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🛎Top Headlines – 24th October 2020
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◼️Finance Ministry releases Rs. 6,000 crore to states to address the shortfall in GST revenue
◼️Electioneering in full swing in Bihar; PM Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi address election rallies
◼️Govt imposes a stock limit to check the rise in onion prices
◼️The next three months will be decisive to contain COVID-19 in the country: Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan
◼️COVID recovery rate in the country improves to 89.53%
National
◼️Ministry of Earth Sciences dedicates Flash Flood Guidance services for South Asian countries
◼️Centre extends ESI Scheme to Arunachal Pradesh from Nov 1
◼️NIT-Trichy gets two fellowships under PM’s Research Fellows Scheme
◼️India assumes Chairmanship of Governing Body of ILO after 35 years
◼️PM Modi to share his thoughts with people in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program at 11 AM on Sunday
International
◼️U.S. Secretary of State to meet FMs of Azerbaijan & Armenia to end the conflict between two countries
◼️The USA imposes sanctions on Iranian Ambassador to Iraq
◼️Pakistan to remain on the grey list of global anti-terror financing watchdog FATF
◼️MEP from France Maxette Pirbakas joins Indian diaspora during a silent protest near Pakistan embassy in Paris
Sports
◼️WADA weightlifting probe finds evidence of doppelgangers providing samples
State
◼️Maharashtra Govt announces Rs. 10,000 crore package for districts affected by excessive rains
◼️International Snow Leopard Day celebrated in Himachal Pradesh yesterday
◼️Central Team visits several flood-affected areas in Hyderabad & other districts of Telangana to assess the extent of damage
◼️Telangana Govt to purchase maize at a price of Rs. 1850 per quintal through Markfed
◼️A major explosion in a firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu kills five women workers
Business
◼️RBI to conduct the purchase of Govt securities under OMOs for Rs. 20,000 crores
◼️Sensex gains 34 pts to settle at 11,930; Nifty surges 34 pts at 11,930
◼️Gold, Silver prices fall in Delhi bullion market