Daily Current Affairs

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This post contains important daily current affairs of 24 & 25 October 2020. It includes all Major National, International, Business and Sports related current affairs of 24 & 25 October 2020. We have collected the latest daily current affairs and compiled them date wise. These current affairs are important for all competitive exams like bank, ssc, ibps, sbi exams. The GK current affairs will help you score more in these competitive exams. A brief explanation of every current affair is provided to further enhance your general knowledge. Once you have gone through these current affairs we would recommend to you to try 24 & 25 October 2020 daily Current affairs test.

Daily Current Affairs

United Nations Day is observed on 24 October
October 24 has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. The United Nations officially came into being after the signatory documents which includes the five permanent members of the Security Council. The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and its founding Charter. 

World Development Information Day is observed on 24 October
The General Assembly in 1972 established World Development Information Day to draw the attention of the world to development problems. Hence October 24 is marked as World Development Information Day.

World Polio Day is observed on 24 October
World Polio Day is celebrated on October 24th. World Polio Day was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. The theme for 2020 is “A win against polio is a win for global health.”

Jammu and Kashmir’s grievance system integrated with Centres portal
In a significant effort to strengthen the governance mechanism and to ensure prompt action in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the online grievance system of the UT has been integrated with the central grievance portal. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in the Union Ministry of Personnel has collaborated with the J&K administration on this.

War memorial of 1962 braveheart, Sub Joginder Singh inaugurated at Bum La
Under the patronage of Arunachal Government and with efforts of Pema Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, a War Memorial has been constructed at Bum La, where Sub Joginder Singh, 1st Battalion the Sikh Regt made the supreme sacrifice.

Mysuru in Karnataka organised Jamboo Savari elephant procession
Mysuru in Karnataka organised the Jamboo Savari elephant procession on the tenth and concluding day of Dussehra.

NIT-Trichy gets two fellowships under PM’s Research Fellows Scheme
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy has been awarded two fellowships under the Prime Minister’s Research Fellows’ (PMRF) Scheme. The fellowships have been awarded to Mr.Sundaramahalingam of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Ms. Merlin Mary N J of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. According to this scheme the scholar is eligible to get an initial fellowship of Rs.70,000/- per month for the first two years, which will be raised to 80,000 per month in phases.

Indian Railways launches Freight Business Development Portal to boost freight business
The Indian Railways launched a Freight Business Development Portal amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to boost the freight business. As per a statement, the aim of the new portal is to motivate new customers to transport goods through railways and provide better facilities to existing customers. The portal, which has been specially designed and developed on the principle of ‘Customer First’, shows the complete timetable of all goods trains, routes, distance from one station to another and freight fares.

Mastercard Partners with Atlantis to Expand Digital First Program in India
Mastercard in partnership with Atlantis announced the expansion of the Digital First Program in India. The Digital First Program aims to reignite users’ relationships with more meaningful experiences. Users will be able to use their cards/accounts for digital transactions within minutes of application, enabled by a fully digital online application and issuance process, including video KYC (in collaboration with Signzy). Cardholders will no longer need to wait to receive a physical card to begin using their cards for online shopping or at physical stores.

BPCL ties up with Fino Payments Bank for recharging truck drivers’ fleet cards
The association between BPCL and Fino Payments Bank, the drivers would now be able to get the fleet cards recharged by paying equivalent cash at the bank’s point. The digitised cash in the form of prepaid fleet cards would allow truck drivers to make payment for fuel at BPCL outlets.

Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports appoints Bimal Julka as Chairman
FIFS India’s first and only self-regulatory industry body for fantasy sports, announced the appointment of Bimal Julka as its Chairman. In his new role, Julka will work closely with all the stakeholders to further strengthen the operating standards of the Indian fantasy sports industry. Julka is taking over from John Loffhagen, who served as the Chairman of FIFS for over three years.

NATO plans to set up new space center in Germany
The NATO alliance is to build a headquarters for space operations at its airbase in Ramstein in Germany, to counter a rising Russian and Chinese threat. The new center is to be a central point of contact to support NATO missions with communication and satellite images. It will also be a place to exchange information on potential threats to satellites. Currently, at least 40 percent of NATO’s communications are via satellite.

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