Current affairs on 22 October 2020

 Current affairs on 22 October 2020

• 'e-Dharti Geo portal' launched to integrate maps and lease plans.

  Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has launched the 'e-Dharti Geo Portal'. The portal will integrate the legacy drawings including the maps and lease plans in the management information system. The portal will make the maps and lease plans geographic information system (GIS)-enabled.

• ICMR approves "COVIRAP" test developed by IIT Kharagpur

  The Indian Council of Medical Research recently approved the covid-19 test called COVIRAP. It is a Diagnostic machine that was developed by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. This kit gives close test results as produced by RT-PCR.

• Tamil Nadu Government to implement Smart Black Board Scheme

  The Tamil Nadu State government is to implement the smart blackboard scheme in more than 80,000 Government schools. This is to ensure better teaching environment.

• INS Kavaratti: Indigenously built ASW stealth corvette commissioned into Indian Navy at Vishakhapatnam

  The Indian Army Chief General, Manoj Mukund Naravane on October 22, 2020, commissioned the last of the four indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare-ASW stealth corvette 'INS Kavaratti' into Indian Navy at Naval Dockyard, Vishakhapatnam.

• AF's first woman officer Vijayalakshmi Ramanan passes away

  Indian Air Force 1st woman officer, Wing Commander (retd) Dr Vijaylakshmi Ramanan passed away. She was born in February 1924, she did her MBBS and later was commissioned in the Army Medical Corps on August 22, 1955.

• Asan Conservation Reserve becomes Uttarakhand's 1st Ramsar site

  Asan Conservation Reserve has become Uttarakhand's first Ramsar site, making it a 'Wetland of International Importance', announced the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The Reserve is located on the banks of Yamuna river near Dehradun district in Garhwal region of the Himalayan state.

• SEBI constitutes committee for market data sharing

  Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted a Standing Committee, Market Data Advisory Committee (MDAC) to recommend appropriate policy for access to securities market data, identify segment-wise data perimeters, data needs and gaps, recommend data privacy and data access regulations applicable to market data.

• Uttar Pradesh emerges as top destination in 2019

  Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the top destination for attracting the highest number of domestic tourists visiting the state in 2019 as per the Indian Tourism Statistics (ITS) 2020, released by the Ministry of Tourism.

• India to host India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on October 27

  The Ministry of External Affairs informed on October 21, 2020, that India will be hosting the third India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on October 27 in New Delhi.