Latest Current Affairs 19th October 2021
Delhi metro starts training the first batch of operations and maintenance staff of Dhaka metro: The training of first batch of operations and maintenance staff/officials of the Dhaka Metro at its prestigious Training Academy (known as ‘Delhi Metro Rail Academy’ i.e, DMRA) located at Shastri Park Depot.
PM to visit UP on Oct 20 and inaugurate Kushinagar International Airport: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on 20th October, 2021. At around 10 AM, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the Kushinagar International Airport. Subsequently, at around 11:30 AM, he will participate in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at Mahaparinirvana Temple. Thereafter, at around 1:15 PM, the Prime Minister will attend a public function to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects in Kushinagar.
Bangladesh: Prime Minister Hasina instructs stern action against people involved in communal attacks: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to take immediate action against the people involved in vandalising of puja mandap and attacks on the houses of the Hindu community
Myanmar releases over 5600 anti-govt protesters: The military government of Myanmar on Monday started to release more than 5600 people arrested during the anti-government protests in the country after the February 1 take over by the military.
China’s economic recovery slows in the third quarter of 2021, challenged by property slump, energy crisis and soaring raw material costs: China’s economic recovery stalled in the third quarter of 2021 as the GDP grew by 4.9 per cent down from 7.9 per cent in the second quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday.
China denies testing hypersonic nuclear missile; US accuses it of deviating from its ‘minimal nuclear deterrence’ strategy: China on Monday denied the media report of testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic “missile” saying that it has tested a hypersonic space “vehicle” in July.