Current Affairs - October 20, 2021 Current Affairs

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on India's largest public lender State Bank of India (SBI).

The Border Roads Organization (BRO) is constructing a 500-metre tunnel near Nechiphu pass in Arunachal Pradesh to cut down travel time for vehicles moving towards the forward base near the China border. Primarily aimed at bringing downtime taken by military vehicles by six kilometres and 20 minutes, it is likely to also be open for the civic movement.

Actor William Shatner flew aboard a Blue Origin rocket ship on a suborbital trip and landed in the Texas desert to become at age 90 the oldest person ever in space.

Ireland pacer Curtis Campher became the third bowler in T20 history to take four wickets in four consecutive balls.

The country's GDP declined by a record 3.6 per cent in 2020.

The Government of India has constituted a working group to suggest alternatively sustainable, financial and operational models for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to roll out an overhauled PMFBY scheme from Kharif 2022.

The Indian Army has been awarded the gold medal at the 2021 Cambrian Patrol Exercise, held at Brecon, Wales, in United Kingdom. A team from 5th Battalion-4 (5/4) Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) represented the Indian Army in the event and won gold medal at the prestigious Cambrian Patrol Exercise.

American rapper Kanye West has officially changed his name to Ye.

Saurashtra cricketer Avi Barot passed away at the age of 29 years after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Jammu & Kashmir administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dubai government for the real estate development, industrial parks, multipurpose towers, IT towers, medical college, logistics, a super speciality hospital, and more.

The Free Trade Agreement negotiations between India and Israel are set to resume from November 2021.

The map has been developed by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Energy Ministries of the Government of India.

The Indian government, as a tribute to the freedom fighters of Manipur, has decided to rename Mount Harriet as Mount Manipur located at Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Fifteen-year-old Divya Deshmukh became India's 21st Woman Grand Master (WGM) after achieving her 2nd International Master (IM) at First Saturday Grand Master (GM) in Budapest, Hungary.

The Ex Cambrian Patrol is an international event organised by UK Army, in which militaries from across the world take part.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) and UNICEF have announced their partnership to raise awareness about mental health issues and wellbeing amongst children and adolescents.

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The G20 Summit hosted by Italy in Rome on 30 Oct 2021.