Current Affairs

 

                                                               Current Affairs

OCTOBER - 15

• The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) on behalf of the Government of India has extended a Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 400 million (about Rs 2,932 crore) to the Maldives.

• Russia has given regulatory approval to a second Covid-19 vaccine, named ‘EpiVacCorona’, after early-stage studies.

• Gujarat government has signed a pact with Vedanta Group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) to set up a greenfield zinc smelter in the state.

• India’s leading private sector bank, HDFC Bank and Apollo Hospitals have collaborated to launch the “HealthyLife Programme”, a holistic healthcare solution.

• Microsoft and All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) have partnered to empower students and educators in new-age technologies.

• “Bank of Ghana” has won the Central bank of the year award 2020.

• The International Day of Rural Women is observed globally on 15 October each year. The  is “Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19,” 

• World Students’ Day is observed every year on 15 October to mark the birth anniversary of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.