Current affairs on 3 October 2020

Current affairs on 3 October 2020

• 2nd edition of India-Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise "Bongosagar"

  The second edition of Indian Navy (IN) - Bangladesh Navy (BN) Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar commences in Northern Bay of Bengal. Exercise Bongosagar, is aimed at developing inter-operability and joint operational skills through conduct of a wide spectrum of maritime exercises and operations.

• NABARD launches special refinance facility for WASH programme

  The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has announced a special refinance facility of Rs 800 crore for Fiscal Year 2021. With this, NABARD will support the Government of India's Water, Sanitisation and Hygiene (WASH) programme.

• Assam CM launches 'Kritagyata' for online pension submission and tracking

  Chief Minister of Assam has launched a portal "Kritagyata", an online pension submission and tracking system. It has been launched to lend convenience to the pensioners to dispose off their pension related claims.

• West Bengal launches "Pathashree Abhijan" scheme for road repair

  West Bengal government has launched the "Pathashree Abhijan" scheme. It is a road repair scheme, where more than 7,000 stretches of roads comprising 12,000 kilometers across the state will be repaired in a mission mode and in a time-bound manner.

• Devyani Khobragade Appointed India's Next Ambassador To Cambodia

  Indian Foreign Service officer Devyani Uttam Khobragade has been appointed as India's next ambassador to Cambodia, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

• US Military Aircraft refuels in India for the first time

  For the first time in Indian history, the United States long range maritime patrol aircraft refuelled at India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The P-8 Poseidon aircraft landed in Port Blair for refuelling support

• NASA launches SS Kalpana Chawla Cargo Spacecraft

  NASA launched a commercial spacecraft named after Indian Origin deceased NASA Astronaut "Kalpana Chawla". The spacecraft carried 4 tonnes of cargo including refined radishes for the International Space Station.

• Test fire of new version and nuclear capable "Shaurya Missile" successful

  India successfully test fired the new version of nuclear capable Shaurya missile in Balasore, Odisha. After the success of the test firing, the missile is to be inducted into Indian Armed Forces to complement the existing missiles.