Current Affairs — 20 October 2024

🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Uttar Pradesh Must know

PM Modi in Varanasi: ₹6,100 cr airport projects

20 Oct 2024: Varanasi mein PM Modi ne ₹6,100 crore se zyada ke airport projects ka shilanyas/udghatan kiya.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 4 MCQs

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

NCC ka pehla sailing expedition

20 Oct 2024: 528 NCC Naval Wing cadets Ganga-Hooghly par ~1,200 km sail karenge, Kanpur se Kolkata.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

RCS-UDAN: Rewa, Ambikapur, Saharanpur airports

20 Oct 2024: Varanasi se PM ne Rewa (MP), Ambikapur (CG) aur Saharanpur (UP) airports ka udghatan kiya.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

EPFO August 2024: 18.53 lakh net

20 Oct 2024: EPFO ne August 2024 mein 18.53 lakh net members jode; 9.30 lakh naye.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Odisha Important

2nd Indian Lighthouse Festival

20 Oct 2024: Sonowal ne Odisha coast par Chaumuck aur Dhamra mein naye lighthouses ka elaan kiya.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Jammu and Kashmir Important

ICMR-INDIAB: Jammu mein diabetes 18.9%

20 Oct 2024: Jammu mein Dr Jitendra Singh ne INDIAB study ka Jammu data jaari kiya; diabetes 18.9%.

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🏅 Sports 📍 Kerala

Mandaviya in Thiruvananthapuram

20 Oct 2024: Thiruvananthapuram mein Mandaviya ne Kowdiar SAI Golf Course aur LNCPE ka 300-bed girls' hostel khola.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India

BJMFCON 2024: Nadda

20 Oct 2024: Nadda ne BJMFCON 2024 ka udghatan kiya; PMCH Patna Asia ka doosra sabse bada hospital banega.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Uttar Pradesh

RJ Sankara Eye Hospital, Varanasi

20 Oct 2024: PM Modi ne Varanasi mein RJ Sankara Eye Hospital ka udghatan kiya.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 Rajasthan

Dholpur accident: PMNRF ex-gratia

20 Oct 2024: PM ne Dholpur (Rajasthan) road accident par shok jataya; PMNRF se ₹2 lakh / ₹50,000.

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