Current affairs on 27 October 2020

Current affairs on 27 October 2020

• Veteran Gujarati Film Musician, Former MP Mahesh Kanodia passes away

  Famous Gujarati film musician, singer and former Parliamentarian Mahesh Kanodia passed away. He was born at Kanoda village of Mehsana district on January 27, 1937.

• IIT Jodhpur, NHAI sign MoU for betterment of Highway Infrastructure

  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to share expertise for the betterment of highway infrastructure.

• Alpha Conde won the 3rd Term as President of Guinea

  Alpha Conde, the incumbent president of Guinea and leader of Rally of the Guinean People (Rassemblement du Peuple Guineen - RPG) party won the 3rd the term as the President of Guinea by winning the 2020 presidential elections.

• Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports appoints Bimal Julka as Chairman

  Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS) has announced the appointment of Bimal Julka as its Chairman. In his new role, Julka will work closely with all the stakeholders to further strengthen the operating standards of the Indian fantasy sports industry.

• Haryana tops Anemia Mukt Bharat Index in country

  Haryana is the best State in Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Index with 46.7 among 29 states in the country. Further, in the year 2019-20, the state had achieved 93 per cent of immunization.

• Samsung Tops Forbes' list of World's Best Employer 2020

  South Korea based electronics conglomerate, Samsung Electronics has topped the list of 'World's Best Employer 2020' published by Forbes'. Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and LG are among the top 5 in the list respectively. The global list features 750 multinational and large corporations headquartered in 45 countries.

• orld Day for Audiovisual Heritage: 27 October

  The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed globally on 27 October every year. The day was chosen by UNESCO to raise awareness of the significance and preservation risks of recorded sound and audiovisual documents.

• Vigilance Awareness Week 2020

  The Vigilance Awareness Week 2020, is being celebrated from 27 October to 2 November 2020. The is observed every year by the Central Vigilance Commission during the week in which the birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31 October) falls.

• Vulture conservation centres to be established in 5 states of India

  The National Board for Wildlife recently approved an action plan for vulture conservation, 2020-20-25. Under the new National Action Plan for Vulture Conservation, five new conservation centres are to be established in five different state.

• Kerala becomes first state to fix floor price for vegetables

  Kerala has become the first state to set floor prices for vegetables which would be 20% above the production cost, CM Pinarayi Vijayan said. It would come into effect from November 1. "In all, 16 varieties of vegetables would be covered in the first phase and there's a provision to revise the floor price on a regular basis," he added.