana in<br \/>\n2014. It is aimed to make Telangana drought proof by\u00a0harnessing the flood<br \/>\nwaters of the Godavari. When completed, it will be\u00a0the world\u2019s largest<br \/>\nirrigation and drinking water system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/currentaffairscircle.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/current-affairs-notes-on-october-16-21.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a01.Saral Jeevan Bima: It is a standard\u00a0individual term life insurance product\u00a0unveiled recently by\u00a0the Insurance Regulatory&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}