19th October current affairs from THE HINDU NEWSPAPER AND PRESS INFORMATION BURUEAU

 

19th October celebrated ad  LGBT CENTER AWARENESS DAY and  NATIONAL SWEETEST DAY

TODAYS CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.Vishal V Sharma appointed India's next permanent representative to UNESCO.

     UNESCO=UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION.Establish-16 November 1945 in London (UK). Parent Organization is united nations economic and social council. HQ- PARIS, FRANCE.

2.Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' launched "KAPILA"  Kalam programme.

KAPILA= kalam programme for intellectual property literacy and awareness.

3.A book titled  "THE BATTLE OF BELONGING" written by SHASHI THAROOR. This book released in November 2020 and published by ALEPH BOOK COMPANY.

4.India hosted the meeting of ministers of justice of shanghai cooperation organization(SCO) member state virtually on 16th October.

5.Nirmala Sitharaman virtually participated in 102nd meeting of the WB Development Committee plenary.

6.India Ranked 94th out of 107 counties in GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2020.worldwide hunger as at Moderate level.

7.India and Netherland collaborate in E-Health Initiative under the NATIONAL DIGITAL HEALTH MISSION ( NDHM).

8.India Conducts Successful Night trial of Nuclear capable PRITHVI-2 Missile.