Current Affairs October 2021

Health Minister released “The State of the World’s Children 2021” report

Health Minister released “The State of the World’s Children 2021” report

Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya has released a report titled “The State of the World’s Children 2021: On My Mind: promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health” on October 5, 2021 in New Delhi. The state of World’s Children 2021 report is UNICEF’s global flagship publication. The report details the significant impact of the

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BharatPe launches ‘buy now, pay later’ platform, postpe

BharatPe launches ‘buy now, pay later’ platform, postpe

Fintech Company BharatPe, announced its entry into the ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) category with the launch of ‘postpe’. postpe provides credit to customers. Customers can download the app from Play Store and avail interest-free credit limit of up to Rs10 lakh. The company said that postpe is not only limited to big-ticket purchases but can also be used for micro-purchases,

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Andhra government launched the ‘Swechha’ programme

Andhra government launched the ‘Swechha’ programme

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched the ‘Swechha’ program to tackle the stigma attached to menstruation, prioritize female personal hygiene, and encourage a healthy dialogue of information. ‘Swechha’ (meaning freedom) is intended to ensure affordable access to health and menstrual hygiene in adolescent girls and women. Under the initiative, the state government will provide sanitary napkins at government

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Kotak Bank gets approval from the government to collect direct and indirect taxes

Kotak Bank gets approval from the government to collect direct and indirect taxes

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) has announced that it has received approvals from the Government of India for the collection of direct and indirect taxes such as income tax and goods and services tax through its banking network. With this, the bank becomes the first scheduled private sector bank to receive approval after the announcement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allowing all banks to

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Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2021 has been awarded jointly to Benjamin List (Germany) and David MacMillan (the USA) “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”. Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis. The duo developed a precise new tool for molecular construction, which had a great

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Moody’s upgrades India’s rating outlook to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’

Moody’s upgrades India’s rating outlook to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’

Rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded India’s sovereign rating outlook to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’ , on October 05, 2021, following an improvement in the financial sector and faster-than-expected economic recovery across sectors. However, Moody’s had retained India’s sovereign rating at Baa3.  “Following a deep contraction of 7.3% in fiscal 2020 (ending March 2021), Moody’s expects India’s real GDP to surpass

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