- The supersonic cruise missile BRAHMOS was successfully test-fired on October 18, 2020, from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea. The missile hits the mark with its maximum accuracy.
- International Weightlifting Federation was founded in 1905 and had its headquarters at Budapest, Hungary.
- The Supreme Court has appointed Justice Madan B Lokur, a former judge of the Supreme Court, as a one-person monitoring committee to prevent stubble burning in the states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, amid rising levels of pollution in the national capital and adjoining regions.
- The supersonic cruise missile BRAHMOS has been jointly designed developed and produced by India and Russia.
- The missile is a two-stage (solid propellant engine in the first stage and liquid ramjet in second) air to surface missile.
- Ministry of Food Processing Industries started ‘Anna Devo Bhava’ awareness campaign.
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed annually on October 17 all over the globe. It is celebrated in the view of creating awareness among the people to know about those who struggling and living in poverty.
- Russia’s first vaccine was Sputnik V. The vaccine was developed by the Russia-based Gamaleya Institute and approved by the government on 11th August.
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