Important Day
Defence
- IMNEX 2019, a naval exercise between India and Myanmar organized in - Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- ‘Ekuverin 2019’, a Joint military exercise between India and Maldives organized in – Pune, Maharashtra.
Economy
- First Indian company to cross the Rs.9 lakh crore of market capitalization (mcap) - Reliance Industries Limited.
International
- The fourth India-ASEAN business summit is organized in - the Philippines.
- On 20 October, this Asian country has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of countries at risk for money laundering - Sri Lanka.
National
- On 21 October, the “Digital Bharat – Digital Sanskriti” program organised by Rashtriya Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (Ministry of Culture) in - Delhi.
Persons in News
- Joko Widodo, President of this country, was sworn on 20 October for his second and final five-year term – Indonesia.
Sports
- Indian sprinter who won the Vogue award for ‘Sportsperson of the Year 2019’ - Dutee Chand.
State Current Affairs
- Winner of the prestigious Paul H Appleby Award, conferred by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi - Prof B. S. Ghuman (Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University).
Science
- Researchers from this institute have developed a new dielectric capacitor, a device that stores energy like a battery and able to store 30 times more energy than available dielectric capacitor, taking inspiration from a French pastry - Queen Mary institute of London.
General Knowledge
- Philippines - Capital: Manila; Currency: Philippine peso.
- In Delhi, the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) was established in - 1954.
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Founded: July 1989; Headquarters: Paris, France.
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Founded: 1967 (8 August); Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Myanmar - Capital: Naypyitaw; Currency: Burmese kyat.
- Maldives - Capital: Malé; Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa.
